Sen. Jason Brodeur

Health Insurance Cost Sharing; Requiring specified individual health insurers and their pharmacy benefits managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified individual health insurers to disclose on their websites and in their policies their applications of payments by or on behalf of policyholders toward the policyholders’ total contributions to cost-sharing requirements; requiring pharmacy benefits managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds and subscribers toward the insureds’ and subscribers’ total contributions to cost-sharing requirements, etc.

Telehealth; Revising the definition of the term “telehealth”; revising an exemption from telehealth registration requirements, etc.

Hospital, Hospital System, or Provider Organization Transactions; Requiring certain entities to submit written notice of a specified filing to the Office of the Attorney General relating to certain hospital, hospital system, or provider organization mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions within a specified timeframe; requiring that such entities submit written notice of a material change to the office within a specified timeframe; providing requirements for such notice; authorizing the office to request additional information or issue a civil investigative demand, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,268,721

Medicaid Modernization; Authorizing Medicaid to reimburse for certain remote evaluation and patient monitoring services, etc.

Nurse Registries; Authorizing registered nurses to delegate to certified nursing assistants and home health aides the administration of certain medication to patients of nurse registries under certain circumstances; authorizing certified nursing assistants to administer certain medication to patients of nurse registries under certain circumstances, etc.

Parent-Teacher Compact Program; Citing this act as the "Parent-Teacher Compact Act"; requiring the State Board of Education to establish the Parent-Teacher Compact program; authorizing a parent to enter into a written compact with a teacher to oversee the education of his or her children; requiring a teacher to submit a compact to the Department of Education for review and approval; requiring a teacher who is serving students under a compact to maintain a portfolio of student records and materials, etc.

Transportation Projects; Limiting the amount of State Transportation Trust Fund revenues to be committed for certain public transportation projects; revising the amount of funding allocated by the Department of Transportation to transportation construction projects for the purchase of plant materials; removing a requirement that a certain amount of such allocation be for the purchase of large plant materials; requiring purchased plant materials to be grown in this state; authorizing the department to enter into certain contracts without advertising and receiving competitive bids under certain circumstances, etc.

Retail Sale of Dogs or Cats; Prohibiting pet stores from selling or offering for sale dogs or cats; providing noncriminal penalties; specifying that municipalities and counties are not restricted from enacting or enforcing more stringent ordinances, etc.

Cooperative Advertising Agreements; Authorizing a manufacturer or importer of malt beverages and a vendor to enter into a written agreement for brand naming rights and associated cooperative advertising if certain requirements are met; providing requirements for such agreement; prohibiting certain manufacturers or importers of malt beverages from soliciting or receiving certain payments; specifying that such agreements do not affect distributors, etc.

Health Care Cost Savings; Revising the definition of the term “shoppable health care service” to include certain items and services, etc.