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HOUSE BILL No. 1277

Citations Affected: Noncode.

Synopsis: Reporting requirements on health information. Requires the following to report to the select joint commission (commission) on Medicaid oversight during the 2010 interim: (1) the Indiana Minority Health Coalition, concerning minority health disparities; (2) the Indiana board of pharmacy, concerning the feasibility and cost of requiring pharmacies to print prescription drug labels in foreign languages; and (3) the director of the office of Medicaid policy and planning, concerning certain health information currently collected by the office and any future plans to collect additional information.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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Crawford , Brown C , Welch ,
Brown T
(SENATE SPONSORS _ DILLON, ERRINGTON)

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    January 12, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
    January 25, 2010, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 1, 2010, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    February 2, 2010, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 66, nays 31.

    February 8, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.
    February 18, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning human services.

SOURCE: ; (10)EH1277.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010] (a) As used in this SECTION, "commission" refers to the select joint commission on Medicaid oversight established by IC 2-5-26-3.
    (b) The Indiana Minority Health Coalition shall report to the commission during the 2010 interim concerning minority health disparities.
    (c) The Indiana board of pharmacy shall report to the commission during the 2010 interim concerning the feasibility and cost of requiring pharmacies to print prescription labels in foreign languages. The pharmacy board shall also report the number of foreign languages, if any, that the board would recommend to be required to be printed on a prescription drug label.
    (d) The director of the office of Medicaid policy and planning shall report to the commission during the 2010 interim concerning the information currently collected by the office or a contractor of the office in the Medicaid program concerning the following:
        (1) Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set

(HEDIS) measurements.
        (2) Minority status.
The director shall also report any future plans the office may have to collect additional information described in this subsection.
    (e) This SECTION expires December 31, 2010.