TITLE: CONCERNING THE CREATION OF AN INTERIM COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE CLAIMS PROCESSING.

Fiscal Impact Summary	FY 1999/2000	FY 2000/2001
State Revenues General Fund
State Expenditures General Fund	$22,248	$22,248
FTE Position Change	0.4 FTE	0.4 FTE
Other State Impact: None
Effective Date: Upon signature of the Governor and until January 1, 2001
Appropriation Summary for FY 1999-2000: $22,248 General Fund, and 0.4 FTE to the Legislative Department.
Local Government Impact: None

This bill creates a committee to coordinate a statewide, voluntary effort to establish a uniform electronic system for billing, claims processing, and information exchange within the health care and insurance industries. The committee will consist of fifteen members, including six members of the General Assembly and nine members from a specified list of stakeholders. In addition, the bill requires:

• the committee to hold its first meeting in July 1999, and meet at least three times during the interim between sessions;

• the Legislative Council Staff to assist the committee and personnel from the Division of Insurance and the Department of Regulatory Agencies to cooperate with the committee and its staff; and

• the committee to make findings and recommendations regarding the establishment of a uniform system for health care claims processing, including but not limited to any necessary legislation, and to submit written reports to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2000 and January 1, 2001. Any legislation recommended by the committee would be treated as legislation recommended by any other legislative interim committee for purposes of introduction deadlines or bill limitations.

The bill specifies that the committee is to receive assistance from the Legislative Council Staff. Assuming that the committee would meet the customary six times each year to implement the provisions of the bill, meeting costs and staff resource requirements are identified in Table 1. Legislator members will be compensated as set forth in Section 2-2-307, C.R.S., (during the interim, cost of actual and necessary expenses and $99 per diem per meeting). The average expense reimbursement for all members is estimated to be $50 per meeting. The Division of Insurance customarily provides assistance to interim committees when requested and will not require any additional resources to implement this bill.

Pursuant to the Joint Budget Committee’s budget policies, the following expenditures have not been included in this fiscal note:

If this bill is not approved by the Legislative Council as part of the regular interim studies currently budgeted, the Legislative Department would require a total General Fund appropriation of $22,248 and 0.4 FTE in FY 1999/00.

Legislative Council Staff Office of Legislative Legal Services Regulatory Agencies

Table 1: COSTS TO IMPLEMENT SB 99-064
	FY 1999-2000	FY 2000/2001
Personal Services: Legislative Council Staff - 0.3 FTE	$10,507	$10,507
Personal Services: Office of Legal Services - 0.1 FTE	3,677	3,677
Legislator Per Diem	3,564	3,564
Members' Expense Reimbursement	4,500	4,500
Total Expenses	$22,248	$22,248