MINUTES OF THE
HOUSE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS STANDING COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 • 2:30 p.m. • 445 State Capitol


Members Present:
Rep. James A. Dunnigan, Chair
Rep. Calvin R. Musselman, Vice Chair
Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion
Rep. Jefferson S. Burton
Rep. Matthew H. Gwynn
Rep. Ken Ivory
Rep. Michael L. Kohler
Rep. Rosemary T. Lesser
Rep. Jordan D. Teuscher
Rep. Elizabeth Weight

Staff Present:
Sarah Flanigan, Policy Analyst
Jonathan Rees, Committee Secretary

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Chair Musselman called the meeting to order at 2:31 pm.
MOTION:Rep. Burton moved to approve the minutes of the March 1, 2021 meeting.The motion passed with a vote of 8-0-2.
Yeas - 8Nays- 0Abs- 2
Rep. G. Bennion
Rep. J. Burton
Rep. J. Dunnigan
Rep. M. Gwynn
Rep. M. Kohler
Rep. C. Musselman
Rep. J. Teuscher
Rep. E. Weight
Rep. K. Ivory
Rep. R. Lesser
1.H.B. 87 Procurement Code Revisions (Nelson, M.)
Rep. Nelson presented the bill.
MOTION:Rep. Lesser moved to pass H.B. 87 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-0.
Yeas - 10Nays- 0Abs- 0
Rep. G. Bennion
Rep. J. Burton
Rep. J. Dunnigan
Rep. M. Gwynn
Rep. K. Ivory
Rep. M. Kohler
Rep. R. Lesser
Rep. C. Musselman
Rep. J. Teuscher
Rep. E. Weight
2.H.B. 66 Public Employees' Insurance Plan Amendments (Dunnigan, J.)
Rep. Dunnigan presented the bill with the assistance of Chet Loftis, Managing Director, PEHP.
Todd Losser, Executive Director, UPEA, spoke in favor of the bill.
MOTION:Chair Dunnigan moved to amend H.B. 66 with Amendment #1.The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-0.
Amendment 1
H.B. 66
1 .        Page 3, Lines 79 through 85 :  Page 3, Lines 79 through 85
79                 (ii) (A) discontinue the preferred network, which offers in-network access to all
80         in-state hospitals, for the state risk pool created in Subsection 49-20-202(1)(a) for plan years
81         starting on or after July 1, { 2023 } 2022 ; and
82                 (B) for an employee in the state risk pool who fails to elect one of the remaining
83         networks before July 1, { 2023 } 2022 , enroll the employee and the employee's dependents into the
84         network that best reflects the utilization pattern of that employee and the employee's
85         dependents;

Yeas - 10Nays- 0Abs- 0
Rep. G. Bennion
Rep. J. Burton
Rep. J. Dunnigan
Rep. M. Gwynn
Rep. K. Ivory
Rep. M. Kohler
Rep. R. Lesser
Rep. C. Musselman
Rep. J. Teuscher
Rep. E. Weight
MOTION:Rep. Burton moved to pass H.B. 66 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-0.
Yeas - 10Nays- 0Abs- 0
Rep. G. Bennion
Rep. J. Burton
Rep. J. Dunnigan
Rep. M. Gwynn
Rep. K. Ivory
Rep. M. Kohler
Rep. R. Lesser
Rep. C. Musselman
Rep. J. Teuscher
Rep. E. Weight
MOTION:Rep. Ivory moved to adjourn.The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-0.
Yeas - 10Nays- 0Abs- 0
Rep. G. Bennion
Rep. J. Burton
Rep. J. Dunnigan
Rep. M. Gwynn
Rep. K. Ivory
Rep. M. Kohler
Rep. R. Lesser
Rep. C. Musselman
Rep. J. Teuscher
Rep. E. Weight
Chair Musselman adjourned the meeting at 3.01 pm.