00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 468                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to disclosure of employment information on a medical assistance                                        
02 application and a hospital intake report; and requiring the Department of Health and                                    
03 Social Services to prepare and publicize a report pertaining to employers who do not                                    
04 provide health insurance."                                                                                              
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 18.23 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read:                                     
07            Sec. 18.23.110. Hospital intake form and report. (a) A hospital shall include                              
08       on an intake form of a patient who is seeking medical treatment the name and address                              
09       of the employer of the patient or, if the patient is a dependent of another person, of the                        
10       person financially responsible for the patient.                                                                   
11            (b)  A hospital shall provide to the Department of Health and Social Services,                               
12       before July 1 of each year, the name and address of each employer identified on a                                 
13       hospital intake form under (a) of this section of a patient who is not covered by                                 
14       insurance.                                                                                                        

01    * Sec. 2. AS 47.07 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                      
02            Sec. 47.07.061. Medical assistance application. The Department of Health                                   
03       and Social Services shall include on the application for medical assistance the name                              
04       and address of the employer of the person applying for medical assistance. If the                                 
05       applicant for or recipient of medical assistance is a dependent of another person, the                            
06       application must include the name and address of the employer of the person                                     
07       financially responsible for the applicant or recipient.                                                           
08            Sec. 47.07.062. Employment report on medical assistance recipients and                                     
09       applicants and on uninsured hospital patients. (a) The Department of Health and                                 
10       Social Services shall prepare and transmit, not later that January 20 of each year, a                             
11       report to the legislature of the names and addresses of the employers listed on the                               
12       medical assistance application under AS 47.07.061 and the hospital intake form and                                
13       report under AS 18.23.110(b), along with the number of applicants for and recipients                              
14       of medical assistance listing that employer on an application for medical assistance,                             
15       and the number of uninsured hospital patients listing that employer on a hospital                                 
16       intake form.                                                                                                      
17            (b)  The report prepared under (a) of this section shall be made available to the                            
18       public.                                                                                                           
19            (c)  In this section, "employer" includes a business and its subsidiaries located                            
20       in the state that employs more than 25 persons either as employees or contractors.