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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	J.P. Taylor		DATE TYPED:	01/29/99		HB	198
SHORT TITLE:		Health Policy Commission Programs				SB
					ANALYST:		Woodlee

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY99

FY2000

FY99

FY2000

$ 300.2

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to SB2, HB2

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Health Policy Commission

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

HB 198 appropriates $300.2 to the Health Policy Commission from the General Fund for expenditure in FY00 to enhance existing programs.

Significant Issues

The funds will break down into the following expenditures:

- $61.4 for a health care financial analyst

- $67.2 for a hospital quality information systems analyst

- $41.6 for contractual services to improve the Geographic Access Data System

- $130.0 to inventory, develop, and maintain health data standards

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

This bill appropriates $300.2 from the general fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2000. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the general fund.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

According to the Health Policy Commission, the agency will absorb any administrative costs within their existing capacity.

CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP

HB 2 contains an aggregated appropriation for health and human services. SB 2 contains a general fund appropriation for HPC base operations.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

•According to HPC, the financial analyst will provide planners and policy makers with information on charity care provisions and cost-shifting; conduct health care financial analysis; and assist in the development of options to improve financial access to health care.

•The systems analyst position is to allow the HPC to use hospital data to provide public data on quality and outcomes for use by consumers, for public accountability, and quality improvement.

•The funding for data standards is to support an inventory of data standards currently in public and private sectors and to establish by consensus common health data standards and a health date dictionary.

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