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| 5 | 24 | | AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE HEALTH CARE CABINET TO RECOMMEND METHODS TO STUDY AND REPORT ON TOTAL STATE-WIDE HEALTH CARE SPENDING. |
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| 7 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 9 | 28 | | Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 19a-725 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017): |
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| 11 | 30 | | (c) The Health Care Cabinet shall advise the Governor regarding the development of an integrated health care system for Connecticut and shall: |
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| 13 | 32 | | (1) Evaluate the means of ensuring an adequate health care workforce in the state; |
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| 15 | 34 | | (2) Jointly evaluate, with the chief executive officer of the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, the feasibility of implementing a basic health program option as set forth in Section 1331 of the Affordable Care Act; |
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| 17 | 36 | | (3) Identify short and long-range opportunities, issues and gaps created by the enactment of federal health care reform; |
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| 19 | 38 | | (4) Review the effectiveness of delivery system reforms and other efforts to control health care costs, including, but not limited to, reforms and efforts implemented by state agencies; and |
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| 21 | 40 | | (5) Advise the Governor on matters relating to: (A) The design, implementation, actionable objectives and evaluation of state and federal health care policies, priorities and objectives relating to the state's efforts to improve access to health care, [and] (B) the quality of such care and the affordability and sustainability of the state's health care system, and (C) total state-wide health care spending, including methods to collect, analyze and report health care spending data. |
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