H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments: transcript

Awesome. Thank you Mr. Chair and Committee. I will be brief and quick. This is a, um, this is the Department of Health and Human Service Amendments. This bill is technical in nature, correcting outdated agency names, fixing, drafting errors, repealing expired language. There are a few sections that align statute with legislative decisions that were made last session. Otherwise this is really standard in nature. And just correcting some errors that were missed last time around. I'm happy to answer questions if you have any specific to the bill, but I'll leave it at that.

Thank you Mr. Chair. Uh, make a motion that we favorably recommend. Um, its first substitute, correct? Sorry. First Substitute. Second. Second Substitute. Second substitute. Sorry. HB 3 83 to the Senate.

Is, uh, we need this technical work every year to clean whatever is not needed, as in the Department of Health. Thanks.

I'll waive back to the make of the motion. Waive. Okay.

Alright. This is not Senate bill 50 either, but House Bill 3 83. This is the cleanup, a a cleanup bill for the Department of Health and Human Services. It really is designed to, um, update code that the Department of Health and Human Services has had to reflect current operations within the department. It is technical in nature, correcting outdated agency names, fixing, drafting errors, repealing expired language. And there are a few sections that align statute with leg legislative decisions made last session. Otherwise, this really is a pretty standard housekeeping, um, bill to ensure that code is accurate and workable within the department. I'm happy to answer further. Like any questions if there's anything specific, I, I do have some of these specific things, but don't wanna drag this out if, if you don't have questions, that'll conclude my Presentation. Conclude your presentation. All right.

The, these changes are all technical and we intentionally made it that way. Some of it is a little more, um, wordy than you would see on, on, on maybe like a, just a, a cleanup bill. And that's because some of these things are, have been happening within the department based on previous legislation and it just got missed some places. So some of that just clarifies that. But technical in, in, in nature.

Yes. Second sub is, is what I'm speaking to. So we've done, as we've moved through this process for the last few months, we've had an amendment or, or we've missed a word or we spelled something wrong. And so we've gotten to, we can leave all the amendments alone and leave the first sub alone. The second sub is, is what we're working on.

These kind of things are just things that have already been in code, they're just re-putting it in the right place. That kind of a thing. Yes. I'm, I'm looking at that one specifically. So this updates the fee for service wa your population to accurately include children and pregnant postpartum women. So it, it's, it's just accurately reflecting the Process, what we've already done. Mm-hmm.

Uh, Representative Ward. Thank you. Uh, Madam Chair, I would like to move third second substitute house bill 3 83.

It? No. Thank you.

I'll waive All right.

I would like to make a motion that we favorably recommend Senate bill 50.

That withdraw my motion.

Thank you Madam Chair. I move that we favorably recommend second substitute house bill 3 83.

Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. Since this bill is even less controversial than the last bill that we put on consent and is just a pure technical cleanup bill with no controversy, I make a motion that we put on consent

Waive. Appreciate it. In

Motion to adjourn.

Second substitute House Bill 3 83, department of Health and Human Services amendments by Representative Monson. This bill was heard in Health and Human Services with a vote of 10 0 4.

Representative Monson. Thank You Mr. Speaker House Bill 3 83 is a cleanup bill. This is technical in nature correcting outdated agency names, fixing, drafting errors and repealing expired language. There are a few sections here within the bill that align statute with legislative, um, decisions that were made last year and otherwise this is a standard housekeeping bill to, to clean some language up. Thank you.

Uh, bill is a technical cleanup. The bunch of items that kind of a carryover from when we merged those two, two agencies together. And we've identified parts of the code that have been been missed during that merger and tried to clean that up. Uh, there's a few things. Some examples, uh, referencing the Ombudsman. This position has never been appointed position where clarifying that, that the position was, that the position was created. Um, also there was some rulemaking authority given to a committee with inside the department. And if the, you know, if there's gonna be rulemaking, it should be owned by the department, not by a committee with inside the, the department. Although the, the committee can still set up criteria for the grant, the grant program that it administers. Uh, there's a few things. Some changes with the Compassionate use board, uh, bringing into compliance some legislation that was done in 2025, changing from qualified medical provider to recommending medical provider. Those are some of the examples that, uh, we are doing with the bill. And it also sets, helps with the Rural Physician's Loan Repayment program requiring the physicians have a contract with their hospital. And like I say, those are the types of things that we're dealing with in this bill. If you have any questions, I'd be open to try to answer those.

Thank you Ed. Wait. Submission move the second substitute house Bill 3 83.

Yes. Thank you Mr. Uh, president ProAm.

Thank you Mr. President Pro Tem. When we merge the two agencies together to form Department of Health and Human Services, uh, anytime you do something that massive there, there has, there's a little cleanup that you have to do, and that's what this bill does is primarily, you know, doing that, taking care of some technical issues. Um, there was one issue in particular where there was a, a committee with inside the department had rulemaking authority that felt like that the, there's going to be rulemaking authority outta lie with the department, not with the committee. So that was changed, although still granting them the opportunity to provide criteria for the grant that they were doing. Uh, also with the Compassionate Use Board and the medical cannabis program representing Ward made a made a change in, uh, 2025 that changed a qualified medical provider to a recommending medical provider. Just had to be able with some change there, some cleanup in the Utah Development Center. Um, and also when DHHS took over the Correctional Healthcare, the code needed to be updated to reflect the process of transferring an inmate from the prison to Utah State Hospital. Those are the types of things we've been working with. Also Rural Physicians Loan Repayment program. Uh, and with that I'm open for questions. Thank you for the presentation.

Thank you. I'd waive summation and move the second substitute house bill 3 83 pass. And the question is, shall second substitute house bill three eighty three Pass. Roll call vote.