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Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 40 - Utah Children's Health Insurance Act
Section 106 - Program benefits.
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UT Code § 26-40-106 (2017)
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Effective 5/12/2015
26-40-106. Program benefits.
Amended by Chapter 107, 2015 General Session
26-40-106. Program benefits.
- (1) Except as provided in Subsection (4), medical program benefits shall be benchmarked, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397cc, to be actuarially equivalent to a health benefit plan with the largest insured commercial enrollment offered by a health maintenance organization in the state.
- (2) Except as provided in Subsection (4):
- (a) medical program benefits may not exceed the benefit level described in Subsection (1); and
- (b) medical program benefits shall be adjusted every July 1 to meet the benefit level described in Subsection (1).
- (3) The dental benefit plan shall be benchmarked, in accordance with the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, to be equivalent to a dental benefit plan that has the largest insured, commercial, non-Medicaid enrollment of covered lives that is offered in the state, except that the utilization review mechanism for orthodontia shall be based on medical necessity. Dental program benefits shall be adjusted on July 1, 2012, and on July 1 every three years thereafter to meet the benefit level required by this Subsection (3).
- (4) The program benefits for enrollees who are at or below 100% of the federal poverty level are exempt from the benchmark requirements of Subsections (1) and (2).
Amended by Chapter 107, 2015 General Session
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