FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURESB 474/a

FIRST SESSION, 2015

February 19, 2015

Mr. President:

    Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 474

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

    1. On page 5, line 15, after "payers" strike the comma and the remainder of the line and insert in lieu thereof a semicolon.

    2. On page 5, strike line 16 in its entirety.

    3. On page 9, line 17 through page 10, line 3, strike Section 5 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new section:

    "SECTION 5. A new section of the Health Information System Act is enacted to read:

    "[NEW MATERIAL] WEB SITE--PUBLIC ACCESS--COST AND QUALITY DATA.--By January 1, 2017, the department shall ensure that the public is provided with access, free of charge, to a user-friendly, searchable and easily accessible web site on which the department shall post and update on a regular basis information about cost and quality of care in accordance with the Health Information System Act. The web site shall be accessible through the state sunshine portal. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section."".,

and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

                               Respectfully submitted,

                               ___________________________________

                               Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Chairman

Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________

          (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

                  Date ________________________

The roll call vote was 6 For 2 Against

Yes:      6

No:       Candelaria, Ivey-Soto

Excused: None

Absent:   None

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