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HEALTH CARE PAYMENT AMENDMENTS

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2021 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Mike Winder

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Senate Sponsor: Luz Escamilla

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends the Accounts Receivable Collection part.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     provides that a governmental entity within the state that is a health care provider
13     may not collect an overdue payment for a medical material or service from the
14     debtor's income tax overpayment or refund if the debtor:
15               •     has made payment arrangements; and
16               •     is current on payments under the payment arrangements.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18          None
19     Other Special Clauses:
20          None
21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     AMENDS:
23          63A-3-302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 297
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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26          Section 1. Section 63A-3-302 is amended to read:
27          63A-3-302. Unpaid accounts receivable -- Political subdivision agreement with

28     local agency.
29          (1) (a) [If] Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), if any account receivable at any
30     point has been unpaid for 90 days or more, any agency or other authority of the state, or any
31     political subdivision responsible for collection of the account may proceed under this part to
32     collect the delinquent amount.
33          (b) A governmental entity within the state that is a health care provider may not
34     proceed under this part when the account receivable is for a medical material or service and the
35     debtor:
36          (i) has made a payment arrangement with the health care provider; and
37          (ii) is current on payments under the payment arrangement.
38          (2) (a) A political subdivision may enter into an agreement with a local agency under
39     which the local agency, for a reasonable fee that the political subdivision and local agency
40     agree upon, prepares and submits the political subdivision's accounts receivable for collection
41     as provided in this part.
42          (b) Notwithstanding an agreement under Subsection (2)(a), a participating political
43     subdivision shall:
44          (i) establish an agreement with the division for submitting delinquent accounts
45     receivable under this part; and
46          (ii) with respect to the accounts receivable that the participating political subdivision
47     submits through a local agency for collection under this part:
48          (A) receive and respond to an administrative hearing requested under Section
49     63A-3-305; and
50          (B) administer an adjudicative proceeding required under Section 63A-3-306.