Amendment ID: S2769-52-R1

Redraft Amendment 52

Advancing racial and socioeconomic parity in commercial health insurance

Messrs. Welch, Lesser, Velis and Timilty, Ms. Jehlen, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Cyr, O'Connor, Montigny and DiDomenico move that the proposed new draft be amended in section 1, by striking out, in line 24, the word “The”, the first time it appears, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “In developing its recommendations, the commission shall determine that the recommended rates do not have a negative impact on the delivery of care by health care providers predominately serving communities that experience health disparities as a result of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or other status as determined by the commission. The”.