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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 8, 2012

Madam Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 240, MEDICAL RETAINER AGREEMENTS, by Representative K. Ivory, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 4, Lines 102 through 106 :    

             102          (2) A medical retainer agreement exempt from the provisions of Subsection
             103      31A-4-106 (2) shall:
             104          (a) describe the specific routine health care services that are included in the contract;
             105     

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             106          (b) prominently state in writing that the retainer agreement is not health insurance
  ; and

    (c) prohibit the health care provider, but not the patient, from billing an insurer for the services provided under the medical retainer agreement  
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    Respectfully,

    Paul Ray
    Committee Chair
Voting: 9-0-0
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Bill Number
Action Class
Action Code

*HB0240*
*H*
*HCRAMD*

HB0240
H
HCRAMD