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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 976
January Session, 2019
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUD Y
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
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 11
(7) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; 12
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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, one of whom shall be 17
selected by the Connecticut Hospital Association. 18
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 19
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 20
of the General Assembly. 21
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 22
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 23
filled by the appointing authority. 24
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 25
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 26
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 27
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 28
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 29
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 30
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance 31
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 32
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 33
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 34
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 35
relating to insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-36
4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date 37
that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 38
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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INS Joint Favorable Subst.