Change provisions relating to the prescription drug monitoring program, the statewide health information exchange, and the Health Information Technology Board

Summary

The legislation creates a Hospital Quality Assurance and Access Assessment Fund to support higher Medicaid hospital rates and other health‑care payments, while prohibiting hospitals and Medicaid managed‑care plans from using directed payments to set rates. It also requires a vendor‑run prescription‑drug monitoring system that records every dispensed controlled substance and shares the data with a statewide health‑information exchange, with limited patient opt‑out provisions. The bill aims to improve hospital financing, curb drug misuse, and enhance health‑information interoperability.

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