As Reported by House Health, Retirement and Aging Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 16 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES MOTTLEY-TIBERI-CORBIN-HAINES-SCHULER-VESPER- 7
BEATTY-MAIER-OPFER-KRUPINSKI-PADGETT-TAYLOR-BRADING-WESTON- 8
TERWILLEGER-WOMER BENJAMIN-EVANS-CALVERT-MYERS- 9
SULLIVAN-GARDNER 10
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A B I L L
To create a task force to study consumer access to 13
preferred provider plans, point of service plans, 14
and other open panel plans for health care 15
coverage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 16
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created a task force 18
consisting of the following members to study consumer access to 19
preferred provider plans, point of service plans, and other open 20
panel plans for health care coverage:
(1) Two members of the House of Representatives; 22
(2) Two members of the Senate; 24
(3) The Superintendent of Insurance or the 26
Superintendent's designee;
(4) Two representatives of health care providers who 28
provide health care services in this state; 29
(5) One representative of a health insuring corporation 31
that is authorized under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code to 32
operate in this state and is offering a point of service plan; 33
(6) One representative of a health insuring corporation 35
that is authorized under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code to 36
operate in this state, other than a health insuring corporation 37
described in division (A)(5) of this section;
(7) One representative of an employer in Ohio that employs 39
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fewer than twenty-five individuals, other than an employer 41
described in division (A)(4), (5), or (6) of this section; 42
(8) One representative of an employer in Ohio that employs 44
twenty-five or more individuals, other than an employer described 45
in division (A)(4), (5), or (6) of this section; 46
(9) Two representatives of consumers in this state. 48
The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 50
the members listed in divisions (A)(1) and (6) of this section 51
and one of the members listed in division (A)(4) of this section. 52
The President of the Senate shall appoint the members listed in 53
divisions (A)(2) and (5) of this section and one of the members 54
listed in division (A)(4) of this section. With regard to the 55
members described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section, 56
the Speaker and the President shall make those appointments in 57
consultation with their respective minority leaders. The 58
Governor shall appoint the members listed in divisions (A)(7), 59
(8), and (9) of this section.
Appointments to the task force shall be made no later than 61
thirty days after the effective date of this section. The 62
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the 63
Senate shall each designate a member of the majority party of the 64
House and Senate appointed under division (A)(1) or (2) of this 65
section to serve as co-chairpersons. The task force shall meet 66
at the call of either of the co-chairpersons. Members of the 67
task force shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed 68
for their actual and necessary expenses in performing the 69
official duties of the task force. 70
(B) At the direction of the Legislative Service 72
Commission, the Director of the Legislative Service Commission 73
shall provide staff support to the task force within the 74
Commission's current budget appropriation. With the approval of 75
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of 76
the Senate, the task force may request that the Controlling Board 77
appropriate funds for services not provided by the Commission. 78
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(C) The task force shall study the issue of whether access 80
to preferred provider plans, point of service plans, and other 81
open panel plans for health care coverage is available and at 82
what cost, whether there are any obstacles to access, and whether 83
those types of health care plans enhance or impede consumer 84
access to quality and affordable health care. Not later than 85
March 31, 2000, the task force shall prepare and submit a report 86
of its findings to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of 87
Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the chairs of 88
the standing committees of the House of Representatives and 89
Senate with primary responsibility for insurance legislation. On 90
submission of the report, the task force shall cease to exist. 91