PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2136
PRINTER'S NO. 2412
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1613
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, PICKETT, MILLARD, RYAN, MACKENZIE, BAKER,
DRISCOLL, SCHLOSSBERG, GREINER, A. HARRIS, WARD, KAUFFMAN,
ROTHMAN, ZIMMERMAN, GODSHALL, PHILLIPS-HILL, DAY, V. BROWN,
KAUFER, STURLA, MENTZER, GROVE, DeLUCA, FABRIZIO, MATZIE,
B. MILLER, WHEELAND AND WATSON, JUNE 23, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Health Care Cost
Containment Council, for its powers and duties, for health
care cost containment through the collection and
dissemination of data, for public accountability of health
care costs and for health care for the indigent and creating
incentives for hospitals and managed care organizations to
improve health care outcomes and to reduce unnecessary and
inappropriate services in the Commonwealth's medical
assistance program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a part to read:
PART II
REGULATED ENTITIES
Chapter
33. Health Care Cost Containment
35. Health Care Outcomes
CHAPTER 33
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