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91_HB4478ham002 LRB9113240LDpkam 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4478 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 4478, AS AMENDED, 3 in Section 15, by replacing all of subsection (a) with the 4 following: 5 "(a) The Health Care Services Contracting Board is 6 created within the Office of the Attorney General. The Board 7 shall be advisory to the Attorney General and shall consist 8 of an equal number of representatives of health care 9 providers, health care plans, and public members who shall 10 not be engaged in any way, directly or indirectly, as 11 providers of health care services or with a health care 12 plan."; and 13 in Section 15, subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 14 replacing "Governor" with "Attorney General"; and 15 in Section 15, subsection (b), by replacing the second 16 sentence with "The initial Board shall have one-third of its 17 members appointed for a term expiring January 1, 2002; 18 one-third of its members appointed for a term expiring 19 January 1, 2003; and one-third of its members appointed for a 20 term expiring January 1, 2004."; and 21 in Section 15, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 22 deleting ", other than ex-officio members,"; and -2- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 in Section 15, subsection (c), in the second sentence, by 2 deleting ", other than ex-officio members,"; and 3 in Section 15, subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 4 replacing "at least 5" with "a majority of the"; and 5 in Section 15, by replacing all of subsection (e) with the 6 following: 7 "(e) The Board may conduct business upon the presence of 8 a quorum of a majority of the voting members. The Board 9 shall make recommendations to the Attorney General concerning 10 the duties of the Attorney General under this Act."; and 11 in Section 20, in the caption, by replacing "Board" with 12 "Attorney General"; and 13 in Section 20, subsection (a), by replacing "Board" with 14 "Attorney General"; and 15 in Section 20, subsection (b), by replacing "Board" with 16 "Attorney General"; and 17 in Section 20, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 18 replacing "The Board shall approve" with "The Attorney 19 General shall approve"; and 20 in Section 20, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 21 replacing "if the Board determines" with "if the Attorney 22 General determines"; and 23 in Section 20, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 24 "The Board shall consider", by replacing "Board" with 25 "Attorney General"; and 26 in Section 25, subsection (b) in the portion of the sentence 27 before the colon, by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 28 General"; and 29 in Section 25, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by -3- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 2 in Section 25, subsection (c), in paragraph (2), by replacing 3 "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 4 in Section 25, by replacing all of subsection (f) with the 5 following: 6 "(f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize 7 a joint discussion representative to discuss with a health 8 care plan or to agree to any health care plan policies to 9 exclude, limit the participation or reimbursement of, or 10 otherwise limit the services of health care providers not 11 represented by the health care provider's joint discussion 12 representative. Any such plan policies are void and against 13 public policy. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 14 permit, require, or authorize any individual or group of 15 health care providers to provide services not within the 16 scope of their license or authorization. 17 (g) Nothing in this Act shall require any Independent 18 Practice Association or Physician Hospital Organization to 19 utilize the services of a joint discussion representative or 20 be licensed under this Act."; and 21 in Section 30, subsection (c), in the portion of the first 22 sentence that is before the colon, by replacing "Board's" 23 with "Attorney General's"; and 24 in Section 30, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 25 "Such report shall be sent", by replacing "Board" with 26 "Attorney General"; and 27 in Section 35, subsection (a), in the last sentence, by 28 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 29 in Section 35, subsection (b), in the last sentence, by 30 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 31 in Section 35, subsection (c), in the last sentence, by -4- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 2 in Section 35, subsection (d), in the sentence that begins 3 "The written communication shall be approved" by replacing 4 "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 5 in Section 35, subsection (d), in the last sentence, by 6 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 7 in Section 40, in the sentence that begins "In the event" by 8 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 9 in Section 40, in the last sentence, by replacing "Board" 10 with "Attorney General"; and 11 in Section 45, in the last sentence, by replacing "Board" 12 with "Attorney General"; and 13 in Section 50, in the caption, by replacing "Board" with 14 "Attorney General"; and 15 in Section 50, subsection (a) in the first sentence, by 16 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 17 in Section 50, subsection (a), in the sentence that begins 18 "The Board shall review" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 19 General"; and 20 in Section 50, subsection (a), in the sentence that begins 21 "The Board shall notify" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 22 General"; and 23 in Section 50, subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 24 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 25 in Section 50, subsection (b), in the sentence that begins 26 "If disapproved" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 27 General"; and 28 in Section 50, subsection (b), by deleting the last sentence; -5- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 and 2 in Section 50, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 3 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 4 in Section 50, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 5 replacing "Board's" with "Attorney General's"; and 6 in Section 50, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 7 "If resolution" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; 