Brad Daw's HB 18 HEALTH REFORM - COST CONTAINMENT

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_37488395-7b4b-59b6-a40b-daa7f2cde649.html

Highlights of HB 18 include:  requires a consumer directed health plan offered by the Utah State Retirement and  Insurance Benefit Act to promote appropriate utilization of health care, including preventive health care services; and  provides flexibility for the state, within federal requirements, to determine the  appropriate actuarial value of the consumer directed health plans. 

Daw is trying to find a plan more attractive to employees.  This bill would make high deductible health plans both more accessible and more appealing to state employees, hoping to save the state and employees money.

http://le.utah.gov/~2011/htmdoc/hbillhtm/HB0018.htm

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51130315-76/health-bill-deductible-employees.html.csp