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