Rules committee advances conference report on House Bill 1003 after debate on site-of-service implementation and Medicaid data sharing

Representative Barrett presented the conference committee report for House Bill 1003 and described three components of the report: parallel language on prior authorization, partial restoration of contracting language removed by the Senate to promote competitive contracting, and provisions intended to facilitate implementation of a 2023 site-of-service policy. "I present conference committee report number 1. And there are 3 features of this, report," Representative Barrett said.

Barrett said the site-of-service provisions respond to shortcomings in the Department of Health's ability to implement language from a prior bill. "This was really not a, debate on the policy, but rather just a mechanism that would promote implementation of that policy," Barrett said, adding the conference committee had met with stakeholders to reach workable language.

Committee members pressed Barrett on a provision that would allow the attorney general's office to…