Sets out provisions governing assessment of Free Rider surcharge on certain employers who do not offer health benefits to their employees based on the number of employees, the use of the Free Care Pool, total state-funded costs, and the percentage of employees enrolled in the employer’s health plan.
Requires creation of a form for employers to verify that they provide section 125 plans. Also requires creation of a form for employers to verify that employees who declined employer sponsored coverage have alternative coverage. Creates fine for employers who falsify or fail to submit forms.
Requires applicants for the Health Safety Net to be enrolled in other publicly-funded health programs, if eligible. Applicants deemed ineligible for such programs are required to provide the name and address of their employer and their own identifying information, including social security number.
Provides Health Care Quality and Cost Council - definitions of terms used in QCC statute.
Requires hospitals to conduct uniform reports to the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, which must include the names and addresses of employers whose employees receive free care at the hospitals. Amended in 2010 to also require public and private insurance providers to submit to the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy an explanation of charges and costs associated with group and individual insurance plans.
Sets out provisions to determine an acute hospital's annual assessment to cover a portion of estimated expenses of the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy and the Health Safety Net office.
Amended powers of the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy to delete reference to Uncompensated Care Pool.
Amends the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy statute to include references to Health Care Quality and Cost Council and the provider and payer cost trends hearings.
Makes technical language changes in the definitions section of the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy statute. The changes relate to the replacement of the Uncompensated Care Pool program with the Health Safety Net.
Establishes provisions governing payments from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to acute hospitals and community health centers.