Second Substitute H.B. 228

Representative Rebecca D. Lockhart proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 HEALTH INSURANCE PROVISIONS - INTERIM REVIEW
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Rebecca D. Lockhart
5 AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE; REQUIRING THE BUSINESS, LABOR, AND
6 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERIM COMMITTEE AND THE HEALTH AND HUMAN
7 SERVICES INTERIM COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY AND REVIEW CERTAIN HEALTH
8 INSURANCE PROVISIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROVISIONS SHOULD BE
9 CONTINUED, MODIFIED, OR REPEALED.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 AMENDS:
12 36-12-5, as last amended by Chapter 226, Laws of Utah 1998
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 36-12-5 is amended to read:
15 36-12-5. Duties of interim committees.
16 (1) [It is the duty of each] Each interim committee shall:
17 (a) [to] receive study assignments by resolution from the appropriate house of the
18 Legislature;
19 (b) [to] receive study assignments from [its corresponding Senate or House] the Legislative
20 Management Committee, created under Section 36-12-6 ;
21 (c) [to] place matters on its study agenda upon notification to [its Senate or House] the
22 Legislative Management Committee[. If a study request has], which request, if not [been]
23 disapproved by the [appropriate] Legislative Management Committee within 30 days of receipt
24 of the request, the interim committee may proceed with the requested study;
25 (d) [to] request research reports from the professional legislative staff pertaining to the

26 committee's agenda of study;
27 (e) [to] investigate and study possibilities for improvement in government services within
28 its subject area;
29 (f) [to] accept reports from the professional legislative staff and make recommendations
30 for legislative action with respect to such reports; and
31 (g) [to] prepare and recommend to the Legislature a legislative program in response to the
32 committee's study agenda.
33 (2) (a) In addition to the duties established pursuant to Subsection (1), the Business, Labor,
34 and Economic Development Interim Committee and the Health and Human Services Interim
35 Committee shall:
36 (i) identify provisions in Title 31A that impose a mandatory obligation on health insurers
37 with respect to coverage, benefits, or providers that have been in effect for five or more years and
38 have not been reviewed during the previous 10 years; and
39 (ii) subject to the direction of the Legislative Management Committee which may divide
40 the provisions between the committees, review the provisions to determine whether the provisions
41 should be continued, modified, or repealed, provided that:
42 (A) any provision in effect for five or more years as of July 1, 2000, shall be reviewed
43 before November 30, 2005; and
44 (B) any provision enacted after July 1, 2000, shall be reviewed on the fifth year after
45 enactment.
46 (b) The review shall include:
47 (i) the estimated fiscal impact of the provision on state and private health insurance;
48 (ii) the purpose and effectiveness of the provision; and
49 (iii) the estimated amount, if any, of the base insurance premium that is attributable to the
50 provision.
51 (c) The committees may request the assistance of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal
52 Analyst to determine the estimated fiscal impact of a provision.
53 [(2)] (3) Reports and recommendations of the interim committees shall be completed and
54 made public prior to any legislative session at which the reports and recommendations are
55 submitted. A copy of the reports and recommendations shall be mailed to each member or
56 member-elect of the Legislature, to each elective state officer, and to the state library.