Archive #2961

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Bill Number: HB26-1002
HTTP Status: 200
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Archived At: 2026-02-17 16:42:48 MST
Created At: 2026-02-17 16:42:48 MST

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  "origin": "House",
  "lls_num": "26-0105",
  "session": "2026A",
  "subject": [
    "Health Care & Health Insurance"
  ],
  "bill_num": "HB26-1002",
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      "full_name": "Kyle Brown",
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      "id": "MB004",
      "title": "Senator",
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      "full_name": "Matt Ball",
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    },
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      "id": "BP002",
      "title": "Senator",
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      "full_name": "Byron Pelton",
      "last_name": "Pelton B.",
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  "long_title": "Concerning measures to increase patient access to behavioral health providers, and, in connection therewith, efforts to enhance provider participation in health-care provider networks, reimbursement of prelicensed providers who provide mental health services under the supervision of a licensed provider, and decreasing the clinical hours required to become a licensed clinical social worker.",
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  "short_title": "Provider Participation in Health Insurance",
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      "date": "02/10/2026 02:35:05 PM",
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  "GHG_report_files": [],
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  "first_chamber_third_reading_date": "",
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Raw Response

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