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Senate approves joint resolution authorizing settlement in Disability Law Center case

Utah State Senate · March 12, 2019
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The Senate voted to approve HJR28, a joint resolution formalizing the legislature’s role in a settlement related to services for people with disabilities; sponsor said legal staff had briefed caucuses and funding issues were discussed in appropriations committees.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate approved House Joint Resolution 28, the joint-resolution mechanism to accept and legitimize a negotiated settlement with the Disability Law Center concerning state services for people with disabilities.

Sen. Luz Escamilla, sponsor, told the Senate the settlement had been the product of months of negotiation among the executive branch, the Department of…

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