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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 976
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4691
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY
REIMBURSEMENT RATES PAID BY HEALTH CARRIERS TO
HOSPITALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study reimbursement rates paid by health carriers to hospitals. 2
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 3
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 4
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 5
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 6
Representatives; 7
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 8
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 9
Representatives; 10 Raised Bill No. 976
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(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 11
(7) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; 12
(8) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 13
designee; 14
(9) The executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, or the 15
executive director's designee; and 16
(10) Two persons appointed by the Governor. 17
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 18
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 19
of the General Assembly. 20
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 21
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 22
filled by the appointing authority. 23
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 24
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 25
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 26
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 27
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 28
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 29
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance 30
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 31
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 32
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 33
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 34
relating to insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-35
4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date 36
that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 37 Raised Bill No. 976
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to study reimbursement rates paid by health
carriers to hospitals.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]