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Committee backs funding for correctional electronic medical record to bill Medicaid under waiver
Summary
The committee favorably recommended third-substitute HB 70 to fund an electronic medical record for Correctional Health Services, enabling the state to bill Medicaid under a Section 1115 justice-involved waiver and require opioid-use-disorder treatment windows for inmates.
A Utah legislative committee on Tuesday voted to advance third-substitute HB 70, which would allow Correctional Health Services to implement an electronic medical record (EMR/EHR) system enabling Medicaid billing under the Section 1115 justice-involved waiver and require specified treatment windows for inmates with opioid use disorder.
Representative Eliason presented the bill as a one-time use of funds from a restricted…
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