3923.91 [Effective Until 9/6/2010] Health care coverage and quality council - responsibilities.
(A) The health care coverage and quality council shall do all of the following:
(1) Advise the governor and general assembly on strategies to improve health care programs and health insurance policies and benefit plans;
(2) Monitor and evaluate implementation of strategies for improving access to health insurance coverage and improving the quality of the state’s health care system, identify barriers to implementing those strategies, and identify methods for overcoming the barriers;
(3) Catalog existing health care data reporting efforts and make recommendations to improve data reporting in a manner that increases transparency and consistency in the health care and insurance coverage systems;
(4)Study health care financing alternatives that will increase access to health insurance coverage, promote disease prevention and injury prevention, contain costs, and improve quality;
(5) Evaluate the systems that individuals use to obtain or otherwise become connected with health insurance and recommend improvements to those systems or the use of alternative systems;
(6) Recommend minimum coverage standards for basic and standard health insurance plans offered by insurance carriers;
(7) Recommend strategies, such as subsidies, to assist individuals in being able to afford health insurance coverage;
(8)Recommend strategies to implement health information technology to support improved access and quality and reduced costs in the state’s health care system;
(9) Study alternative care management options for medicaid recipients who are not required to participate in the care management system established under section 5111.16 of the Revised Code;
(10) Perform any other duties specified in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance.
(B) The council shall prepare and issue an annual report, which may include recommendations, on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year. The council may prepare and issue other reports and recommendations at other times that the council finds appropriate.
(C)The superintendent may adopt rules as necessary for the council to carry out its duties. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the superintendent may consider any recommendations made by the council.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
This section is set out twice. See also § 3923.91, as amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 36, HB 198, § 1, eff. 9/6/2010.
3923.91 [Effective 9/6/2010] Health care coverage and quality council – responsibilities
(A) The health care coverage and quality council shall do all of the following:
(1) Advise the governor and general assembly on strategies to improve health care programs and health insurance policies and benefit plans;
(2) Monitor and evaluate implementation of strategies for improving access to health insurance coverage and improving the quality of the state’s health care system, identify barriers to implementing those strategies, and identify methods for overcoming the barriers;
(3) Catalog existing health care data reporting efforts and make recommendations to improve data reporting in a manner that increases transparency and consistency in the health care and insurance coverage systems;
(4) Study health care financing alternatives that will increase access to health insurance coverage, promote disease prevention and injury prevention, contain costs, and improve quality;
(5) Evaluate the systems that individuals use to obtain or otherwise become connected with health insurance and recommend improvements to those systems or the use of alternative systems;
(6) Recommend minimum coverage standards for basic and standard health insurance plans offered by insurance carriers;
(7) Recommend strategies, such as subsidies, to assist individuals in being able to afford health insurance coverage;
(8) Recommend strategies to implement health information technology to support improved access and quality and reduced costs in the state’s health care system;
(9) Study alternative care management options for medicaid recipients who are not required to participate in the care management system established under section 5111.16 of the Revised Code;
(10) Review the medical home model of care concept, propose the characteristics of a patient centered medical home model of care, pursue appropriate funding opportunities for the development of a patient centered medical home model of care, and propose payment reforms that encourage implementation of a patient centered medical home model of care;
(11) Collaborate with the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents or any other entity the council considers appropriate to review issues that may cause limitations on the use of a patient centered medical home model of care;
(12) Recommend reporting requirements for any physician practice or advanced practice nurse primary care practice using a patient centered medical home model of care;
(13) Perform any other duties specified in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance.
(B) The council shall prepare and issue an annual report, which may include recommendations, on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year. The council may prepare and issue other reports and recommendations at other times that the council finds appropriate.
(C) The superintendent may adopt rules as necessary for the council to carry out its duties. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the superintendent may consider any recommendations made by the council.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 36, HB 198, § 1, eff. 9/6/2010.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
This section is set out twice. See also § 3923.91, effective until 9/6/2010.
