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1999 SESSION

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HB 2707 Commission on Managed Care Health Insurance Plans.

Introduced by: Kathy J. Byron | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Special Advisory Commission on Managed Care Health Insurance Plans; Office of Managed Care Ombudsman. Establishes the Special Advisory Commission on Managed Care Health Insurance Plans, comprised of 14 members and two ex officio members. The Special Advisory Commission is charged with (i) developing and maintaining, with the Bureau of Insurance, a system and program of data collection to assess the impact, including costs to employers and insurers, impact of treatment, cost savings in the health care system, number of providers and other data on managed care health insurance plans as may be appropriate, and (ii) advising and assisting the Bureau of Insurance and the Department of Health on matters relating to managed care health insurance plan benefits and provider regulations. The bill also creates, within the office of the Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Counsel, an Office of Managed Care Ombudsman. The ombudsman will promote and protect the interests of covered persons under managed care health insurance plans in the Commonwealth, and coordinate with the Special Advisory Commission on Managed Care Health Insurance Plans in studies relating to the enforcement and improvement of managed care health insurance plans and provider regulations.


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