Legislature(2017 - 2018)CAPITOL 106

03/09/2017 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+= HB 25 INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CONTRACEPTIVES TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
-- Public Testimony --
+= HB 123 DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH CARE COSTS TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 123(HSS) Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony --
*+ HCR 3 APRIL 2017: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
-- Testimony <Invited/Public> --
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
             HB 123-DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH CARE COSTS                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:46:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced  that the next order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE BILL  NO. 123, "An Act relating to  disclosure of health                                                               
care services and price information; and providing for an                                                                       
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:46:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE EDGMON moved to adopt the proposed committee                                                                     
substitute (CS) for HB 123, labeled 30-LS0380\T, Glover, 3/9/17,                                                                
as the working draft.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ objected for discussion.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
BERNICE  NISBETT,  Staff,  Representative Ivy  Spohnholz,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature,  paraphrased  the  changes  in  the  proposed                                                               
committee substitute [Included in members' packets], which read:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Section 2,  subsections (a) and (b)  states that health                                                                    
     care facilities  and providers will  compile a  list by                                                                    
     procedure code.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     We've  also  changed  "including  a  brief  and  easily                                                                    
     understandable  description,"  to  "in  plain  language                                                                    
     that  an  individual  with   no  medical  training  can                                                                    
     understand."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Line 23 we added "and" after "performed;"                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Subsection (d) states that the  health care provider or                                                                    
     facility may add a disclaimer  explaining that what the                                                                    
     consumer pays  may be higher  or lower than  the amount                                                                    
     listed.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Subsection (g)  states that if the  individual is fined                                                                    
     and wants  to appeal, the  individual is entitled  to a                                                                    
     hearing  conducted  by  the  office  of  administrative                                                                    
     hearings.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     In  Subsection  (h),  the  definition  of  health  care                                                                    
     facility  does not  include federal  health a  facility                                                                    
     operated by  an Alaska tribal health  organization or a                                                                    
     hospital operated  by the  United States  Department of                                                                    
     Veterans  Affairs or  the United  States Department  of                                                                    
     Defense, or  any other  federally operated  hospital or                                                                    
     facility.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Subsection  (h), number  (7)     undiscounted price  is                                                                    
     defined.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:49:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ opened public testimony.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:49:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JENNIFER  MEYHOFF,  Senior  Vice President,  Marsh  and  McLennan                                                               
Agency,  stated that  the agency  was a  global consulting  firm.                                                               
She  added that  she was  the  Legislative Chair  for the  Alaska                                                               
Association of Health Underwriters, and  that she had 25 years of                                                               
employee  benefits  consulting  experience and  she  worked  with                                                               
employers  statewide for  selection of  products to  the employee                                                               
benefit packages.   She offered a comparison for  the purchase of                                                               
health care to the determinations for  buying coffee or gas or an                                                               
airline  ticket,  and  declared  that   a  consumer  can  make  a                                                               
reasonable decision.   She declared her support  for the proposed                                                               
bill,  as  it was  time  to  offer  this information  to  patient                                                               
consumers, in order  to allow decisions prior  to receiving care.                                                               
She  suggested that  this could  contain  or reduce  the cost  of                                                               
health care.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:53:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ  removed her objection.   There being  no further                                                               
objection, Version T was adopted as the working draft.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSTON  stated  that  full  disclosure  offered                                                               
choice and the  knowledge of cost.  She asked  for the reason for                                                               
the  exemptions to  publicly funded  organizations  named in  the                                                               
proposed bill.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MS. MEYHOFF  expressed her  agreement that  the charges  at those                                                               
organizations would not affect her  clients, although she offered                                                               
her belief that it was "a  very valid question of the information                                                               
being available could be useful to the overall market."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:55:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOSH BIEGEL shared a saga of  the medical costs after an accident                                                               
in which his wife broke her arm when she fell on the ice.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:57:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TERRY ALLARD,  Senior Benefits Advisor, Wilson  Agency, said that                                                               
she  was also  a  charter  member of  the  Alaska Association  of                                                               
Health Underwriters  and a member  of the  Legislative committee.                                                               
