Various health care matters.
Summary
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Medicare and Medicaid Services as in effect on January 1, 2021, if: (1) the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is repealed; or (2) federal enforcement of the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is stopped.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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Apr 6, 2021
Signed Apr 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 1, 2021
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
Apr 1, 2021
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican36
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
5
Apr 29, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 463: yeas 37, nays 11
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 470: yeas 91, nays 0
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Amended
House dissented from Senate amendments
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
lower
Apr 5, 2021
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 307: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Amended
Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 214: yeas 91, nays 0
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Amended
Amendment #7 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Amended
Amendment #1 (Schaibley) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Reassigned to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
lower
4 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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