CT SB00810

Establishes a special commission on provider price variation and reform with membership including the Attorney General, Healthcare Advocate, Insurance Commissioner, and representatives from health care providers, payers, and consumers

Requires the commission to study price and insurance reimbursement rate variation among similar health care providers and the resulting impact on health care costs, insurance premiums, and access to care

Mandates the commission submit recommendations by January 1, 2016, for policy changes to reduce provider price variations unrelated to actual cost or quality differences

Aims to identify causes of price variation and ensure prices fairly correlate to actual costs and quality of services provided