She urged  passage of the proposed  bill.  She reported  that she                                                               
had been in the insurance  and employee benefits field all across                                                               
Alaska for  more than 30  years.  She  reported that she  spent a                                                               
significant  amount  of  time  educating  employees  about  their                                                               
benefits and how  to best use them,  which included conversations                                                               
for  being a  responsible consumer.    She declared  that it  was                                                               
difficult  for an  individual  to be  a  responsible consumer  of                                                               
health care services in Alaska, as  it was not always possible to                                                               
get the information necessary to  make an informed decision.  She                                                               
said that it was easier  to determine the procedural options than                                                               
making an informed  decision for the cost and the  provider.  She                                                               
stated that consumers could make  informed decisions about almost                                                               
everything  except  medical  services.    She  relayed  that  the                                                               
Municipality  of  Anchorage  had  recently  passed  an  ordinance                                                               
requiring  transparency  from providers  within  the  city.   She                                                               
stated that this needed to be  available all over the state.  She                                                               
cited that almost  30 other states had  passed transparency bills                                                               
similar  to the  proposed  bill.   She  offered  her belief  that                                                               
health  care needed  to  evolve and  provide  information to  the                                                               
consumers in  a more  relevant and  timely way.   She  stated her                                                               
support of HB 123.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SULLIVAN-LEONARD  asked if  her agency had  a data                                                               
base  available  to   the  consumer  for  the   cost  of  various                                                               
procedures.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MS.  ALLARD  said  that  her firm  was  an  independent  employee                                                               
benefits advisory company and did not have access to that data.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SULLIVAN-LEONARD asked if  the proposed bill would                                                               
have  helped  Mr.  Biegel  with   the  challenges  posed  by  his                                                               
insurance company.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MS.  ALLARD opined  that the  proposed  bill would  help in  some                                                               
ways,  although  the  issue  for  in-network  providers  and  the                                                               
charges was  a separate issue.   She said that the  proposed bill                                                               
does get  to the heart  of the  matter, as full  understanding of                                                               
the insurance coverage  would have allowed him to  seek care from                                                               
another provider.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SULLIVAN-LEONARD  offered  her  belief  that  the                                                               
variables could make it a different price for each patient.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MS. ALLARD acknowledged  that the price could be  different.  She                                                               
offered her  understanding that the  proposed bill would  ask the                                                               
providers  to post  the rack  rate, and  then the  responsibility                                                               
would be for the consumer to  speak with the insurance company to                                                               
understand the charges and how they would be covered.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSTON  shared that this was  an opportunity for                                                               
collusion by the insurance companies when publishing rack rates.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MS. ALLARD  said that this  would put  prices on the  open market                                                               
and allow the consumer to shop.   She pointed out that there were                                                               
laws against collusion among medical providers.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSTON  asked  if  a public  clinic  should  be                                                               
excluded.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MS. ALLARD said  that she did not know enough  about the proposal                                                               
for public  clinics, although in  a setting for health  care that                                                               
was  being reimbursed,  it would  be  logical to  have that  cost                                                               
information disclosed to the consumer.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ  pointed out  that the  aforementioned disclaimer                                                               
information was  included in Version  T of the proposed  bill, so                                                               
that  consumers were  not intimidated  by pricing.   A  community                                                               
health center could  mention its sliding fee schedule  as well as                                                               
the  providers insurance  accepted,  and a  private office  could                                                               
mention it was a preferred provider for certain organizations.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSTON  asked  if  there was  any  use  for  an                                                               
additional disclaimer stating that rates were negotiable.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ  acknowledged that it  could be written  into the                                                               
disclaimer  as the  language had  intentionally been  left fairly                                                               
broad.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  EASTMAN  asked  if  insurance  providers  usually                                                               
considered competition pricing.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MS.  ALLARD said  that frequently  the  insurance providers  were                                                               
aware  of other  charges,  although  she did  not  know how  that                                                               
knowledge was attained.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:07:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
BECKY HULTBERG, President/CEO, Alaska  State Hospital and Nursing                                                               
Home  Association,  said that  ASHNHA  supported  the concept  of                                                               
price  transparency  and  consumer   engagement  in  health  care                                                               
decision making.  She stated that  the third party payment to the                                                               
insurance  mechanism   made  health  care  decisions   much  more                                                               
