Otter withholds signature from CAT fund supplemental appropriation that passed unanimously
The Twin Falls Times-News reports today that Gov. Butch Otter has allowed HB 574, the supplemental appropriation for the Catastrophic Health Care Fund for the current year, to become law without his signature. Otter, in a letter to House Speaker Lawerence Denney, said he was concerned about uncertainty over health care programs with the pending challenge to national health care reform. The bill had passed both the House and Senate unanimously; its sponsors said the state has to fund its county indigent program regardless of the national health reform issue. You can read the full story here from Times-News reporter Melissa Davlin.