North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina Senate Bill S83 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	S 1
4		-	SENATE BILL 83
	3	+	S D
	4	+	SENATE BILL DRS15039-NL-6A
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5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: Extend Primary Care Task Force. (Public)
8	9		Sponsors: Senator Hise (Primary Sponsor).
9		-	Referred to: ~~Rules and Operations of the Senate~~
10		-	~~February 12, 2025~~
11		-	~~S83-v-1~~
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRS15039 -NL-6A
12	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
13	14		AN ACT TO EXTEND AND CLARIFY THE PRIMARY CARE PAYMENT REFORM TASK 2
14	15		FORCE. 3
15	16		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
16	17		SECTION 1. Section 9E.28 of S.L. 2023-134 reads as rewritten: 5
17	18		"SECTION 9E.28.(a) There is established the North Carolina Primary Care Payment 6
18	19		Reform Task Force (Task Force) within the Department of Health and Human Services, Division 7
19	20		of Health Benefits, for budgetary purposes only. 8
20	21		… 9
21	22		"SECTION 9E.28.(b) The Task Force established under subsection (a) of this section shall 10
22	23		have the following duties: 11
23	24		(1) Establish a definition of primary care to be utilized by the Task Force. This 12
24	25		term should be applicable to services and care provided under the NC 13
25	26		Medicaid program, the State Health Plan, and commercial insurance. 14
26	27		(2) Conduct an actuarial evaluation of the current healthcare spend on primary 15
27	28		care services, both as it relates to the NC Medicaid program and the 16
28	29		commercial market, including Medicare Advantage plans. 17
29	30		(3) Determine the adequacy of the primary care delivery system in North 18
30	31		Carolina, including the impact this system has on the supply of the primary 19
31	32		care providers in this State. 20
32	33		(4) Study the primary care payment landscape in other states, specifically 21
33	34		considering states that have implemented a minimum primary care spend. 22
34	35		(5) Identify data collection and measurement systems to inform creation of a 23
35	36		primary care investment target for the NC Medicaid program, the State Health 24
36	37		Plan, and commercial insurance. This includes a method by which to measure 25
37	38		improvements made toward that target. 26
38	39		(5a) Collect and compile data and other information related to healthcare spend on 27
39	40		primary care services in a manner that is compliant with the Health Insurance 28
40	41		Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Within 30 days of a 29
41	42		request for data or information from the Task Force, all entities shall comply 30
42	43		with the Task Force's request. 31
43	44		(6) Evaluate the need for a permanent Primary Care Payment Reform Task Force, 32
44	45		or other similar entity, including which State agency or body is best suited to 33
45	46		oversee the work of that group. 34
46	47		(7) Perform any other studies, evaluations, or determinations the Task Force 35
47		-	considers necessary. 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 Senate Bill 83-First Edition
	48	+	considers necessary. 36
	49	+	FILED SENATE
	50	+	Feb 11, 2025
	51	+	S.B. 83
	52	+	PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	53	+	Page 2 DRS15039-NL-6A
49	54		"SECTION 9E.28.(b1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop, and 1
50	55		the Task Force and the Department of Health and Human Services shall implement, a detailed 2
51	56		data security and safeguarding plan for the data requested pursuant to subsection (b) of this 3
52	57		section that includes all of the following: 4
53	58		(1) Guidelines for authorizing access to the data, including guidelines for 5
54	59		authentication of authorized access. 6
55	60		(2) Privacy compliance standards. 7
56	61		(3) Privacy and security audits. 8
57	62		(4) Breach planning, notification, and procedures. 9
58	63		(5) Data retention and disposition policies. 10
59	64		(6) Data security policies, including electronic, physical, and administrative 11
60	65		safeguards such as data encryption and training of employees. 12
61	66		"SECTION 9E.28.(b2) The data collected by the Task Force under subsection (b) of this 13
62	67		section, regardless of where it is housed, shall not be considered a public record within the 14
63	68		meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. 15
64	69		"SECTION 9E.28.(c) No later than April 1, 2024, and April 1, 2026, the Task Force shall 16
65	70		submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Oversight 17
66	71		Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on 18
67	72		Medicaid. These findings and recommendations shall include specific, concrete, and actionable 19
68	73		steps to be undertaken by the State and upon which the General Assembly could act. 20
69	74		"SECTION 9E.28.(d) This section shall expire on May 1, 2024.December 31, 2026." 21
70	75		SECTION 2. This act is effective retroactive to July 1, 2023. 22