H.B. 70: Correctional Health Services Amendments

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill addresses correctional health services.

• Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to contract for a new electronic health record system for inmate care, based on recommendations of a working group
• Permits appropriations from the Medicaid Growth Reduction and Budget Stabilization Account for the electronic health record system
• Provides that money appropriated to the department to pay for unanticipated high-cost correctional health expenses is non-lapsing
• Requires the department, in consultation with the Department of Corrections, to prepare and implement a plan for providing opioid use disorder treatment to certain inmates who suffer from an opioid use disorder, and requires the Department of Corrections to cooperate with the department in providing medication assisted treatment in accordance with that plan
• Defines terms
• Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Steve Eliason