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Senate approves technical corrections to merge health agencies; floor debate centers on behavioral-health language
Summary
The Utah Senate passed third substitute Senate Bill 45 to align accounting and statutory references for a merger of health agencies. Senators sought and received assurances that substance-abuse and mental-health work will continue under the new 'integrated health care' terminology.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 17 passed third substitute Senate Bill 45, a technical-corrections bill intended to align statutory language and accounting structures as the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services move toward an integrated organizational model. The measure will be returned to the House for further consideration.
Sponsor remarks on the Senate floor said the third substitute ‘‘repeals that amendment number 1 that we did under second sub’’ and mainly fixes cross-references so the merger works ‘‘not…
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