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BILL TITLE: Health Care Contracts
BILL NUMBER: HB 185
SPONSOR: DeGeeter, Timothy
SUMMARY: Specifies that a material amendment to a health care contract does not become part of the contract unless agreed upon by both parties.
STATUS: Passed House and in Senate Insurance, Commerce & Labor Committee
LAST ACTIVITY: Committee heard opponent testimony from Kelly McGivern representing the Ohio Association of Health Plans, Mark DiCello from United HealthCare and Keith Lake from Delta Dental. All witnesses pointed out that this issue was addressed in HB 125 from last General Assembly, and that no data has been provided suggesting the process as enacted in HB 125 is not working properly.
EXPECTED: Further hearings possible in future
POSITION: Interested party
PRIORITY ISSUE: Health Care
STAFF CONTACT: Haughawout, Carrie
BILL TEXT: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_185



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