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SB414 HFIN AM 4-8
The Committee on Finance moves to amend the bill on page three, following the enacting clause, by striking out the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"That §5-16-7b of the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, be repealed; that §5A-3C-1, §5A-3C-2, §5A-3C-3, §5A-3C-4, §5A-3C-5, §5A-3C-6, §5A-3C-7, §5A-3C-8, §5A-3C-9, §5A-3C-10, §5A-3C-11, §5A- 3C-12, §5A-3C-13, §5A-3C-14, §5A-3C-15, §5A-3C-16 and §5A-3C-17 of said code be repealed; that §5F-2-2 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §16-29H-1, §16-29H-2, §16-29H-3, §16-29H-4, and §16-29H-5 of said code be amended and reenacted; that said code be amended by adding thereto five new sections designated §16-29H-6, §16-29H-7, §16-29H-8, §16-29H-9 and §16-29-10, all to read as follows
(1) Rising health care costs have a significant impact not only on the citizens of the state but also the state's ability to develop a competitive advantage in seeking new business. Reducing this level of costs and developing new, more effective options for reducing growth in health care spending is essential to ensuring the health of West Virginia's citizens and to the advancement of a well developed workforce.
(4) To address the concerns over rising costs, West Virginia must change the way it pays for care, shifting the focus to primary care and prevention. Seventy-five percent of health care spending is associated with treatment of chronic diseases requiring on going medical management over time. Patients with chronic diseases, however, only receive fifty-six percent of the clinically recommended preventive services. This lack of preventive services creates a seventy-five percent increase in health care spending.
(6) West Virginians must be challenged to engage in a more healthy lifestyle, they must alter the focus of their perception of health care from one of episodic care to prevention and wellness efforts. Equally as important, is that healthcare providers must be engaged with their patients and in the process of delivery of health care and strive for continuous improvement of the quality of care they provide.
(1) The development of curricula focused on a chronic care model to reflect the multidisciplinary team approach to the delivery of health care services in West Virginia as contemplated by the development of a patient centered medical home as that term is defined in article nine of this chapter; and
(g) The director is authorized to consider strategies by which West Virginia may manage the increasing costs of prescriptions drugs and increase access to prescription drugs for all of the state's residents, including the authority to:
The provisions of article three, chapter five-a of this code do not apply to the agreements and contracts executed under the provisions of this article, except that the contracts and agreements shall be approved as to form and conformity with applicable law by the Attorney General.".