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Show Storehouse Report Welfare Aide Sug gests Slicing Extra Medical Co sts for Needy By C. SHARP Utah can cut costs of its $13 million a year medical assistance program by 20 per cent if it curtails certain cer-tain very expensive items not required by the federal government. Ward C. Holbrook, executive exec-utive director, Social Services Servi-ces Department, reported this to the Social Services Subcommittee of the Legislature's Leg-islature's Joint Appropriations Appropria-tions Committee Jan. 21. He said doctors who now are directing medical policy po-licy are spending sizeable sums for such work as open op-en heart . surgery, kidney transplants and expensive hospital care for terminal cases which could be moved mov-ed into nursing homes. "If the Legislature directs dir-ects the department to reduce re-duce expenditures in these fields, the staff can so in. struct medical doctors," he said. Seeks Mandate He asked for direction in this matter. The federal government pays approximately 70 percent per-cent of the medical assistance assist-ance program costs, with the state paying the remainder. re-mainder. All members of the Legislature Le-gislature are members of the Joint Appropriations Committee which now is hammering out . its recommendations recom-mendations preparatory to enacting an appropriations law toward the end of the 60-day session. Nine subcommittees are meeting each Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. until un-til noon studying recommendations recom-mendations by the Budget-Audit Budget-Audit Committee and by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton and meeting with the agencies agen-cies involved. Travl-Industrial Sen. Ralph A. Preece, R-Vernal, R-Vernal, is chairman of the Development Services Subcommittee. Sub-committee. This six-member group will recommend appropriations for the vital vit-al Industrial Promotion, ics, Exposition, State His. Travel Council, Aeronaut-tory Aeronaut-tory and Expositions Divisions. Di-visions. Rep. Kenneth Silliman, R-Green River, is a member mem-ber of this subcommittee. Serving on the Education Subcommittee are Sen. Omar Om-ar Bunnell, D-Price.. Rep. John M. Garr, D-Drager. ton, and Rep. Dwaine C. Washburn, D-Monroe. Rep. Mike Dmitrich, D-Price, D-Price, is a member of the Higher Education Subcommittee; Subcom-mittee; Rep. C. Alfred Frost, R-Monticello, is a member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee, and Sen. Kendrick Har. ward, R-Richfield, is chairman chair-man of the Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee. Subcom-mittee. Senatorial Committees Assignments of southeastern south-eastern Utah Senators to standing committees are: Bunnell Business, Labor and Economic Development, Develop-ment, also Education, and Rules; Preece Political Subdivisions, Transportation Transporta-tion and Public Safety, and Harward Transportation and Public Safety. Similar assignments of House members to standing stand-ing committees are: Agriculture Washburn, Vance W. Aagard, R-Foun-tian Green, and Frost. Business and Commerce, Education and Election (of which he is chairman), Dmitrich. Fish and Game Aagard Aag-ard and Frost. Highways Garr and Silliman. Industrial Development and Labor, Silliman. Public Safety Garr. Public Ski Center Price Elks Lodge No. 1550 applied to the State Land Board Jan. 20 to lease 40 acres of state land in Spring Canyon near Scofield Reservoir for development de-velopment as a ski and public recreation center. The lodge proposes to Install In-stall a ski tow, cook house, sanitary facilities and picnic pic-nic area. Frank Migliori, lodge treasurer, reported that the State Parks & Recreation Division has no objection to leasing the land to the Elks for five years. "'We would want reimbursement reim-bursement from the state for our capital expense if the state takes over the project after five years," Migliori said. Sanitary Safeguards A letter from the State Health Division said it would demand adequate administration of the area to insure cleanliness, and full protection of the water wat-er supply of Helper and Price. Others supporting the proposal were Sen. Bunnell, Bun-nell, Rep. Garr, Rep. Silliman Silli-man ; Charles Marrelli, com-imittee com-imittee chairman for the Elks, and Grant Howell, highway patrolman. Terms of a lease will be negotiated if clearance is ' obtained from the Health Division, Charles R. Hansen, Han-sen, Land Board director, said. The Board also agreed to lease 800 additional acres ac-res of state land at $1 per acre per year to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Pershing Missile and Althena Missile launching launch-ing sites near Green River. Retrieval Corridor Additional land will be leased to the Army for a retrieval corridor for spent missiles. One provision is that payments may be renegotiated re-negotiated if problems develop de-velop shutting off use of state lands for other purposes. Dissatisfaction with the new collector road program under which counties le-ceive le-ceive revenue from the ex. tra one-cent a gallon state gasoiine tax collected since July 1, 1969 was expressed Jan. 22. A delegation from Carbon Car-bon and Duchesne counties coun-ties said the money allotted allot-ted to them does not pay for maintenance of the collector col-lector roads. The Carbon County group wanted the state to take over maintenance of the Kine-uVUle Canyon Road from Wellington north lo Myton. In return, the couu. ty offered to take over maintenance of the much shorter road to Kenilworth. Action by Legislature Nine-Mile Canyon Road (Was 'fiaken off the state system and added to the collector system by actiou of the 1969 Legislature. Guido Rachiele, Carbon County Commission chairman, chair-man, said the county receives re-ceives only $7,800 a year for maintaining its 75 miles mil-es of collector roads. During Dur-ing the current fiscal year it already has spent $12,699 for maintaining the 32.9 anile Nine-Mile Road, he said. In addition, the county has had to buy a patrol (heavy piece of road equipment) equip-ment) at a cost of $30,500 and a dump truck costing $7,960 for the road, he declared. "We just do not have enough money to maintain this road," he declared. ' Rep. iDaniel S. Dennis, R-Roosevelt, also urged removing re-moving the Duchesne Coun. ty portion of the road from the collector system and putting it back on the s'tate system. Others supporting Ra. chicle's stand were Gary Prazen and Hector Chiara, Carbon County commissioners, commission-ers, Burke Johnson, road superintendent, and Brig-ham Brig-ham II. Young, county clerk. |
