Relating to health care cost containment; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.
Catchline/Summary:
Establishes Oregon Health Authority Board.Requires Department of Human Services to phase medical assistance recipients into cost containment system of provider contracts.]
Establishes Oregon Health Authority Board. Specifies composition of board and qualifications for board membership. Specifies duties and powers of board.
Establishes Oregon Health Authority within Department of Human Services. Specifies composition of authority. Specifies duties and powers of authority. Transfers specified duties, functions and powers of Department of Human Services, Office of Private Health Partnerships, Oregon Educators Benefit Board and Public Employees' Benefit Board to authority.
Requires Oregon Health Authority Board to submit to Legislative Assembly report on legislative changes necessary to establish independence of authority on or before June 1, 2010. Requires board to submit to assembly report on legislative changes necessary for board to assume responsibility for health care purchasing functions on or before December 31, 2012.
Establishes Oregon Health Authority Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Oregon Health Authority for purpose of carrying out duties of Oregon Health Authority Board and authority.
Creates Quality Care Institute within authority. Directs institute to develop uniform statewide health care quality standards designed for use by purchasers, third-party payers and health care providers.
Requires carrier of health benefit plan and licensed third party administrator to annually submit to Department of Consumer and Business Services data concerning number of covered lives of carrier or administrator.
Directs Health Resources Commission to conduct comparative effectiveness research of certain new and existing health treatments, procedures and services. Directs Health Services Commission to develop or identify evidence-based health care guidelines and to disseminate guidelines to providers, consumers and purchasers of health care.
Specifies procedure by which insurer may file and modify schedule or table of premium rates for individual portability or small employer health insurance.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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