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Committee advances Insurance Fund Working Group recommendations to move public health fees to general fund over five years
Summary
HB 7117, adopting recommendations of an insurance fund working group, would phase funding for the Office of Health Strategy and public health fees into the general fund over five years; backers say it narrows the insurance fund's role, while critics warned it reduces transparency.
The Insurance and Real Estate Committees voted to send HB 7117, which incorporates the recommendations of an insurance fund working group, to the floor. The bill would phase in moving certain public health fees and Office of Health Strategy (OHS) funding from the insurance fund to the state general fund over a five‑year timeline.
Supporters said the change would refocus the insurance fund on insurer‑related activities and relieve consumers of assessments that had become mechanisms to finance…
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