complicated.    She reported  that  there  were many  differences                                                               
between typical  commodities and complex health  care payment and                                                               
delivery systems.   She  stated that, although  there was  not an                                                               
easy solution  to the problem without  dismantling and rebuilding                                                               
the health care  system, the proposed bill was a  good first step                                                               
toward more transparent pricing.   She said that providers to the                                                               
state should aspire to transparent pricing  in a way that did not                                                               
add additional  cost to the  system.   She declared that  cost in                                                               
the form of compliance should  not outweigh the benefits, and the                                                               
proposed  bill   would  not  impose   significant  administrative                                                               
burdens  that  would  be  transferred  as  higher  costs  to  the                                                               
consumer.     She   reported  that   ASHNHA  hospitals   provided                                                               
estimates,  and she  expressed her  desire  that consumers  would                                                               
call and  ask for price estimates,  to either the insurer  or the                                                               
hospital.   She stated that the  insurers had the best  access to                                                               
the best data, and that insurers  should be required to also make                                                               
transparency  tools available  to consumers.   She  declared that                                                               
health care price transparency was a complex topic.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TARR asked  if the  insurer was  also making  the                                                               
transparency tool  available to  allow the consumer  to determine                                                               
what they would owe.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MS.  HULTBERG explained  that she  was not  recommending anything                                                               
directly related  to the proposed  bill but simply  an additional                                                               
way for  the consumer to gain  access to price information.   She                                                               
stated  that many  insurers and  many self-insured  employers had                                                               
price transparency  tools.   She shared that  it was  possible to                                                               
share information  on the employee  deductible and out  of pocket                                                               
cost.  She  suggested that the proposed bill  focused on patients                                                               
without insurance  who would be  paying a rate comparable  to the                                                               
rack rate.   She declared  that improvement for the  provision of                                                               
price information  was a shared  responsibility of  providers and                                                               
insurers.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:12:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
GINA BOSNAKIS, Small  Business Owner, stated that  she had worked                                                               
in the insurance industry for about  30 years.  She reported that                                                               
she worked daily with employees  and families, in addition to her                                                               
employer  clients, to  find the  best fit  for health  insurance.                                                               
She  testified in  support of  the proposed  bill.   She reported                                                               
that,  although  coding issues  or  incorrect  payments could  be                                                               
quickly fixed, the  most common reason for patient  calls was for                                                               
procedures  performed by  a  provider  deemed as  out-of-network.                                                               
She explained  that acceptance  of insurance  by a  provider, and                                                               
being  an  in-network  and  preferred   provider  were  two  very                                                               
different things and  resulted in a very different  charge to the                                                               
patient.   She  said  this legislation  would  give patients  the                                                               
power  to  better understand  what  to  ask, prior  to  incurring                                                               
unexpected expenses.   She offered  her belief that  the proposed                                                               
bill had  the potential to  affect the increasing cost  of health                                                               
care in Alaska.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:16:08 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
T.J. ALINEN,  Assistant Vice  President, Human  Resources, Denali                                                               
Federal Credit  Union, reported that Denali  Federal Credit Union                                                               
was the  third largest  credit union  in the  state, and  had 325                                                               
employees residing  in Alaska.   He declared that  Denali Federal                                                               
Credit Union  supported the  proposed bill.   He stated  that the                                                               
escalation  in  cost of  health  care  was  one of  the  greatest                                                               
challenges faced  by many  organizations in the  state.   He said                                                               
that,  in   a  free  market,   buyers  and  sellers   engaged  in                                                               
communication in determining pricing  for services and goods, yet                                                               
this did  not occur in the  health care industry.   He emphasized                                                               
that  market transparency  and  the  availability of  information                                                               
would  assist   all  Alaskans  for   being  better   health  care                                                               
consumers.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:19:01 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KYLE MIRKA,  Business Owner, reported that  his business employed                                                               
50 people  and provided an  employer sponsored health  care plan.                                                               
He pointed out that, as premiums  had risen almost 40 percent, it                                                               
would have  been cheaper to  discontinue the plan and  simply pay                                                               
the PPACA fine.   However, his business wanted  to provide health                                                               
care  benefits  to  its  employees,   even  though  the  business                                                               
"shouldered the  remainder of the  burden."  He pointed  out that                                                               
any  additional increases  would make  it not  affordable for  an                                                               
