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The sponsor said the changes would standardize quality requirements, enable periodic reporting and allow the state to set fees and revoke certification where necessary. “It really is basically a cleanup and making it better for the space around cancer screening,” the sponsor told the committee during the hearing.

Committee members heard no public testimony opposing the changes. Senator Escamilla moved the bill out of committee with a favorable recommendation; members then placed HB 146 on the consent calendar.

The committee recorded the passage by voice vote; no roll‑call tally was provided in the transcript. Committee discussion was brief and focused on the bill’s technical nature and the intent to improve patient notification and facility oversight.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Health and Human Services Committee - February 07, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","HB 146, which updates screening and diagnostic mammography certification, notification and quality‑assurance procedures, advanced from the committee with a favorable recommendation and was placed on the consent calendar.","taxTitle","2025 Utah Legislature, Utah Legislature, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah","taxId",78171,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345152,"Committee advances bill to expand Utah safe‑relinquishment period from 30 to 90 days and fund outreach",1131,451260,1583025,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249617-4a96736caafcb47e0cca825d324135f1&start=451&end=1583","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249617-4a96736caafcb47e0cca825d324135f1/thumbnail_451260.jpg","/articles/6345152/Utah/Committee-advances-bill-to-expand-Utah-saferelinquishment-period-from-30-to-90-days-and-fund-outreach","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345152-a8bccf92dab21b8b2bbf22edbd673274/orig.mp4?Expires=1771128818&Signature=TaLCOEdSQFd2TSZbmcihYEw3U8~IO4sOng7GqWpUZWnjDUwiyBgtrV0VBnFGkvKBkRMK~Be7McSNxRRYk0BLnWBPoMjQK1Gp1tMsjoSkVwuHFJFyq4~PyTirRc7Pun-E3LLHxm2lI4PA4GX7xKGexoG~2iaUGTDV4TiWs555rTa9tgpahwFJ7l3YzXbcE8-wQL-l-~SrHuaqWfy8Jq6jbKPMsbLgoXXoVEyX68R2i75KhIhj9JTJGFSOUl9w25ze7CgxOUqfm~tVpyr0Y2k9faevemP~km8HnONJsQSqd~UaAZVGwgU6OxGX1-b68yZWCWVF02UC1Mv93RtDCfjk0w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Hinkins told the Human Services Standing Committee that SB 57’s first substitute would expand Utah’s newborn safe‑relinquishment period from 30 days to 90 days and provide funding to expand outreach and education about the program.

Patrice Arent, former state senator and chair of the Newborn Safe Haven advisory board, described the statute and urged the panel to fund outreach. “This is an alternative to abortion. This is the third option,” Arent said, explaining the law allows birth parents to leave a newborn at a hospital anonymously and have child‑welfare agencies place the child in a safe home.

Arent and other witnesses told the committee the law has saved lives since its enactment and said outreach is critical because the option only works if parents know it exists. Sam Peterson, who said he was adopted under the law, testified about the personal impact: “You’re looking at a product of what this law has produced,” Peterson told the committee, and both he and his adoptive mother urged lawmakers to fund awareness efforts so people in crisis find the option.

The bill’s sponsor and advisory‑board witnesses described several implementation choices the committee weighed: Utah’s law designates hospitals as the only safe‑relinquishment locations to ensure infants are found and cared for; the person relinquishing an infant may remain anonymous; and expanding the statutory age would require updates to training, signage and outreach materials statewide. Witnesses urged funding so the Department of Education and other agencies can update materials and training; one witness noted that prior staff and federal grants had supported outreach but that current resources were limited.

Testimony included estimates and national context: the sponsor said 14 states now allow longer relinquishment windows than Utah, and committee testimony cited the most recent safe‑relinquishment known to them as October 2024. Witnesses flagged potential additional options for study — for example, “baby boxes” used in some states — and cited cost estimates from national associations (roughly $20,000 or more for initial placement and roughly $500 per year for maintenance), but committee witnesses said the bill does not currently fund baby boxes.

