hctf – Idaho State Legislature

2010 Health Care Task Force

Charge: To ask and find answers for the unprecedented increases in health insurance premiums; to determine a method of limiting the assessments that may be imposed on carriers providing reinsurance by way of excess or stop-loss coverage and on carriers selling insurance in the individual market; to review options regarding initially limiting enrollment of the Individual High-Risk Reinsurance Pool in order to preserve the financial integrity of the pool.

Sen. Dean Cameron, Co-chair	Rep. Gary Collins, Co-chair
Sen. Joe Stegner	Rep. Sharon Block
Sen. John Goedde	Rep. Carlos Bilbao
Sen. Patti Anne Lodge	Rep. Jim Marriott
Sen. Tim Corder	Rep. Fred Wood
Sen. John McGee	Rep. John Rusche
Sen. Nicole LeFavour	Rep. Elaine Smith

Staff: Paige Parker, Amy Johnson

Meeting Agendas:
January 13, 2010
October 11, 2010
November 22, 2010

Meeting Minutes:
January 13, 2010
October 11, 2010
November 22, 2010

October 11 Meeting – Presentations & Handouts:

Presentation: 2010 CHIP-B and Acess Card Update, Paul Leary
Handout: 2010 CHIP-B and Acess Card Update
Presentation: Idaho Individual High Risk Reinsurance Pool, Laren Walker
Presentation: Funding Idaho Medicaid, Richard Armstrong
Presentation: MMIS October Update, Richard Armstrong
Presentation: Blue Cross of Idaho – Response to Health Care Reform, Jack Myers
Presentation: Regence BlueShield of Idaho – Response to Health Care Reform, Scott Kreiling
Audio File: Efforts of Other States to Comply with Federal Health Care Reforem, Joy Wilson
Handout: American Health Benefit Exchange Model Act, Joy Wilson

November 22 Meeting – Presentations & Handouts:

Presentation: Behavioral Health Transformation Work Group, Skip Oppenheimer
Presentation: Developing an Insurance Exchange in Idaho, Bill Deal
Letter: Mental Health Funding, Ryan Mitchell
Presentation: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Richard Armstrong
Presentation: MMIS Update, Richard Armstrong
Presentation: Update from the HHS Office of Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight, Richard Popper
Handout: Medicaid Mandatory Benefit Analysis
Handout: Approaches to Cost Containment in State Medicaid Programs
Presentation: Idaho Voters and a Tobacco Tax Increase, Heidi Low
Handout: Three Reasons to Increase the Tobacco Tax in Idaho, Heidi Low

Mental Health Subcommittee

Sen. Joe Stegner, Co-chair	Rep. Sharon Block, Co-chair
Sen. Patti Anne Lodge	Rep. Fred Wood
Sen. Tim Corder	Rep. John Rusche

Staff: Paige Parker, Amy Johnson

No Subcommittee Meetings Held in 2010