Jake Fitisemanu

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• H.B. 83 Imitation Firearm Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 98 Residential Notification Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 275 Traffic Safety Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 277 Traditional Healing Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 340 Medicare Supplement Amendments · Did not pass

• S.B. 281 Senior Nutrition Private Donation Incentives · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Asked why private donations would be relied on instead of more stable funding, and whether wealthier communities could receive more matching funds than rural or lower-income areas.

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  Thank you. Um, just because senior nutrition programs are, uh, crucial, you know, critical services, I guess I'm just thinking about why, uh, we would be trying to rely on private donations instead of just creating more stable private funding. But, um, but the actual question that I have, um, is around parody and maybe whether there is a possibility that, you know, wealthier communities with stronger philanthropic networks, uh, might then receive more matching funds than our rural areas or lower income areas. That the, the language is, uh, negotiated very specifically to address those concerns. Not to discourage those that have the resources, but also provide a formula that allows the, the matching for those that are less …

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• S.B. 319 Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks whether enrollees will be notified when artificial intelligence was involved in their individual prior authorization decisions.

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  Um, the bill mandates that an insurer, Can you pull the mic down too? Thank you. Sorry. Uh, the bill mandates that an insurer notify, um, whether or not artificial intelligence is being utilized in the process for, um, processing, uh, these requests. Uh, is it also the intent for enrollees to be notified whether they're individual, um, decisions, uh, whether AI was involved in individual approvals or denials, uh, of pre-authorization requests,

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• S.B. 319 Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks who reviews an AI-involved decision on appeal and how appeals would work.

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  And, and what, what's your thought on that? Is that, is that something that you, I I guess I'm just thinking of how this Im might impact, um, appeals process, right? It like at what part, at what point if AI makes a decision about my, uh, and maybe it's a wrongful, um, denial, um, at what point does a human, you know, actually get to review, uh, what that was and, and who do I appeal to? I mean, where does that lie if AI made that decision?

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About

In office since

January 1, 2025

Counties

Salt Lake

Profession

Community Health Program Manager

Education

Master's of Public Health, Westminster University

Honors and awards

None listed in their official profile.

Email

jfitisemanu@le.utah.gov

Money and conflicts of interest

• Campaign finance reports (who donated to their campaign, from the Lt. Governor's disclosure site)
• No conflict-of-interest disclosure is linked in their official profile.

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Profile details come from the Utah Legislature's official legislator data.