3923.91 [Effective Until 9/6/2010] Health care coverage and quality council - responsibilities.
(A) The health care coverage and quality council shall do all of the following:
(1) Advise the governor and general assembly on strategies to improve health care programs and health insurance policies and benefit plans;
(2) Monitor and evaluate implementation of strategies for improving access to health insurance coverage and improving the quality of the state’s health care system, identify barriers to implementing those strategies, and identify methods for overcoming the barriers;
(3) Catalog existing health care data reporting efforts and make recommendations to improve data reporting in a manner that increases transparency and consistency in the health care and insurance coverage systems;
(4)Study health care financing alternatives that will increase access to health insurance coverage, promote disease prevention and injury prevention, contain costs, and improve quality;
(5) Evaluate the systems that individuals use to obtain or otherwise become connected with health insurance and recommend improvements to those systems or the use of alternative systems;
(6) Recommend minimum coverage standards for basic and standard health insurance plans offered by insurance carriers;
(7) Recommend strategies, such as subsidies, to assist individuals in being able to afford health insurance coverage;
(8)Recommend strategies to implement health information technology to support improved access and quality and reduced costs in the state’s health care system;
(9) Study alternative care management options for medicaid recipients who are not required to participate in the care management system established under section 5111.16 of the Revised Code;
(10) Perform any other duties specified in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance.
(B) The council shall prepare and issue an annual report, which may include recommendations, on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year. The council may prepare and issue other reports and recommendations at other times that the council finds appropriate.
(C)The superintendent may adopt rules as necessary for the council to carry out its duties. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the superintendent may consider any recommendations made by the council.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
This section is set out twice. See also § 3923.91, as amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 36, HB 198, § 1, eff. 9/6/2010.
3923.91 [Effective 9/6/2010] Health care coverage and quality council – responsibilities
(A) The health care coverage and quality council shall do all of the following:
(1) Advise the governor and general assembly on strategies to improve health care programs and health insurance policies and benefit plans;
(2) Monitor and evaluate implementation of strategies for improving access to health insurance coverage and improving the quality of the state’s health care system, identify barriers to implementing those strategies, and identify methods for overcoming the barriers;
(3) Catalog existing health care data reporting efforts and make recommendations to improve data reporting in a manner that increases transparency and consistency in the health care and insurance coverage systems;
(4) Study health care financing alternatives that will increase access to health insurance coverage, promote disease prevention and injury prevention, contain costs, and improve quality;
(5) Evaluate the systems that individuals use to obtain or otherwise become connected with health insurance and recommend improvements to those systems or the use of alternative systems;
(6) Recommend minimum coverage standards for basic and standard health insurance plans offered by insurance carriers;
(7) Recommend strategies, such as subsidies, to assist individuals in being able to afford health insurance coverage;
(8) Recommend strategies to implement health information technology to support improved access and quality and reduced costs in the state’s health care system;
(9) Study alternative care management options for medicaid recipients who are not required to participate in the care management system established under section 5111.16 of the Revised Code;
(10) Review the medical home model of care concept, propose the characteristics of a patient centered medical home model of care, pursue appropriate funding opportunities for the development of a patient centered medical home model of care, and propose payment reforms that encourage implementation of a patient centered medical home model of care;
(11) Collaborate with the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents or any other entity the council considers appropriate to review issues that may cause limitations on the use of a patient centered medical home model of care;
(12) Recommend reporting requirements for any physician practice or advanced practice nurse primary care practice using a patient centered medical home model of care;
(13) Perform any other duties specified in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance.
(B) The council shall prepare and issue an annual report, which may include recommendations, on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year. The council may prepare and issue other reports and recommendations at other times that the council finds appropriate.
(C) The superintendent may adopt rules as necessary for the council to carry out its duties. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the superintendent may consider any recommendations made by the council.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 36, HB 198, § 1, eff. 9/6/2010.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
This section is set out twice. See also § 3923.91, effective until 9/6/2010.
