SB378: Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-705)

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to health care; revising requirements governing the electronic maintenance, transmittal and exchange of health information; establishing a program to increase awareness of information concerning independent centers for emergency medical care; requiring certain facilities that are owned or operated by, or otherwise part of, hospitals to be licensed as independent centers for emergency medical care; requiring certain independent centers for emergency medical care to provide urgent care services under certain conditions; authorizing the review of certain sealed records to determine the suitability of a person to provide services under Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to include a system of value-based payments for independent centers for emergency medical care; requiring a provider of services under Medicaid to maintain certain records; authorizing audits of such records, the review and denial of claims under Medicaid and the recovery of money paid under Medicaid under certain circumstances; prohibiting a noncompetition covenant from applying to a patient-facing provider of health care; requiring a custodian of health records to furnish health records within a specified period of time and without charging a fee under certain circumstances; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.