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Amend CSSB 10 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 15 of the bill, strike Subsection (b) of that
SECTION (page 52, lines 2 through 7), and substitute:
(b) The committee on health and long-term care insurance
incentives is established to study and develop recommendations
regarding methods by which this state may reduce:
(1) the need for residents of this state to rely on the
Medicaid program by providing incentives for employers to provide
health insurance, long-term care insurance, or both, to their
employees; and
(2) the number of individuals in the state who are not
covered by health insurance or long-term care insurance.
(2) In SECTION 15 of the bill, following Subsection (e) of
that SECTION (page 54, between lines 3 and 4), insert:
(e-1) The committee shall study and develop recommendations
regarding:
(1) the cost of health care coverage under health
benefit plans and how to reduce the cost of coverage through the
following or other methods:
(A) changes in health benefit plan design or
scope of services covered;
(B) improvements in disease management and other
utilization review practices by health care providers and health
benefit plans;
(C) reductions in administrative costs incurred
by health care providers and health benefit plans;
(D) improvements in the use of health care
information technology by health care providers and health benefit
plans; and
(E) development of a reinsurance system for
health care claims in excess of $50,000; and
(2) the availability of health care coverage under
health benefit plans and how to expand health care coverage through
the following or other methods:
(A) the providing of premium subsidies for health
benefit plan coverage by the state or local political subdivisions,
including three-share or multiple-share programs;
(B) the inclusion of individuals or employees of
private employers under state or local political subdivision health
benefit plans, including the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool;
(C) inclusion of family members and dependents
under a group health benefit plan regardless of age; and
(D) requiring vendors of state and local
political subdivisions to provide health benefit plan coverage for
their employees and the employee's family and dependents.