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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 3396 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6146 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 3396 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT REGULATING ACCESSIBILITY AND COSTS OF HEALTH | |
| 19 | 19 | CARE IN THIS STATE. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Increase Medicaid 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | reimbursement rates; (2) regulate medical debt; (3) regulate pharmacy 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | benefits management practices; (4) conduct a study of, and provide 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | consumers access to, the impact of vertical integration in the health care 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | system in this state; (5) limit the use of prior authorization practices; and 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | (6) regulate private equity acquisition of hospitals and medical care 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | centers. 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To: (1) Increase Medicaid reimbursement rates; (2) regulate medical | |
| 32 | 32 | debt; (3) regulate pharmacy benefits management practices; (4) conduct | |
| 33 | 33 | a study of, and provide consumers access to, the impact of vertical | |
| 34 | 34 | integration in the health care system in this state; (5) limit the use of prior | |
| 35 | 35 | authorization practices; and (6) regulate private equity acquisition of | |
| 36 | 36 | hospitals and medical care centers. |