Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-928

EHS 928

Inspection of Health Connector Website

Messrs. Tarr, Hedlund, Ross and Humason moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after section__, the following new section:-

“SECTION __.  Notwithstanding or general or special law to the contrary, the inspector general shall conduct a review and provide the legislature with a report by December 31, 2014 outlining the financial impact of the failed health connector website.  The review shall include a cost analysis of state funds expended for temporary coverage, including those funds that would have been reimbursed by the federal government had the Connector website been properly functioning.  Further, the inspector general shall investigate all means of recouping such funds, including any legal and cost effective means of collecting funds under the commonwealth’s contract with third-party vendors.  The inspector general shall provide a report of its findings to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, and the joint committee on health care financing.”