Bill > H1019

This bill amends existing law to prohibit healthcare providers or organizations identified by the center as exceeding the healthcare cost growth benchmark from making significant changes to their operations or governance that would normally require notification to the commission. The "center" likely refers to a state agency responsible for monitoring healthcare costs, and the "commission" is another regulatory body. This prohibition aims to prevent providers already exceeding cost benchmarks from making changes that could further increase costs or reduce competition. However, the commission can exempt providers if their market share is below a certain level, or if their total medical expenses or relative prices are below the statewide median. The prohibition remains in effect until the provider or organization demonstrates that their relative price and total medical expenses have been reduced to or below the cost growth benchmark.