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House backs jail healthcare changes: commission, telehealth pilot and tax credit
Summary
Lawmakers passed HB 398 to create a commission to study medically assisted treatment in county jails, authorize a telehealth pilot for psychological evaluations in rural jails and offer a refundable tax credit to recruit jail medical staff; the bill passed with amendments 59-7.
The Utah House passed House Bill 398 on March 4, which sponsors described as a package of measures to improve care for inmates with substance-use disorders and to address deaths in county jails.
Representative Dawe (presenting the amendment) told the chamber HB 398 would form a commission to study delivery…
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