West Virginia House Bill 4021 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-11 - To House Banking and Insurance
Pending: House Banking & Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to. permit an individual to shop for the highest value care to receive health care which may make that individual eligible for a monetary incentive. The bill creates a new article designated as “Right to Shop” and provides definitions, establishes a Comparable Health Care Service Incentive Program, beginning January 1, 2019; requires insurance carriers to develop health care transparency tools; permits patient freedom and choice to seek health care insurance; requires price transparency; and requires the Public Employees Insurance Agency to conduct an analysis of the cost effectiveness of implementing an incentive-based program for current enrollees and retirees.

Creating "Right to Shop" a process which permits a person to search for highest value health care

Del. Eric Householder [R]

Del. Amy Summers [R]

Del. Jim Butler [R]

Del. Mark Dean [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-11	House	To House Banking and Insurance
2018-01-11	House	Introduced in House
2018-01-11	House	To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2018-01-11	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	53	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	53	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	53	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	53	4	New Code	See Bill Text
16	53	5	New Code	See Bill Text
16	53	6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4021&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4021%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4021