H.B. 93

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PORTABILITY OF FUNDING FOR HEALTH
2 AND HUMAN SERVICES
3 2000 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: David L. Hogue
6 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; EXTENDING AND
7 MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENT TO STUDY THE PORTABILITY OF HEALTH AND
8 HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING.
9 This act affects uncodified material as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 Uncodified Section 1, Chapter 16, Laws of Utah 1999
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Uncodified Section 1, Chapter 16, Laws of Utah 1999 is amended to read:
14 Section 1. Continuation of portability study.
15 (1) [No later than the November 1998 meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim
16 Committee,] During fiscal year 2000-01 the Department of Human Services and the Division of
17 Health Care Financing within the Department of Health shall [report] continue their study of how
18 to [the committee on] increase the portability of state and federal funding to persons wishing to
19 move:
20 (a) from services provided by the Division of Health Care Financing to services provided
21 by the Department of Human Services; and
22 (b) from services provided by the Department of Human Services to services provided by
23 the Division of Health Care Financing.
24 (2) The [report] study shall [highlight]:
25 (a) focus on:
26 (i) regulatory, structural, and fiscal impediments to portability[.]; and
27 (ii) related issues, including diversion;

28 (b) address the needs of the aged, persons with a mental illness, and persons with a
29 disability;
30 (c) continue to rely on the input of persons involved in the study during the previous two
31 years; and
32 (d) include input from:
33 (i) the Division of Aging and Adult Services within the Department of Human Services;
34 and
35 (ii) persons who care for aged relatives or who are otherwise affected by aging issues.
36 (3) No later than [the November 1999 meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim
37 Committee,] July 31, 2001, the Department of Human Services and the Division of Health Care
38 Financing shall [provide to the committee a more detailed report with] submit a written report of
39 their study and recommendations [for increasing portability] to the Health and Human Services
40 Interim Committee and the Joint Appropriations Health and Human Services Subcommittee.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-25-00 3:29 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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