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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY DELUHERY, BLACK, BOLKCOM, CONNOLLY, DEARDEN,
1 3 DVORSKY, FINK, FLYNN, FRAISE, GRONSTAL, HAMMOND,
1 4 HANSEN, HARPER, HORN, JUDGE, KIBBIE, McCOY, SHEARER,
1 5 SOUKUP, and SZYMONIAK
1 6 A Senate Resolution requesting an interim study
1 7 regarding assignment of benefits under an insurance
1 8 policy or contract or a health benefit plan.
1 9 WHEREAS, the effects of the assignment of benefits
1 10 under an insurance policy or contract or a health
1 11 benefit plan, which would provide payment of benefits
1 12 directly from a health insurance carrier or organized
1 13 delivery system to a provider, are uncertain; and
1 14 WHEREAS, the competing views of the impact of the
1 15 assignment of benefits are that such assignment may
1 16 either provide increased consumer choice and
1 17 efficiency in the billing process or, conversely,
1 18 increase costs to consumers and result in provider
1 19 billings to consumers for unpaid balances; and
1 20 WHEREAS, the impact on the state budget under an
1 21 assignment of benefits provision is undetermined; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the General Assembly requires additional
1 23 information to determine the fiscal and practical
1 24 effects of assignment of benefits; NOW THEREFORE,
1 25 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Legislative
1 26 Council is requested to establish an interim committee
1 27 to review the issue of assignment of benefits,
1 28 including the fiscal effects and the effects on
1 29 consumers; and
1 30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the members of the
2 1 interim committee include representatives of
2 2 consumers, the insurance industry and organized
2 3 delivery systems, organizations that represent
2 4 employees that have health insurance benefits,
2 5 physicians, hospital organizations, the commissioner
2 6 of insurance or the commissioner's designee, and four
2 7 members of the General Assembly equally representing
2 8 the Senate and the House of Representatives and both
2 9 political parties; and
2 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim committee
2 11 submit a report of its findings and recommendations
2 12 relating to assignment of benefits to the General
2 13 Assembly by December 15, 2000.
2 14 LSB 7342SS 78
2 15 pf/as/5.1
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