Bill No.: SF0061                  Drafter:  JWL

LSO No.:  10LSO-0191              Effective Date: Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0042

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:     Senator Scott

Catch Title:       Health insurance reform-2.

Subject:  Creates a health care reform demonstration project.

Summary/Major Elements:

• This act:

o Creates a health care reform demonstration project, to be administered by the Wyoming Health Insurance Pool board, for low-income employed persons;

o Establishes a benefit design committee to design a health benefits package and plan of operation for the project;

o Stipulates that the benefits package include preventive services, clinical prevention services, a personal health account for uninsured expenses and a HIPAA-compliant insurance plan;

o Provides for detailed fiscal analysis of the project, including comparison to Medicaid and comparison of specified service-delivery models;

o Limits enrollment in the demonstration to 500 participants initially and, subject to the governor's approval, 2,500 participants after the first year of operation.

Comments:

· Annual report required from Dept. of Health to joint Labor Committee beginning Oct. 1, 2010.

· Appropriates $25,000 for administration and $750,000 for program costs from the tobacco settlement trust account.

· Contains delayed repeal date of December 31, 2015 and requires completion of the project on July 1, 2015.