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HI HR174
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/14/2012
Primary Sponsor
John Mizuno
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AI Summary
- Urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and major medical insurance providers to create penalties, co-payments, or sanctions for members who abuse emergency room visits
- Notes that emergency room visits cost six times more than regular office visits and that unnecessary visits increase health care costs passed to taxpayers
- States that studies show co-payments reduce emergency room abuse, with people charged co-payments using emergency rooms 20-40 percent less than those not charged
- Identifies that non-emergency emergency room use by uninsured, underinsured, and vulnerable populations prolongs wait times and impacts those needing immediate care
- Directs certified copies be sent to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, Director of Human Services, and Insurance Commissioner
Legislative Description
Emergency Room Abuse
Last Action
(H) Referred to HUS/HLT, FIN, referral sheet 50
3/20/2012
Committee Referrals
Human Services3/20/2012
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