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HB 193                                                                                                                        
The Health & Social Services Committee considered:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 193                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to insurance trade practices and frauds; and                                                               
    relating to emergency services and balance billing."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 193(HSS)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to insurance trade practices and frauds; relating                                                          
    to services rendered by and payments made to non-network health                                                             
    care providers in certain circumstances; relating to the duty of                                                            
    health care insurers to hold covered persons harmless for covered                                                           
    services provided by non-network health care providers in certain                                                           
    circumstances; relating to group health insurance policies covering                                                         
    employees of a participating governmental unit; relating to                                                                 
    balance billing by a health care provider or health care facility;                                                          
    and making certain acts violations of the Alaska Unfair Trade                                                               
    Practices and Consumer Protection Act."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Spohnholz, Chair, with the                                                              
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           

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Do pass (2):  Sullivan-Leonard, Spohnholz                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (4):  Tarr, Zulkosky, Kito, Eastman                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 193(HSS):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 193 was referred to the Labor & Commerce Committee.