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Senate shifts health‑price transparency tool to State Auditor, adds median‑price publication
Summary
Senate adopted a substitute for House Bill 178 that places management of a statewide health‑price transparency tool and certain financial transparency website duties with the State Auditor, and requires publishing median paid amounts for top procedures; sponsors said the changes have no net fiscal impact because funding will be moved as part of budget adjustments.
Senators debated and adopted a substitute to House Bill 178 that changes which state office will operate the public health‑price transparency functions. Senator Hemmert explained the second substitute would require the State Auditor to manage the official financial transparency site and to create a health‑price transparency tool,…
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