1E Relating to health

Article 1

Implementing health care cost containment measures; requiring the commissioner of human services to encourage the adoption of electronic billing for state programs; authorizing the commissioner of health to post certain information on the agency web site, requiring the commissioner to consult and work in cooperation with the commissioner commerce; clarifying state board of chiropractic examiners licensing requirements; establishing fees for acupuncture registration and reinstatement; clarifying a certain explanation of pharmacy benefits provision; requiring health related licensing boards to establish a directory of licensees by a certain date; requiring each health related licensing board to annually inform and remind licensees of price disclosure requirements; requiring the commissioner of human services in consultation with the health services policy committee to consider the potential for improving quality and obtaining cost savings through greater use of alternative and complementary treatment methods and clinical practice, requiring the commissioners of human services and health to evaluate the current access to care; authorizing the commissioner of health to consult with various individuals to obtain recommendations regarding a determination of the need for action to implement health care associated infection control reporting; requiring the commissioner of health to study and report to the legislature by a certain date on uncompensated care; requiring the medical director for medical assistance and the assistant commissioner for chemical and mental health services under the commissioner of human services in conjunction with the mental health licensing boards to evaluate the requirements for licensed mental health practitioners to receive medical assistance reimbursement; appropriating money to the board of chiropractic examiners to correct programming difficulties

Article 2

Modifying provisions under the women's right to know act; defining fetal anomaly incompatible with life and perinatal hospice; requiring women seeking the abortion of unborn children with fetal anomaly incompatible with life to be informed of available perinatal hospice services and offered this care as an alternative to abortion; restricting applicants for audiology licensure to dispense hearing aids under the supervision of licensed audiologists, modifying licensure following lapse of licensure status, modifying continuing education requirements, requiring the commissioner of health to contract with health professionals services program to provide services to practitioners; providing for commissioner of health approval of occupational therapists practitioner applications upon review of specific courses meeting theoretical and clinical requirements; modifying continuing education requirements; requiring the commissioner of health to contract with health professionals services program to provide services to practitioners; relating to hearing instrument dispensing, requiring the commissioner of health to contract with health professionals services program to provide services to practitioners
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