FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 530
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GROSS.
Read 1st time February 21, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1890S.02I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to reviewing mandated health insurance benefits.
Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 376.1150, to read as follows:
376.1150. 1. Beginning January 1, 2002, any new mandated health insurance coverage for specific health services, specific diseases or for certain providers of health care services approved by the general assembly shall apply only to the Missouri consolidated health care plan established in chapter 103, RSMo, for a period of at least one year beginning with the first anniversary date of the Missouri consolidated health care plan subsequent to the approval of the mandate by the general assembly. On or before March first, after the one-year period for which the mandate has been applied, the board of trustees of the Missouri consolidated health care plan shall submit to the president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report indicating the impact such mandated coverage has had on the Missouri consolidated health care plan, including data on the utilization and costs of such mandated coverage. Such report shall also include a recommendation on whether such mandated coverage should continue for the Missouri consolidated health care plan or whether additional utilization and cost data is required.
2. The general assembly shall periodically review all health insurance coverages mandated by state law.