SB 1717 Amendment Summary

• Amends Senate Bill 1717 to require the Secretary to consider "accredited clinical quality measures" when evaluating health plans

• Modifies evaluation criteria to include "comparative quality of the plans along established clinical data-based standards" in addition to financial considerations

• Changes the assessment methodology from focusing solely on "the amount" to incorporating quality metrics based on clinical data standards

• Applies these quality measure requirements to health plan selection or evaluation processes under the legislation