employer sponsored plan.   He declared that health  care costs in                                                               
Alaska "are  simply out of control."   He opined that  it was the                                                               
only industry  where the costs  for services were  unknown before                                                               
the service was rendered.  He  shared that a standard answer from                                                               
health care  professionals for  the high cost  of health  care in                                                               
Alaska was  that "it's expensive to  practice in the state."   He                                                               
reported that  most of his  business products could  be purchased                                                               
in  Anchorage for  the same  price as  in Seattle,  Pocatello, or                                                               
Portland.    He  acknowledged  that, although  there  were  added                                                               
freight costs  to Alaska, as well  as higher labor costs,  it was                                                               
generally  agreed   that  health   care  costs  in   Alaska  were                                                               
disproportionately higher  than anywhere else  in the world.   He                                                               
offered his  belief that  price transparency  was the  first step                                                               
toward solving the  health care problems in Alaska.   He declared                                                               
his support for the proposed bill.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:21:17 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RHONDA KITTER,  Chief Financial Officer, Public  Education Health                                                               
Trust, reported that the Public  Education Health Trust was a not                                                               
for  profit  health  insurance   provider  for  public  education                                                               
employees  in  Alaska.    She  relayed  that  there  were  17,000                                                               
Alaskans  with health  insurance through  the trust.   She  added                                                               
that she  was also the  Co-Chair of the Alaskans  for Sustainable                                                               
Health Costs,  a group of  employers working together  to address                                                               
the rising  costs of  health insurance premiums  in Alaska.   She                                                               
pointed out  that the question  of how much  does it cost  was so                                                               
integrated into the act of buying  that consumers did not have to                                                               
ask,  as  prices   were  printed,  stamped,  and   posted.    She                                                               
acknowledged that there  were some practices, such  as car repair                                                               
and  home  improvement, which  did  not  usually publish  prices,                                                               
although  most  professions  could  not feign  a  "hard  to  say"                                                               
attitude when questioned  about costs.  She  declared support for                                                               
the proposed bill.  She  stated that the bill "correctly requires                                                               
the  disclosure of  fees at  the provider  and facility  offices,                                                               
placing the requirement for public  disclosure ... in the offices                                                               
of those organizations."   She conceded that,  while the proposed                                                               
bill was  not the silver  bullet solution for  sustainability, it                                                               
was "one silver BB that is needed to address the rising cost."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:23:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SHAWN PURVIANCE,  Valley Block and  Concrete, offered  his belief                                                               
that health  care costs had  driven health insurance  premiums so                                                               
high that it  was difficult for his business to  take care of its                                                               
40  employees.    He  opined  that  the  free  enterprise  system                                                               
required competition,  which could  not exist unless  people knew                                                               
the  cost of  goods,  and  that the  health  care  needed "to  be                                                               
brought  into the  fold of  the  free enterprise  system, so  the                                                               
consumer  can  decide what  gets  them  the  best value  for  the                                                               
services they require."  He declared  that he was not a "huge fan                                                               
of government  regulation of  any industries,"  but he  felt this                                                               
was an important  first step for something which  would happen of                                                               
its own  accord.  He offered  his belief that the  cost of health                                                               
care  was out  of proportion  in Alaska,  although the  insurance                                                               
companies did have  some culpability.  He offered  an analogy for                                                               
the increased  cost of health  insurance compared to the  cost of                                                               
concrete during the  past 9 years, pointing out that  that it was                                                               
not possible to raise concrete prices  to stay in step.  He asked                                                               
why health  care was so expensive  in Alaska, as it  did not cost                                                               
that  much more  to do  business in  Alaska.   He noted  that his                                                               
business  proudly  posted  its  prices on  handouts  and  on  its                                                               
website.   He offered his  belief that  the proposed bill  was an                                                               
important  first  step  to  provide  affordable  health  care  in                                                               
Alaska.  He declared his support for the proposed bill.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:29:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DENISE DANIELLO, Executive Director,  Alaska Commission on Aging,                                                               
Division  of  Senior  and Disabilities  Services,  Department  of                                                               
Health  and  Social Services  (DHSS),  expressed  support by  the                                                               
commission for the  proposed bill.  She offered  a brief overview                                                               
of the commission.   She referenced an  earlier statewide meeting                                                               
with seniors discussing  the proposed bill, and  added that there                                                               
was an overwhelming  positive response for the bill.   She shared                                                               
that a  priority strategy  was to  disclose health  care pricing.                                                               
