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SB0050 • 2026

Anesthesia Dosage Amendments

Anesthesia Dosage Amendments

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Sen. Plumb, Jen
Last action
2026-03-17
Official status
Governor Signed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Anesthesia Dosage Amendments

This bill enacts provisions related to health insurance coverage and anesthesia.

What This Bill Does

  • This bill enacts provisions related to health insurance coverage and anesthesia.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-17 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing

    Governor Signed

  2. 2026-03-03 Senate Secretary

    Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing

  3. 2026-03-03 Executive Branch - Governor

    Senate/ to Governor

  4. 2026-02-23 Senate Secretary

    Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate

  5. 2026-02-23 Senate Secretary

    Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing

  6. 2026-02-20 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling

    Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling

  7. 2026-02-20 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling

    Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared

  8. 2026-02-18 House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills

    House/ 3rd reading

  9. 2026-02-18 House Speaker

    House/ passed 3rd reading

  10. 2026-02-18 Senate President

    House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate

  11. 2026-02-18 Senate President

    House/ to Senate

  12. 2026-02-18 Senate President

    Senate/ received from House

  13. 2026-02-18 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling

    Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling

  14. 2026-02-13 House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills

    House/ 2nd reading

  15. 2026-02-13 House Health and Human Services Committee

    House/ committee report favorable

  16. 2026-02-12 House Health and Human Services Committee

    House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

  17. 2026-02-10 House Health and Human Services Committee

    House/ to standing committee

  18. 2026-02-03 House Rules Committee

    House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  19. 2026-02-03 Clerk of the House

    House/ received from Senate

  20. 2026-02-03 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar

    Senate/ 3rd reading

  21. 2026-02-03 Clerk of the House

    Senate/ passed 3rd reading

  22. 2026-02-03 Clerk of the House

    Senate/ to House

  23. 2026-02-02 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar

    Senate/ 2nd reading

  24. 2026-02-02 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar

    Senate/ passed 2nd reading

  25. 2026-01-23 Senate Health and Human Services Committee

    Senate/ committee report favorable

  26. 2026-01-23 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar

    Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar

  27. 2026-01-21 Senate Health and Human Services Committee

    Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

  28. 2026-01-20 Released

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0050

  29. 2026-01-20 Senate Rules Committee

    Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  30. 2026-01-20 Senate Rules Committee

    Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  31. 2026-01-20 Senate Health and Human Services Committee

    Senate/ to standing committee

  32. 2026-01-16 Version Sponsor

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0050

  33. 2026-01-07 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate

    Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research

  34. 2025-12-29 Legislative Research and General Counsel

    Bill Numbered but not Distributed

  35. 2025-12-29 Legislative Fiscal Analyst

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0050

  36. 2025-12-29 Legislative Fiscal Agency

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0050

  37. 2025-12-29 Legislative Research and General Counsel

    Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill enacts provisions related to health insurance coverage and anesthesia.

Current Bill Text

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31A-22-663
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Anesthesia Dosage Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Jen Plumb
House Sponsor: Katy Hall
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill enacts provisions related to health insurance coverage and anesthesia.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
requires health benefit plans to pay for medically necessary anesthesia services; and
prohibits a health benefit plan from denying payment for anesthesia services based solely
on preset time limitations.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
31A-22-663
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
31A-22-663
is enacted to read:
31A-22-663
. Anesthesia services.
(1)
A health benefit plan shall provide coverage for medically necessary anesthesia
services, regardless of the duration, for any procedure covered by the health benefit plan.
(2)
A health benefit plan is prohibited from denying payment or reimbursement for
anesthesia services solely because the duration of care exceeded a preset time limit.
(3)
This section applies to a health benefit plan contract entered into or renewed on or after
January 1, 2027.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
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