§ 33-24-64 - Contents of report by Commissioner on health insurance benefit bills - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 33-24-64 (2010)
33-24-64. Contents of report by Commissioner on health insurance benefit bills

The report required under Code Section 33-24-63 for assessing the impact of a health insurance benefit bill shall address the financial impact of such legislation by obtaining, at the minimum and to the extent that the information is available, the following:

(1) To what extent will the benefit increase or decrease the cost of the treatment or service;

(2) To what extent will the benefit increase the appropriate uses of the treatment or service;

(3) To what extent will the benefit be a substitute for a more expensive treatment or service;

(4) To what extent will the benefit increase or decrease the administrative expense of insurers or premium of the policyholders; and

(5) The impact of this coverage on the total cost of insurance premiums or health care to health insurance policyholders, including the impact of all indirect costs, which are costs other than premiums and administrative costs, on the question of benefit costs and benefits of coverage.