3923.91 [Effective Until 9/6/2010] Health care coverage and quality council - responsibilities.
(A) The health care coverage and quality council shall do all of the following:
(1) Advise the governor and general assembly on strategies to improve health care programs and health insurance policies and benefit plans;
(2) Monitor and evaluate implementation of strategies for improving access to health insurance coverage and improving the quality of the state’s health care system, identify barriers to implementing those strategies, and identify methods for overcoming the barriers;
(3) Catalog existing health care data reporting efforts and make recommendations to improve data reporting in a manner that increases transparency and consistency in the health care and insurance coverage systems;
(4)Study health care financing alternatives that will increase access to health insurance coverage, promote disease prevention and injury prevention, contain costs, and improve quality;
(5) Evaluate the systems that individuals use to obtain or otherwise become connected with health insurance and recommend improvements to those systems or the use of alternative systems;
(6) Recommend minimum coverage standards for basic and standard health insurance plans offered by insurance carriers;
(7) Recommend strategies, such as subsidies, to assist individuals in being able to afford health insurance coverage;
(8)Recommend strategies to implement health information technology to support improved access and quality and reduced costs in the state’s health care system;
(9) Study alternative care management options for medicaid recipients who are not required to participate in the care management system established under section 5111.16 of the Revised Code;
(10) Perform any other duties specified in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance.
(B) The council shall prepare and issue an annual report, which may include recommendations, on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year. The council may prepare and issue other reports and recommendations at other times that the council finds appropriate.
(C)The superintendent may adopt rules as necessary for the council to carry out its duties. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the superintendent may consider any recommendations made by the council.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
This section is set out twice. See also § 3923.91, as amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 36, HB 198, § 1, eff. 9/6/2010.
3923.91 [Effective 9/6/2010] Health care coverage and quality council – responsibilities
(A) The health care coverage and quality council shall do all of the following:
(1) Advise the governor and general assembly on strategies to improve health care programs and health insurance policies and benefit plans;
(2) Monitor and evaluate implementation of strategies for improving access to health insurance coverage and improving the quality of the state’s health care system, identify barriers to implementing those strategies, and identify methods for overcoming the barriers;
(3) Catalog existing health care data reporting efforts and make recommendations to improve data reporting in a manner that increases transparency and consistency in the health care and insurance coverage systems;
(4) Study health care financing alternatives that will increase access to health insurance coverage, promote disease prevention and injury prevention, contain costs, and improve quality;
(5) Evaluate the systems that individuals use to obtain or otherwise become connected with health insurance and recommend improvements to those systems or the use of alternative systems;
(6) Recommend minimum coverage standards for basic and standard health insurance plans offered by insurance carriers;
(7) Recommend strategies, such as subsidies, to assist individuals in being able to afford health insurance coverage;
(8) Recommend strategies to implement health information technology to support improved access and quality and reduced costs in the state’s health care system;
(9) Study alternative care management options for medicaid recipients who are not required to participate in the care management system established under section 5111.16 of the Revised Code;
(10) Review the medical home model of care concept, propose the characteristics of a patient centered medical home model of care, pursue appropriate funding opportunities for the development of a patient centered medical home model of care, and propose payment reforms that encourage implementation of a patient centered medical home model of care;
(11) Collaborate with the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents or any other entity the council considers appropriate to review issues that may cause limitations on the use of a patient centered medical home model of care;
(12) Recommend reporting requirements for any physician practice or advanced practice nurse primary care practice using a patient centered medical home model of care;
(13) Perform any other duties specified in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance.
(B) The council shall prepare and issue an annual report, which may include recommendations, on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year. The council may prepare and issue other reports and recommendations at other times that the council finds appropriate.
(C) The superintendent may adopt rules as necessary for the council to carry out its duties. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the superintendent may consider any recommendations made by the council.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 36, HB 198, § 1, eff. 9/6/2010.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
This section is set out twice. See also § 3923.91, effective until 9/6/2010.
