Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07048 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1
2	2
3		-	LCO 1 of 4
	3	+	LCO No. 5119 1 of 4
4	4
5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 7048
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7048
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 5119
7	8
	9	+
	10	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
	11	+
	12	+
	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(PH)
8	15
9	16
10	17		AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY'S
11	18		RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING REVISIONS TO THE HEALTH
12	19		CARE CABINET.
13	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14	21		Assembly convened:
15	22
16	23		Section 1. Section 19a-725 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
17	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
18	25		(a) There is established within the Office of Health Strategy, 3
19	26		established under section 19a-754a, the Health Care Cabinet for the 4
20	27		purpose of advising the Governor on the matters set forth in subsection 5
21	28		(c) of this section. 6
22	29		(b) (1) The Health Care Cabinet shall consist of the following 7
23		-	members: [who shall be appointed on or before August 1, 2011:] (A) 8
24		-	[Five] Seven appointed by the Governor, two of whom may represent 9
25		-	the health care industry and shall serve for terms of four years, one of 10
26		-	whom shall represent community health centers and shall serve for a 11
27		-	term of three years, one of whom shall represent insurance producers 12
28		-	and shall serve for a term of three years, one of whom shall represent a 13
29		-	state-wide association of community nonprofits and shall serve for a 14
30		-	term of three years and [one] two of whom shall [be an at-large 15
31		-	appointment and shall] serve for a term of three years; (B) [one] two 16
32		-	appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, [who] one of 17
33		-	whom shall be an oral health specialist engaged in active practice and 18 Substitute Bill No. 7048
	30	+	members who shall be appointed on or before August 1, 2011: (A) [Five] 8
	31	+	Seven appointed by the Governor, two of whom may represent the 9
	32	+	health care industry and shall serve for terms of four years, one of whom 10
	33	+	shall represent community health centers and shall serve for a term of 11
	34	+	three years, one of whom shall represent insurance producers and shall 12
	35	+	serve for a term of three years, one of whom shall represent a state-wide 13
	36	+	association of community nonprofits and shall serve for a term of three 14
	37	+	years and [one] two of whom shall [be an at-large appointment and 15
	38	+	Raised Bill No. 7048
34	39
35	40
36		-	LCO 2 of 4
37	41
38		-	shall serve for a term of four years and one of whom shall serve for a 19
39		-	term of four years; (C) one appointed by the majority leader of the 20
40		-	Senate, who shall represent labor and shall serve for a term of three 21
41		-	years; (D) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall 22
42		-	be an advanced practice registered nurse engaged in active practice and 23
43		-	shall serve for a term of two years; (E) [one] two appointed by the 24
44		-	speaker of the House of Representatives, [who] one of whom shall be a 25
45		-	consumer advocate and shall serve for a term of four years and one of 26
46		-	whom shall serve for a term of four years; (F) one appointed by the 27
47		-	majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a primary 28
48		-	care physician engaged in active practice and shall serve for a term of 29
49		-	four years; (G) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of 30
50		-	Representatives, who shall represent the health information technology 31
51		-	industry and shall serve for a term of three years; (H) [five appointed 32
52		-	jointly by the chairpersons of the SustiNet Health Partnership board of 33
53		-	directors, one of whom shall represent faith communities, one of whom 34
54		-	shall represent small businesses, one of whom shall represent the home 35
55		-	health care industry, one of whom shall represent hospitals, and one of 36
56		-	whom shall be an at-large appointment, all of whom shall serve for 37
57		-	terms of five years] two appointed by the Commissioner of Health 38
58		-	Strategy, who shall serve for a term of four years; (I) the Commissioner 39
59		-	of Health Strategy, or the commissioner's designee; (J) the Secretary of 40
60		-	the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee; the 41
61		-	Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee; the chief executive officer 42
62		-	of the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, or said officer's 43
63		-	designee; the Commissioners of Social Services and Public Health, or 44
64		-	their designees; [and] the Healthcare Advocate, or the Healthcare 45
65		-	Advocate's designee and the Behavioral Health Advocate, or the 46
66		-	Behavioral Health Advocate's designee, all of whom shall serve as ex-47
67		-	officio voting members; and (K) the Commissioners of Children and 48
68		-	Families, Developmental Services and Mental Health and Addiction 49
69		-	Services, and the Insurance Commissioner, or their designees, [and the 50
70		-	nonprofit liaison to the Governor, or the nonprofit liaison's designee,] 51
71		-	all of whom shall serve as ex-officio nonvoting members. 52 Substitute Bill No. 7048
	42	+	LCO No. 5119 2 of 4
	43	+
	44	+	shall] serve for a term of three years; (B) [one] two appointed by the 16
	45	+	president pro tempore of the Senate, [who] one of whom shall be an oral 17
	46	+	health specialist engaged in active practice and shall serve for a term of 18
	47	+	four years and one of whom shall serve for a term of four years; (C) one 19
	48	+	appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall represent labor 20
	49	+	and shall serve for a term of three years; (D) one appointed by the 21
	50	+	minority leader of the Senate, who shall be an advanced practice 22
	51	+	registered nurse engaged in active practice and shall serve for a term of 23
	52	+	two years; (E) [one] two appointed by the speaker of the House of 24
	53	+	Representatives, [who] one of whom shall be a consumer advocate and 25
	54	+	shall serve for a term of four years and one of whom shall serve for a 26
