Donna Schaibley
- Republican
Author
Provides that the state employee health plan statute does not prohibit the state personnel department from directly contracting with health care providers for health care services for state employees. Provides that if a woman who is in premature labor presents to a hospital, the hospital must inform the woman of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy. Sets forth requirements that a hospital must meet concerning: (1) a woman who is in premature labor; and (2) a born alive infant. Changes the date that ambulatory outpatient surgical centers are required to begin posting certain pricing information from March 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021. Specifies that the pricing information posted is the standard charge rather than the weighted average negotiated charge and sets forth what is included in the standard charge. Specifies that if an ambulatory outpatient surgical center offers less than 30 additional services, the center is required to post all of the services the center provides. Requires a hospital to post pricing information in compliance with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as in effect on January 1, 2021, if: (1) the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is repealed; or (2) federal enforcement of the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is stopped. Defines "health carrier" for purposes of the law on health provider contracts. Prohibits the inclusion in a health provider contract of any provision that would: (1) prohibit the disclosure of health care service claims data, including for use in the all payer claims data base; (2) limit the ability of a health carrier or health provider facility to disclose the allowed amount and fees of services to any insured or enrollee, or to the treating health provider facility or physician of the insured or enrollee; or (3) limit the ability of a health carrier or health provider facility to disclose out-of-pocket costs to an insured or an enrollee. Requires the department of insurance to issue a report to: (1) the legislative council; and (2) the interim study committees on financial institutions and insurance and public health, behavioral health, and human services; setting forth its suggestions for revising the department's administrative rules to reduce the regulatory costs incurred by employers seeking to provide health coverage for their employees through multiple employer welfare arrangements.
Public Law 198
Signed by the Governor
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the Speaker
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 470: yeas 91, nays 0
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 463: yeas 37, nays 11
Senator Gaskill added as conferee
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
CCR # 1 filed in the House
Senator Yoder removed as conferee
House advisors appointed: Heaton, Lauer and Campbell
Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau and Breaux
Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Yoder
House conferees appointed: Schaibley and Austin
House dissented from Senate amendments
Motion to dissent filed
Returned to the House with amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 307: yeas 48, nays 0
Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Referred to the Senate
Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Charbonneau, Zay
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 214: yeas 91, nays 0
Amendment #7 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Amendment #1 (Schaibley) prevailed; voice vote
Representative Heaton added as coauthor
Representatives Lauer and Cook added as coauthors
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Reassigned to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
Authored by Representative Schaibley
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