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House passes caregiver compensation bill to let parents receive stipends for in‑home care
Summary
Senate Bill 106, which creates a modest stipend option enabling parents to provide in‑home care for children with complex, permanent disabilities (a reallocation within a current state plan/waiver), passed the Utah House 69–3 on March 1. Sponsors argued it improves health outcomes and lowers institutionalization costs; members asked whether it only applies to Medicaid recipients and how the waiver works.
The Utah House on March 1 approved Senate Bill 106, a measure to allow parents to receive modest compensation for providing in‑home care to children with complex and long‑term disabilities. The sponsor, Representative Daley Provo, said the program reduces state spending, improves health outcomes for children who would otherwise require institutional or contracted care, and helps families remain intact.
Representative Provo described the policy as a reallocation within the existing state plan (commonly…
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