	55	+	term of four years; (F) one appointed by the majority leader of the House 27
	56	+	of Representatives, who shall be a primary care physician engaged in 28
	57	+	active practice and shall serve for a term of four years; (G) one appointed 29
	58	+	by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall 30
	59	+	represent the health information technology industry and shall serve for 31
	60	+	a term of three years; (H) [five appointed jointly by the chairpersons of 32
	61	+	the SustiNet Health Partnership board of directors, one of whom shall 33
	62	+	represent faith communities, one of whom shall represent small 34
	63	+	businesses, one of whom shall represent the home health care industry, 35
	64	+	one of whom shall represent hospitals, and one of whom shall be an at-36
	65	+	large appointment, all of whom shall serve for terms of five years] two 37
	66	+	appointed by the Commissioner of Health Strategy who shall serve for 38
	67	+	a term of four years; (I) the Commissioner of Health Strategy, or the 39
	68	+	commissioner's designee; (J) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 40
	69	+	Management, or the secretary's designee; the Comptroller, or the 41
	70	+	Comptroller's designee; the chief executive officer of the Connecticut 42
	71	+	Health Insurance Exchange, or said officer's designee; the 43
	72	+	Commissioners of Social Services and Public Health, or their designees; 44
	73	+	[and] the Healthcare Advocate, or the Healthcare Advocate's designee 45
	74	+	and the Behavioral Health Advocate, or the Behavioral Health 46
	75	+	Advocate's designee, all of whom shall serve as ex-officio voting 47
	76	+	members; and (K) the Commissioners of Children and Families, 48
	77	+	Developmental Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services, and 49
	78	+	Raised Bill No. 7048
72	79
73	80
74		-	LCO 3 of 4
75	81
	82	+	LCO No. 5119 3 of 4
	83	+
	84	+	the Insurance Commissioner, or their designees, [and the nonprofit 50
	85	+	liaison to the Governor, or the nonprofit liaison's designee,] all of whom 51
	86	+	shall serve as ex-officio nonvoting members. 52
76	87		(2) Following the expiration of initial cabinet member terms, 53
77	88		subsequent cabinet terms shall be for four years, commencing on 54
78	89		August first of the year of the appointment. If an appointing authority 55
79	90		fails to make an initial appointment to the cabinet or an appointment to 56
80	91		fill a cabinet vacancy within ninety days of the date of such vacancy, the 57
81	92		appointed cabinet members shall, by majority vote, make such 58
82	93		appointment to the cabinet. 59
83	94		[(3) Upon the expiration of the initial terms of the five cabinet 60
84	95		members appointed by SustiNet Health Partnership board of directors, 61
85	96		five successor cabinet members shall be appointed as follows: (A) One 62
86	97		appointed by the Governor; (B) one appointed by the president pro 63
87	98		tempore of the Senate; (C) one appointed by the speaker of the House of 64
88	99		Representatives; and (D) two appointed by majority vote of the 65
89	100		appointed board members. Successor board members appointed 66
90	101		pursuant to this subdivision shall be at-large appointments.] 67
91	102		[(4)] (3) The Commissioner of Health Strategy, or the commissioner's 68
92	103		designee, shall serve as the chairperson of the Health Care Cabinet. 69
93	104		(c) The Health Care Cabinet shall advise the Governor regarding the 70
94	105		development of an integrated health care system for Connecticut and 71
95	106		shall: 72
96	107		(1) Evaluate the means of ensuring an adequate health care workforce 73
97	108		in the state; 74
98	109		[(2) Jointly evaluate, with the chief executive officer of the 75
99	110		Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, the feasibility of implementing 76
100	111		a basic health program option as set forth in Section 1331 of the 77
101	112		Affordable Care Act;] 78
	113	+	Raised Bill No. 7048
	114	+
	115	+
	116	+
	117	+	LCO No. 5119 4 of 4
	118	+
102	119		[(3)] (2) Identify short and long-range opportunities, issues and gaps 79
103	120		created by the enactment of federal health care reform; 80
104	121		[(4)] (3) Review the effectiveness of delivery system reforms and 81
105		-	other efforts to control health care costs, including, but not limited to, 82 Substitute Bill No. 7048
106		-
107		-
108		-	LCO 4 of 4
109		-
	122	+	other efforts to control health care costs, including, but not limited to, 82
110	123		reforms and efforts implemented by state agencies; and 83
111	124		[(5)] (4) Advise the Governor on matters relating to: (A) The design, 84
112	125		implementation, actionable objectives and evaluation of state and 85
113	126		federal health care policies, priorities and objectives relating to the 86
114	127		state's efforts to improve access to health care, (B) the quality of such 87
115	128		care and the affordability and sustainability of the state's health care 88
116	129		system, and (C) total state-wide health care spending, including 89
117	130		methods to collect, analyze and report health care spending data. 90
118	131		(d) The Health Care Cabinet may convene working groups, which 91
119	132		include volunteer health care experts, to make recommendations 92
120	133		concerning the development and implementation of service delivery 93
121	134		and health care provider payment reforms, including multipayer 94
122	135		initiatives, medical homes, electronic health records and evidenced-95
123	136		based health care quality improvement. 96
124	137		(e) The Office of Health Strategy shall provide support staff to the 97
125	138		Health Care Cabinet. 98
126	139		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
127	140		sections:
128	141
129	142		Section 1 from passage 19a-725
130	143
131		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
132		-	In Subsec. (b)(1), a colon was inserted after "members" and "who shall
133		-	be appointed on or before August 1, 2011:" was bracketed for
134		-	consistency with standard drafting conventions, as the previous date
135		-	for prior appointments has passed.
	144	+	Statement of Purpose:
	145	+	To revise the membership and certain duties of the Health Care Cabinet.
136	146
137		-	PH Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	147	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	148	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	149	+	underlined.]
138	150