Bill > H7875

This bill mandates that starting January 1, 2027, the office of the health insurance commissioner must include uncompensated care, which refers to the cost of healthcare services provided to patients who cannot pay, as a calculated numeric adjustment within the methods used to set affordability standards or rate caps for hospital contracts. This adjustment will be added to any existing rate cap or affordability standard in place as of January 1, 2026, calculated separately from other cost containment measures, and applied uniformly to all hospital contracts. The commissioner will establish a transparent, formula-based system to determine this statewide adjustment, defining uncompensated care and converting the total burden into a single percentage that will be updated annually.