Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1610 amends the Insurance Code to require health benefit plan issuers to collect and report cost and utilization data for each mandated health benefit and mandated offer designated by the commissioner of insurance. The bill requires the commissioner to designate, by rule, various aspects of this data collection and reporting, including the issuers who will be subject to this requirement, the specific benefits and coverage for which data must be collected, the data to be collected, the reporting period, due dates for the required reports, and report details and forms. The bill requires each plan issuer to maintain at its principal place of business all data collected, including supporting documentation and information, and to make this information and documentation available to the commissioner on request. The bill requires the Health and Human Services Commission to provide to the commissioner certain data related to a mandate being assessed to the population covered by certain Medicaid programs, even if the program is not necessarily subject to the mandate. The commissioner may use the data to determine the impact of mandated benefits and coverages.