Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 262 (2021GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Welton, D.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/16/2021

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• amends provisions relating to outreach to promote health insurance coverage for children;
• creates the Children's Health Care Coverage Program;
• describes the purposes of the program created in this bill;
• creates the Children's Health Care Coverage Program Restricted Account; and
• establishes a sunset date.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Douglas R. Welton
Senate Sponsor: 
Michael K. McKell
Cosponsors:
Suzanne Harrison
Mike Winder
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill creates the Children's Health Care Coverage Program.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ amends provisions relating to outreach to promote health insurance coverage for
children;
▸ creates the Children's Health Care Coverage Program;
▸ describes the purposes of the program created in this bill;
▸ creates the Children's Health Care Coverage Program Restricted Account; and
▸ establishes a sunset date.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2022:
▸ to Department of Health - Children's Health Insurance Program, as an ongoing
appropriation:
• from the General Fund, Ongoing, $172,500.
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26-18-15
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 390
63I-1-226
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 19, 154, 172, 181, 221,
232, 303, 347, and 429
ENACTS:
26-18-27
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
26-18-15
 is amended to read:
26-18-15.
Process to promote health insurance coverage for children.
(1) The 
department, in collaboration with the
 Department of Workforce Services[
,
] 
and
the State Board of Education, [
and the department shall: (a) collaborate with one another to
]
shall
 develop a process to promote health insurance coverage for a child in school when:
[
(i)
] 
(a)
 the child applies for free or reduced price school lunch;
[
(ii)
] 
(b)
 a child enrolls in or registers in school; and
[
(iii)
] 
(c)
 other appropriate school related opportunities[
;
]
.
[
(b) report to the Legislature on the development of the process under Subsection (1)(a)
no later than November 19, 2008; and
]
[
(c) implement the process developed under Subsection (1)(a) no later than the
2009-10 school year.
]
(2) The 
department, in collaboration with the
 Department of Workforce Services
,
 shall
promote and facilitate the enrollment of children identified under Subsection (1)[
(a)
] without
health insurance in the Utah Children's Health Insurance Program, the Medicaid program, or
the Utah Premium Partnership for Health Insurance Program.
Section 2. Section 
26-18-27
 is enacted to read:
 26-18-27.
Children's Health Care Coverage Program.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "CHIP" means the Children's Health Insurance Program created in Section
26-40-103
.
(b) "Program" means the Children's Health Care Coverage Program created in
Subsection (2).
(2) (a) There is created the Children's Health Care Coverage Program within the
department.
(b) The purpose of the program is to:
(i) promote health insurance coverage for children in accordance with Section
26-18-15
;
(ii) conduct research regarding families who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP to
determine awareness and understanding of available coverage;
(iii) analyze trends in disenrollment and identify reasons that families may not be
renewing enrollment, including any barriers in the process of renewing enrollment;
(iv) administer surveys to recently enrolled CHIP and children's Medicaid enrollees to
identify:
(A) how the enrollees learned about coverage; and
(B) any barriers during the application process;
(v) develop promotional material regarding CHIP and children's Medicaid eligibility,
including outreach through social media, video production, and other media platforms;
(vi) identify ways that the eligibility website for enrollment in CHIP and children's
Medicaid can be redesigned to increase accessibility and enhance the user experience;
(vii) identify outreach opportunities, including partnerships with community
organizations including:
(A) schools;
(B) small businesses;
(C) unemployment centers;
(D) parent-teacher associations; and
(E) youth athlete clubs and associations; and
(viii) develop messaging to increase awareness of coverage options that are available
through the department.
(3) (a) The department may not delegate implementation of the program to a private
entity.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), the department may contract with a media
agency to conduct the activities described in Subsection (2)(b)(iv) and (vii).
Section 3. Section 
63I-1-226
 is amended to read:
63I-1-226.
Repeal dates, Title 26.
(1) Subsection 
26-1-7
(1)(f), related to the Residential Child Care Licensing Advisory
Committee, is repealed July 1, 2024.
(2) Subsection 
26-1-7
(1)(h), related to the Primary Care Grant Committee, is repealed
July 1, 2025.
(3) Section 
26-1-7.5
, which creates the Utah Health Advisory Council, is repealed July
1, 2025.
(4) Section 
26-1-40
 is repealed July 1, 2022.
(5) Section 
26-1-41
 is repealed July 1, 2026.
(6) Section 
26-7-10
 is repealed July 1, 2025.
(7) Subsection 
26-7-11
(5), regarding reports to the Legislature, is repealed July 1,
2028.
(8) Section 
26-7-14
 is repealed December 31, 2027.
(9) Title 26, Chapter 9f, Utah Digital Health Service Commission Act, is repealed July
1, 2025.
(10) Subsection 
26-10-6
(5), which creates the Newborn Hearing Screening Committee,
is repealed July 1, 2026.
(11) Section 
26-10-11
 is repealed July 1, 2025.
(12) Section 
26-10b-106
, which creates the Primary Care Grant Committee, is repealed
July 1, 2025.
(13) Section 
26-18-27
 is repealed July 1, 2025.
[
(13)
] 
(14)
 Title 26, Chapter 18, Part 2, Drug Utilization Review Board, is repealed
July 1, 2027.
[
(14) Subsection 
26-18-417
(3) relating to a report to the Health and Human services
Interim Committee is repealed July 1, 2020.
]
(15) Subsection 
26-18-418
(2), the language that states "and the Behavioral Health
Crisis Response Commission created in Section 
63C-18-202
" is repealed July 1, 2023.
(16) Title 26, Chapter 18a, Kurt Oscarson Children's Organ Transplant Coordinating
Committee, is repealed July 1, 2021.
(17) Section 
26-33a-117
 is repealed on December 31, 2023.
(18) Title 26, Chapter 33a, Utah Health Data Authority Act, is repealed July 1, 2024.
(19) Title 26, Chapter 36b, Inpatient Hospital Assessment Act, is repealed July 1,
2024.
(20) Title 26, Chapter 36c, Medicaid Expansion Hospital Assessment Act, is repealed
July 1, 2024.
(21) Title 26, Chapter 36d, Hospital Provider Assessment Act, is repealed July 1, 2024.
(22) Section 
26-39-201
, which creates the Residential Child Care Licensing Advisory
Committee, is repealed July 1, 2024.
(23) Section 
26-40-104
, which creates the Utah Children's Health Insurance Program
Advisory Council, is repealed July 1, 2025.
(24) Section 
26-50-202
, which creates the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory
Committee, is repealed July 1, 2025.
(25) Title 26, Chapter 54, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund and
Pediatric Neuro-Rehabilitation Fund, is repealed January 1, 2025.
(26) Title 26, Chapter 63, Nurse Home Visiting Pay-for-Success Program, is repealed
July 1, 2026.
(27) Title 26, Chapter 66, Early Childhood Utah Advisory Council, is repealed July 1,
2026.
Section 4. 
Appropriation.
The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2021, and ending June 30, 2022. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
fiscal year 2022.
Subsection 4(a). 
Operating and Capital Budgets
.
Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, the
Legislature appropriates the following sums of money from the funds or accounts indicated for
the use and support of the government of the state of Utah.
ITEM 1
To Department of Health -- Children's Health Insurance Program
From General Fund, Ongoing
$172,500
Schedule of Programs:
Children's Health Care Coverage Program $172,500