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House advances bill to improve accuracy of behavioral health provider directories
Summary
House passage of HB71 (second substitute) would require health insurers to more actively verify behavioral health provider directories, offer single-case agreements when a plan lacks an in-network provider for a condition, and create a stakeholder working group to explore a supplemental statewide provider database; second substitute passed 65-5.
The Utah House on Feb. 5 approved a second substitute to HB71, a bill aimed at improving access to behavioral health care by requiring health insurers to maintain more accurate provider directories and to help insureds access care when directories are deficient.
Sponsor described the bill as responding to an audit by the Utah Legislative Auditor General that found roughly two-thirds of entries in commercial behavioral-health directories…
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