Fifty-fourth Legislature                                                        

First Regular Session                                                           

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2603

(Reference to printed bill)

 

 

 


Page 1, line 6, after "A." strike remainder of line

Strike lines 7 and 8

Line 9, strike "facility and physician group."; after "report" insert "to the department"

Line 11, after "outpatient" insert "relative"

Between lines 24 and 25, insert:

"B.  Health plans shall not provide claims information or contract prices to the department, but shall report only relative prices."

Reletter to conform

Line 26, strike "all of the"

Strike lines 27 through 43

Page 2, strike lines 1 through 13, insert "the relative value of the alternative payment contract and nonclaim payments pursuant to rules adopted by the department."

Reletter to conform

Line 15, strike "and the"

Strike line 16

Line 17, strike "facility and physician group"

Line 18, strike "shall identify" insert "that identifies"

Strike lines 32 through 34

Line 36, after "department" insert "except as necessary to produce the reports required by this section"

Line 41, strike "health care"; strike "a public health plan or"

Page 2, line 42, after "private" insert "health care"; strike "methods" insert "methodologies"

Line 43, strike "methods" insert "methodologies"

Page 3, line 11, strike the comma insert "and"; strike "and "health plan""

Between lines 13 and 14, insert:

"5.  "Health plan":

(a)  Means a health care services organization, a hospital service organization, a medical service organization and a hospital, medical, dental and optometric service organization authorized to transact insurance business pursuant to title 20.

(b)  Does not include an insurer or plan that provides benefits pursuant to chapter 29, article 1 of this title."

Renumber to conform

Line 16, after "title" insert "and in accordance with title XIX of the social security act"

Strike lines 17 through 19

Renumber to conform

Line 21, strike "and public"

Strike lines 26 through 31

Amend title to conform


And, as so amended, it do pass

 

NANCY K. BARTO

CHAIRMAN

 

 

2603HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES

02/21/2019

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