Bill Text: CT SB01001 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Task Forces On Health Care Matters.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Public Hearing 03/16 [SB01001 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB01001-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 1001
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 4181
		*04181_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING TASK FORCES ON HEALTH CARE MATTERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study the standardization of emergency code calls in hospitals. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of the differences in the use of emergency codes in hospitals throughout the state.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and

(7) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the two chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(f) Not later than January 1, 2016, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, recommendations on whether to standardize emergency code calls in hospitals throughout the state and how such standardization may be implemented. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2016, whichever is later.

Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study value-based pricing of prescription drugs.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;

(7) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, or the commissioner's designee;

(8) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; and

(9) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the two chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(f) Not later than January 1, 2016, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to general law, insurance and public health, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2016, whichever is later.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a task force on standardization of emergency code calls in hospitals and a task force on value-based pricing of prescription drugs.

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