Amendment #11 to H3899

Technical Corrections to Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund

Mr. Lewis of Winchester moves to amend the bill by adding the following sections:-

SECTION 1:  Section 2H of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is amended to add in line 7 immediately after the phrase “who shall serve as chairperson;” the following text: - the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public health, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing,

SECTION 2:   Section 2H of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is amended to add the following three paragraphs after line 24: --

(c) The board shall evaluate the program authorized under section 2G and shall issue a report. The report shall include an analysis of all relevant data to determine the effectiveness and return on investment of the program including, but not limited to, an analysis of: (i) the extent to which the program impacted the prevalence of preventable health conditions; (ii) the extent to which the program reduced health care costs or the growth in health care cost trends; (iii) whether health care costs were reduced, and who benefited from the reduction; (iv) the extent to which workplace-based wellness or health management programs were expanded, and whether those programs improved employee health, productivity and recidivism; (v) if employee health and productivity was improved or employee recidivism was reduced, the estimated statewide financial benefit to employers; (vi) recommendations for whether the program should be discontinued, amended or expanded, as well as a timetable for implementation of the recommendations; and (vii) recommendations for whether the funding mechanism for the Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund should be extended beyond 2016, or whether an alternative funding mechanism should be established.

(d) The department shall contract with an outside organization with expertise in the analysis of health care financing to assist the board in conducting its evaluation. The outside organization shall, to the extent possible, obtain and use actual health plan data from the all-payer claims database as administered by the center for health information and analysis; provided, however, that such data shall be confidential and shall not be a public record under clause twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws.

(e) The board shall report the results of its evaluation and its recommendation, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry out such recommendation to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public health and shall post the board’s report on the department’s website not later than January 31, 2016.

SECTION 3:  Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012 is hereby amended to strike and repeal Section 276.