MINUTES OF THE HOUSE BUSINESS AND LABOR

STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 445, State Capitol

March 4, 2015

Members Present:    Rep. Val Peterson, Chair

                                    Rep. John Knotwell, Vice Chair

                                    Rep. Jake Anderegg 

                                    Rep. Jon Cox

                                    Rep. Susan Duckworth

                                    Rep. Jim Dunnigan 

                                    Rep. Gage Froerer 

                                    Rep. Brad King                                   

                                    Rep. Marc Roberts

                                    Rep. Mike Schultz

                                    Rep. Jon Stanard 

                                    Rep. Curt Webb

                                    Rep. Brad Wilson

Members Absent:     Rep. Dixon Pitcher

Staff Present:            Ms. Megan Bolin, Policy Analyst 

                                    Ms. Rosemary Young, Committee Secretary

Note:                   List of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes.

Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 6:07 p.m.

MOTION:     Rep. Knotwell moved to approve the minutes of the March 4, 2015 8:00 a.m. meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer and Rep. Roberts absent for the vote.

1st Sub. S.B. 164       Access to Health Care Amendments (Sen. B. Shiozawa)

Sen. Shiozawa distributed three handouts: "Who supports the Governor's Healthy Utah Plan?", "Healthy Utah 2.0", and "FY16 and FY17 Program Costs"and explained the bill assisted by Dr. David Patton, Department of Health; Greg Bell, Utah Hospital Association; and Dr. Vivian Lee, University of Utah College of Medicine.

Spoke for the bill:       George Chapman                    citizen

                                    Alan Dayton                           Intermountain Healthcare

                                    Michelle McOmber                Utah Medical Association

                                    Terry Buckner                        Salt Lake Chamber

                                    Diane Anderson                      citizen

                                    Dave Davis                             Utah Food Industry Association

                                                                                    Utah Retail Merchants Association

                                    Bill Fisher                               Coalition for Healthy Utah

                                    Kenna Arcury                         citizen

                                    Mark Compton                       Utah Mining Association

                                    Wendy Hundley                     citizen

                                    Pat Fleming                            citizen

                                    Marc Watterson                      American Heart Association

                                    David Irvine                           citizen

                                    Shawn McMillen                    Utah Association of Addiction Treatment                                                                                                 Providers

                                    Jan Lovett                               citizen

                                    Rich Thorn                             Associated General Contractors

                                    Danny Harris                          AARP

                                    Grant Burningham                  citizen

                                    Santiago Cortez                      Utah Substance Abuse Advisory Council

                                    Matthew Weinstein                Voices for Utah Children

Spoke against the bill: Paul Harrison                        dermatologist

                                      Josh Daniels                          Libertas Institute

                                      Derek Monson                       Sutherland Institute

MOTION:     Rep. Duckworth moved to pass out favorably 1st Sub. S.B. 164. The motion failed with Rep. Duckworth, Rep. Froerer, Rep. King, and Rep. Webb voting in favor.

H.B. 446         Extension of Primary Care Network and Medicaid Benefits Under Existing 70/30 Federal/state Cost Sharing Amendments (Rep. J. Dunnigan)

Rep. Dunnigan distributed two handouts: "Coverage Options, 0-138% FPL" and "Getting Started" and explained the bill.

Spoke for the bill:       Alan Dayton                           Intermountain Healthcare

                                    Hal Gooch                              Molina Healthcare

                                    Louis Welch                           citizen

Spoke to the bill:        Gordon Crabtree                     University of Utah Hospital & Clinics

                                    David Patton                           Department of Health

                                    Adam Troop                           Utah Association of Counties

Spoke against the bill: Jennifer Dailey                      Utah Academy of Family Physicians

                                      Paul Gibbs                             citizen

                                      Rylee Curtis                           Utah Health Policy Project

                                    Charles A. Kip Griffith          citizen

                                    Andrew Riggle                       Disability Law Center (handout, "SSA:                                                                                                 Medicaid Expansion"

                                    Stacy Stanford                        citizen

MOTION:     Rep. Wilson moved to pass out favorably H.B. 446. The motion passed with Rep. Duckworth, Rep. King, Rep. Roberts, and Rep. Knotwell voting in opposition.

MOTION:     Rep. Anderegg moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.

Chair Peterson adjourned the meeting at 8:23 p.m.

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Rep. Val Peterson, Chair