Health care shared savings; incentive programs. (HB1001)
Introduced By
Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg) with support from co-patron Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Health care shared savings; incentive programs. Requires health carriers to establish a comparable health care service incentive program under which savings are shared with a covered person who elects to receive a covered health care service from a lower-cost provider. Incentive payments shall be at least 50 percent of the saved cost compared to the average cost. Incentive payments are not required for savings of $25 or less. Programs are required to be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance. The measure also requires health carriers to make available an interactive mechanism on their website that enables a covered person to compare costs between providers in-network, calculate estimated out-of-pocket costs, and obtain quality data for those providers, to the extent available. The measure authorizes covered persons to obtain health care services from out-of-network providers if their costs are below the average of in-network providers. The measure requires health care facilities and practitioners to provide a covered person an estimate of charges prior to an admission, procedure, or service. All health care providers are required to post in a visible area notification of the patient's ability to obtain information in order to get an estimate of out-of-pocket costs from his health carrier and to compare providers. Read the Bill »
Status
01/23/2018: passed committee
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2018 | Committee |
01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104615D |
01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/22/2018 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1001) |
01/23/2018 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105707D-H1 |
01/25/2018 | Read first time |
01/26/2018 | Passed by for the day |
01/29/2018 | Read second time |
01/29/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18105707D-H1 |
01/29/2018 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1001H1 |
01/30/2018 | Passed by for the day |
01/31/2018 | Read third time and defeated by House (49-Y 49-N) |
01/31/2018 | VOTE: DEFEATED (49-Y 49-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2018 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1001H1) |