SB10 An Act Concerning Health Insurance And Patient Protection. - (TRACKED ON 5/19)
Status: House Calendar Number 632 (5/23)
To: (1) Establish (A) certain reporting requirements and enforcement provisions concerning compliance with mental health and substance use disorder benefit laws, and (B) the parity advancement account; (2) require health carriers to bear the burden of proving that certain health care services under adverse determination or utilization review are not medically necessary; (3) establish certain prohibitions on the use of step therapy for prescription drugs; (4) require health carriers to include certain provisions in contracts with health care providers regarding reimbursement for certain covered health benefits; (5) establish certain requirements concerning stop loss insurance policies for health care or medical benefits under any self-funded employee health benefit plan; (6) establish certain health insurance rate filing requirements and require that the Insurance Commissioner adopt regulations concerning affordability in rate filing; (7) prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to make an adverse determination based on medical necessity; and (8) prohibit any individual or group health insurance policy from imposing (A) arbitrary time limits on reimbursement for general anesthesia services, or (B) unilateral arbitrary limitations on reimbursement for medically necessary ancillary services.
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Hearing Date(s):
Thu 3/6 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2C AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB6771 An Act Establishing An Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia Task Force, Requiring Health Insurance Coverage For Biomarker Testing And Concerning Transfers And Discharges In Residential Care Homes, Tuition Waivers For Nursing Home Residents Who Take Courses At Regional Community-technical Colleges And Closures And Evacuations Of Residential Care Homes And Nursing Homes. - (TRACKED ON 5/7)
Status: In Concurrence (5/21)
To require health insurance coverage for biomarker testing.
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Hearing Date(s):
Thu 2/20 1:30 PM @ ROOM 1B AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1539 An Act Concerning Certificates Of Need. - (TRACKED ON 3/18)
Status: Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (5/23)
To (1) require a certificate of need for certain private equity investments in health care facilities, (2) require the denial of certificate of need applications involving the closure of labor and delivery units unless an alternate labor and delivery unit is located not more than twenty-five miles away, (3) prohibit intervenors in certificate of need applications involving certain physician group practices, (4) establish an expedited certificate of need review process for increases in the licensed bed capacity of health care facilities, and (5) require the Commissioner of Health Strategy to post notice of any appeal or agreed settlement relating to a certificate of need application.
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Hearing Date(s):
Mon 3/24 11:30 AM @ ROOM 1D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1251 An Act Implementing The Governor's Recommendations Concerning A Driver Training Program For Persons With Disabilities, Legislative Oversight Of Medicaid State Plan Amendments And Penalties For Violating Timely Wheelchair Repair Standards. - (TRACKED ON 3/6)
Status: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations regarding health and human services.
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Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/11 11:00 AM @ ROOM 2E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB7067 An Act Concerning An Emergency Certificate Of Need Application Process For Transfers Of Ownership Of Hospitals That Have Filed For Bankruptcy Protection, The Assessment Of Motor Vehicles For Property Taxation, A Property Tax Exemption For Veterans Who Are Permanently And Totally Disabled And Funding Of The Special Education Excess Cost Grant. - (TRACKED ON 2/24)
Status: Public Act 25-2 (3/12)
Analysis Forthcoming
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HB7050 An Act Concerning The Office Of Health Strategy's Recommendations Regarding The Certificate Of Need Program. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: File Number 683 (4/14)
To make various revisions to the certificate of need program.
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Hearing Date(s):
Mon 3/24 11:30 AM @ ROOM 1D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB6873 An Act Strengthening The Review Of Health Care Entity Transactions. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/9)
Status: Tabled for the Calendar, House (5/6)
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
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Hearing Date(s):
Mon 3/3 11:30 AM @ ROOM 1D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB7 An Act Concerning Protections For Access To Health Care And The Equitable Delivery Of Health Care Services In The State. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 1/30)
Status: House Calendar Number 631 (5/23)
To protect continued access to health care and the equitable delivery of health care services in the state.
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Mon 3/24 11:30 AM @ ROOM 1D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB6555 An Act Establishing An Expedited Certificate Of Need Approval Process For The Acquisition Of New Life-saving Technologies. - DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/23)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/24)
To promote the adoption of new life-saving technologies, including, but not limited to, whole-body magnetic resonance imaging machines, by establishing an expedited certificate of need approval process for the acquisition of such technologies.
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HB6600 An Act Eliminating Certain Certificate Of Need Requirements. - DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/23)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/24)
To eliminate certain certificate of need requirements.
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SB256 An Act Revising The Certificate Of Need Process For Labor And Delivery And Intensive Care Units. - DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/23)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/8)
To protect residents from living in a health care desert.
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HB5195 An Act Eliminating The Requirements To Obtain A Certificate Of Need To Establish New Health Care Facilities Or Services And Transfer Ownership Of Existing Health Care Facilities. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/20)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/14)
To promote the expansion of and access to health care services in the state by requiring certificate of need approval only for the termination of existing facilities and services.
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HB5711 An Act Eliminating The Requirement For A Certificate Of Need For The Expansion Of Health Care Services. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/20)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/21)
To facilitate improved health care delivery and reduce health care costs by easing the ability of health care providers to increase the supply of health care services.
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SB266 An Act Concerning The Certificate Of Need Program. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/20)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/8)
To revise various certificate of need requirements and procedures.
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SB709 An Act Eliminating The Certificate Of Need Program. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/20)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/16)
To eliminate the certificate of need program.
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SB835 An Act Concerning The Revitalization And Strengthening Of The State's Health Care System To Promote Health Care Quality And Affordability. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/20)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/21)
To create a sustainable, patient-centered health care system that improves outcomes for all state residents.
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SB837 An Act Concerning Oversight Of Group Practice Acquisitions And Mergers. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/20)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/21)
To promote health care industry competition and better health care quality in the state.
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SB839 An Act Establishing That The Violation Of Any Provision Prohibiting The Collection Of A Facility Fee By A Hospital, Health System Or Hospital-based Facility For Certain Outpatient Health Care Services Is An Unfair Trade Practice. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/20)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/21)
To protect patients by establishing that the violation of any provision concerning the collection of a facility fee by a hospital, health system or hospital-based facility for certain outpatient services is an unfair trade practice.
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HB5293 An Act Streamlining The Certificate Of Need Process. - SUPPORT DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/15)
To improve the delivery of care to patients by reducing the delay caused by the certificate of need application and approval process.
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