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Senate approves coverage requirement for exome testing for certain Medicaid and public‑employee enrollees
Summary
Senate passed First Substitute House Bill 435, which requires state Medicaid and public employees insurance to cover exome sequencing for specified enrollees with rare conditions; sponsor said it addresses coverage gaps for people with rare, undiagnosed diseases.
The Utah Senate approved First Substitute House Bill 435, a measure requiring the state Medicaid program and the Public Employees Benefit and Insurance Program to cover exome‑sequence testing for certain enrollees with suspected or undiagnosed rare genetic conditions.
Senator Buxton, sponsor of the bill, told the chamber the bill defines terms and requires the…
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