She acknowledged  that this  was a first  step toward  a solution                                                               
for a  very complicated situation.   She declared support  for HB
123.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
4:32:20 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ closed public testimony.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  EASTMAN  asked  if   a  cost  comparison  with  a                                                               
competitor had  been considered  as a  means to  accomplish price                                                               
transparency.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SPOHNHOLZ, as  the sponsor  of  the bill,  said that  this                                                               
comparison was  usually required of insurance  providers, and she                                                               
acknowledged that  this was  a potential option.   She  said that                                                               
the changes  to health care costs  and reform of the  health care                                                               
system was a  marathon and that the proposed bill  was only a few                                                               
hundred  yards  into the  first  mile,  although  it was  a  very                                                               
important first  step.  She offered  her belief that it  was very                                                               
important  for consumers  to have  the  necessary information  to                                                               
make an  informed decision at  the time  of service.   She opined                                                               
that this was a simple first movement.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   EASTMAN  said   that  he   was  in   support  of                                                               
transparency  and that  the proposed  bill offered  modest gains.                                                               
He opined that this information  did not necessarily translate to                                                               
the transparency he would hope  to achieve.  He acknowledged that                                                               
he did  not have an  answer, but  that he was  not overoptimistic                                                               
for success.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ  stated that  the feedback  was valid,  and there                                                               
were  more  comprehensive  ways  to   address  the  issue.    She                                                               
suggested that  an all  payer claims database  could be  the gold                                                               
standard, as it would allow people  to look at much more detailed                                                               
information  which   incorporated  each   individual's  insurance                                                               
situation.   She added that  it would also require  a significant                                                               
fiscal  note, which  was not  feasible in  the current  financial                                                               
situation.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:37:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  EDGMON  moved to  report  CSHB  123, Version  30-                                                               
LS0380\T,  Glover,  3/9/17,  out  of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the forthcoming  fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection, CSHB 123 (HSS) was  moved from the House Health and                                                               
Social Services Standing Committee.                                                                                             

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
HCR003 ver A 2.23.16.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Sponsor Statement 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Fiscal Note - Prepared by House H&SS.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Letters of Support A 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Letters of Support B 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Supporting Document - Governor Parnell Proclamation HCR21 2014 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Supporting Document - Providence Hospital Facts About Child Sexual Abuse 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Supporting Document - Governor Walker Proclamation Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month March 2016 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Supporting Document - Governor Walker Proclamation Sexual Assault Awareness Month March 2016 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HCR003 Supporting Document - Office of Child Welfare Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/23/2017 3:00:00 PM
HCR 3
HB025 ver A 2.16.17.PDF HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Sponsor Statement 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Sectional Analysis ver A 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Fiscal Note DHSS-Medicaid Services 2.28.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Fiscal Note DHSS-DHCS 2.28.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Fiscal Note DCCED-DIO 2.28.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-ADN Commentary 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Cost Savings Study 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Guttmacher Alaska Statistics 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Guttmacher Public Costs from Unintended Pregnancies 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-HB025 Support Emails 2.27.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Letter Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic 2.23.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Letter League of Women Voters Alaska 2.24.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-UCSF Study Newspaper Article 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Unintended Pregnancies Study 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Letter Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest & Hawaii 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Letter Dr. Tina Tomsen 2.27.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Support Emails 2.27.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-HB025 Support Emails 3.7.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Letter Anne Green 3.3.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Letter Alaska Nurses Association 3.6.17.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Supporting Document-Letters of Support 3.8.2017.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Opposing Document-Letters of Opposition 3.8.2017.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Opposing Document-Letter NFIB 2.16.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB025 Opposing Document-America's Health Insurance Plans 2.27.17.pdf HHSS 2/28/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/6/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/11/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 25
HB0123 ver O 2.22.17.PDF HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB0123 Sponsor Statement 2.22.17.pdf HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB 123 Sectional Analysis 2.22.17.pdf HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB 123 Fiscal Note DHSS DPH 3.1.17.pdf HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB0123 Supporting Document-AAMC Price Transparency in the News 2.22.17.pdf HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB0123 Supporting Document-American's For Progress-Price Transparency 2.22.17.pdf HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB0123 Supporting Document-Article ADN-A Doctor's Quest to Remain Human Inside an Insane Medical System 2.22.17.pdf HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB0123 Supporting Document-Truven Health Analytics-Save $36 Billion in US Healthcare Spending Through Price Transparency 2.22.17.pdf HHSS 3/2/2017 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB123 Draft Proposed Blank CS ver T 3.9.2017.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123
HB123 Explanation of Changes ver T 3.9.2017.pdf HHSS 3/9/2017 3:00:00 PM
HB 123