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Utah Senate advances family‑planning Medicaid waiver, adopts amendment limiting new coverage to adults 18 and older
Summary
Senate Bill 74, which asks the federal government for a Medicaid waiver to expand family‑planning services to residents under 250% of the federal poverty level, was amended on the floor to limit the expansion to adults 18 and older and moved to third reading after a contentious debate on parental consent and federal rules.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 24, 2020 advanced Senate Bill 74, a measure to seek a federal Medicaid waiver to provide family‑planning services to people with household incomes below 250% of the federal poverty level, adopting a floor amendment that limits the program to adults 18 and older.
Sponsor Senator Janet Kitchen said the waiver would let the state extend family planning to people who do not qualify for traditional Medicaid but earn roughly up to $30,000 a year for an individual. Kitchen cited state Medicaid data estimating that the program could prevent about 2,000 unintended pregnancies and roughly 730 abortions annually and…
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