2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368dd - Office of Health Strategy › Section 19a-754j. - Informational public hearings. Participation by significant contributors. Executive director's report.

(a)(1) Not later than June 30, 2023, and annually thereafter, the executive director shall hold an informational public hearing to compare the growth in total health care expenditures in the performance year to the health care cost growth benchmark established pursuant to section 19a-754g for such year. Such hearing shall involve an examination of:
(A) The report most recently prepared by the executive director pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-754h;
(B) The expenditures of provider entities and payers, including, but not limited to, health care cost trends, primary care spending as a percentage of total medical expenses and the factors contributing to such costs and expenditures; and
(C) Any other matters that the executive director, in the executive director's discretion, deems relevant for the purposes of this section.
(2) The executive director may require any payer or provider entity that, for the performance year, is found to be a significant contributor to health care cost growth in the state or has failed to meet the primary care spending target, to participate in such hearing. Each such payer or provider entity that is required to participate in such hearing shall provide testimony on issues identified by the executive director and provide additional information on actions taken to reduce such payer's or entity's contribution to future state-wide health care costs and expenditures or to increase such payer's or provider entity's primary care spending as a percentage of total medical expenses.
(3) The executive director may require that any other entity that is found to be a significant contributor to health care cost growth in this state during the performance year participate in such hearing. Any other entity that is required to participate in such hearing shall provide testimony on issues identified by the executive director and provide additional information on actions taken to reduce such other entity's contribution to future state-wide health care costs. If such other entity is a drug manufacturer, and the executive director requires that such drug manufacturer participate in such hearing with respect to a specific drug or class of drugs, such hearing may, to the extent possible, include representatives from at least one brand-name manufacturer, one generic manufacturer and one innovator company that is less than ten years old.
(4) Not later than October 15, 2023, and annually thereafter, the executive director shall prepare and submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance and public health. Such report shall be based on the executive director's analysis of the information submitted during the most recent informational public hearing conducted pursuant to this subsection and any other information that the executive director, in the executive director's discretion, deems relevant for the purposes of this section, and shall:
(A) Describe health care spending trends in this state, including, but not limited to, trends in primary care spending as a percentage of total medical expense, and the factors underlying such trends;
(B) Include the findings from the report prepared pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-754h;
(C) Describe a plan for monitoring any unintended adverse consequences resulting from the adoption of cost growth benchmarks and primary care spending targets and the results of any findings from the implementation of such plan; and
(D) Disclose the executive director's recommendations, if any, concerning strategies to increase the efficiency of the state's health care system, including, but not limited to, any recommended legislation concerning the state's health care system.
(b) (1) Not later than June 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, the executive director shall hold an informational public hearing to compare the performance of payers and provider entities in the performance year to the quality benchmarks established for such year pursuant to section 19a-754g. Such hearing shall include an examination of:
(A) The report most recently prepared by the executive director pursuant to subsection (e) of section 19a-754h; and
(B) Any other matters that the executive director, in the executive director's discretion, deems relevant for the purposes of this section.
(2) The executive director may require any payer or provider entity that failed to meet any health care quality benchmarks in this state during the performance year to participate in such hearing. Each such payer or provider entity that is required to participate in such hearing shall provide testimony on issues identified by the executive director and provide additional information on actions taken to improve such payer's or provider entity's quality benchmark performance.
(3) Not later than October 15, 2024, and annually thereafter, the executive director shall prepare and submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance and public health. Such report shall be based on the executive director's analysis of the information submitted during the most recent informational public hearing conducted pursuant to this subsection and any other information that the executive director, in the executive director's discretion, deems relevant for the purposes of this section, and shall:
(A) Describe health care quality trends in this state and the factors underlying such trends;
(B) Include the findings from the report prepared pursuant to subsection (e) of section 19a-754h; and
(C) Disclose the executive director's recommendations, if any, concerning strategies to improve the quality of the state's health care system, including, but not limited to, any recommended legislation concerning the state's health care system.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 222.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022.