Committee members adopted a first substitute to SB 57 and thereafter moved to pass the first substitute out of committee with a favorable recommendation. The committee recorded the voice votes as in favor; individual roll‑call tallies were not specified in the transcript.","A substitute to SB 57 that would change Utah’s newborn safe‑relinquishment window from 30 to 90 days and provide funding for public education passed the Human Services Standing Committee after testimony from the law’s original sponsor and beneficiaries who credited the law with saving lives.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345154,"Committee advances bill to tie Medicaid provider rate increases to general fund growth",446,160,446460,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249617-4a96736caafcb47e0cca825d324135f1&start=0&end=446","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249617-4a96736caafcb47e0cca825d324135f1/thumbnail_160.jpg","/articles/6345154/Utah/Committee-advances-bill-to-tie-Medicaid-provider-rate-increases-to-general-fund-growth","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345154-94ddbaedee68c54b12a1c06d619f2d5c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771128818&Signature=knXhsdNvzfK9CY9tKDYLB8TQAB-Q9EAupiktAXYtx8YPAZinCyQLVuqo-sEaPE2MKSVhd~YRN96htiP6lACQfUTjC4xlQ8oshlpOFZSSeUBDFj9Gz87iY9gUgC4~qzep~Yax4UwLtpUTVQNRtDs7BHfdMoBXlEJTcYvEgqSZzbcpKuhgAx~Fe7cRQOZzPpLu~Q4dwi5DXNgRY~fyiLjnGNhzPtA2BXHhB2Ko7~nMQILhtnDOdQI8CkhkKSVAZRVJu~NqRQMFHu8LT1nnNVrAOFUsQOD5HUHJRi7jvVNO6EL9bLg7wYgHzzVY30ulpXEMYGEU~sUCDicgGFTz2kvGbQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Owens, sponsor of SB 193, told the Human Services Standing Committee on Oct. 12 that the bill would tie Medicaid provider rate increases to state general fund growth and provide predictability for both providers and the state.

The measure would extend a growth-management approach already used for managed care organizations to additional Medicaid provider groups. “In any year in which the state sees general fund growth, we will provide a 2% rate increase,” a legislative fiscal staff member summarized for the committee, noting the model follows earlier 2013 legislation addressing managed‑care growth.

The nut of the bill is a standing rule to deliver modest rate increases in up years and to avoid automatic increases in down years. Sponsors said the approach is intended to reduce the “lurches” that occur when rate adjustments are granted irregularly — for example, large increases after long gaps — and to shift some growth risk to managed entities. The sponsor described the model as one that “manages the growth over time” by using a capitated structure so private-sector risk bears more of the variability.

Supporters cited the effect of the 2013 law for managed care organizations, which they said reduced Medicaid growth relative to general fund growth and produced savings statewide. A fiscal figure offered during discussion estimated a fiscal note on the bill at about $8 million; sponsors contrasted that with requests that have reached $25 million when providers petition after long intervals without increases.

Committee members adopted a second substitute of SB 193 and then moved to send the second substitute out of committee with a favorable recommendation. Committee discussion and the fiscal review were described as coordinated with the Social Services Appropriations Committee; the sponsor said a request-for-appropriation (RFA) was working its way through that committee so members would have additional budgetary detail.

No public commenters appeared in person on the bill during the committee’s hearing.

The committee placed two formal actions on the record: adoption of the second substitute to SB 193, and a favorable recommendation to pass the second substitute out of committee. The transcript records committee agreement without a roll-call vote; the tally was not specified in committee minutes.","A Senate bill that would set a mechanism for modest, regular increases to Medicaid provider rates when the state general fund grows advanced from the Utah Human Services Standing Committee after sponsors said the change would smooth rate requests and limit fiscal volatility.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee sends mammography quality‑assurance bill to consent with favorable recommendation

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Committee advances bill to tie Medicaid provider rate increases to general fund growth