8 and 9 in Section 50, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 10 "If no resolution" by replacing "Board's" with "Attorney 11 General's"; and 12 in Section 50, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 13 "The Board's objection" by replacing "Board's" with "Attorney 14 General's"; and 15 in Section 50, subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 16 replacing "The Board shall approve" with "The Attorney 17 General shall approve"; and 18 in Section 50, subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 19 replacing "view of the Board" with "view of the Attorney 20 General"; and 21 in Section 50, subsection (e), in the last sentence, by 22 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 23 in Section 50, subsection (f), by replacing "The Board may 24 require" with "The Attorney General may require"; and 25 in Section 50, subsection (f), by replacing "enable the 26 Board" with "enable the Attorney General"; and 27 in Section 55, in the caption, by replacing "Board" with 28 "Attorney General"; and -6- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 in Section 55, subsection (a), in the first sentence, by 2 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 3 in Section 55, subsection (a), in the sentence that begins 4 "The Board shall review" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 5 General"; and 6 in Section 55, subsection (a), in the sentence that begins 7 "The Board shall approve" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 8 General"; and 9 in Section 55, subsection (a), in the sentence that begins 10 "Approval of the proposed" by replacing "Board" with 11 "Attorney General" each time it appears; and 12 in Section 55, subsection (a), by deleting the last sentence; 13 and 14 in Section 55, subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 15 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 16 in Section 55, subsection (b), in the sentence that begins 17 "The Board shall furnish" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 18 General"; and 19 in Section 55, subsection (b), in the sentence that begins, 20 "If the Board objects" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 21 General"; and 22 in Section 55, subsection (b), in the sentence that begins 23 "If the Board objects" by replacing "Board's" with "Attorney 24 General's"; and 25 in Section 55, subsection (b), in the sentence that begins 26 "If resolution is reached" by replacing "Board" with 27 "Attorney General"; and 28 in Section 55, subsection (b), in the sentence that begins 29 "If no resolution is reached" by replacing "Board's" with -7- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 "Attorney General's"; and 2 in Section 55, subsection (b), in the sentence that begins 3 "The Board's objection"; by replacing "Board's" with 4 "Attorney General's"; and 5 in Section 55, subsection (c), by replacing "Board" with 6 "Attorney General"; and 7 by deleting all of Section 60; and 8 in Section 65, subsection (a), by replacing "application to 9 the Board, upon forms the Board may require," with 10 "application to the Attorney General, upon forms the Attorney 11 General may require,"; and 12 in Section 65, subsection (b), by replacing "Board" with 13 "Attorney General"; and 14 in Section 65, subsection (c), by replacing "Board" with 15 "Attorney General"; and 16 in Section 65, subsection (c), by replacing "Board's" with 17 "Attorney General's"; and 18 in Section 65, subsection (d), by replacing "Board" with 19 "Attorney General"; and 20 in Section 65, subsection (e), item (2), by replacing "Board" 21 with "Attorney General"; and 22 in Section 70, subsection (e), in the first sentence, by 23 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 24 in Section 70, subsection (e), in the sentence that begins 25 "The Board shall inform" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney 26 General"; and 27 in Section 70, subsection (e), in the sentence that begins 28 "If the Board objects" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney -8- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 General"; and 2 in Section 70, subsection (e), in the sentence that begins 3 "If the Board objects" by replacing "Board's" with "Attorney 4 General's": and 5 in Section 70, subsection (e), in the sentence that begins 6 "If resolution is reached" by replacing "Board's" with 7 "Attorney General's"; and 8 in Section 70, subsection (e), in the sentence that begins 9 "If no resolution is reached" by replacing "Board's" with 10 "Attorney General's"; and 11 in Section 75, subsection (a), by replacing "motion of the 12 Board" with "motion of the Attorney General"; and 13 in Section 75, subsection (a), by replacing "the Board shall 14 investigate" with "The Attorney General shall investigate"; 15 and 16 in Section 75, subsection (b), by replacing "Board" with 17 "Attorney General"; and 18 in Section 75, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 19 replacing "The Board shall" with "The Attorney General 20 shall"; and 21 in Section 75, subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 22 replacing "before the Board" with "before the Attorney 23 General"; and 24 in Section 75, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 25 "Such hearing" by replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; 26 and 27 in Section 75, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 28 "The Board shall direct" by replacing "The Board shall 29 direct" with "The Attorney General shall direct"; and -9- LRB9113240LDpkam 1 in Section 75, subsection (c), in the sentence that begins 2 "The Board shall direct" by replacing "answer to the Board" 3 with "answer to the Attorney General"; and 4 in Section 75, subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 5 replacing "finding by the Board" with "finding by the 6 Attorney General"; and 7 in Section 75, subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 8 replacing "the Board may" with "the Attorney General may"; 9 and 10 in Section 75, subsection (d) in the sentence that begins 11 "Where a joint discussion" by replacing "Board's" with 12 "Attorney General's"; and 13 in Section 80, subsection (a), in the first sentence, by 14 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 15 in Section 80, subsection (a), in the last sentence, by 16 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 17 in Section 80, subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 18 replacing "Board" with "Attorney General"; and 19 in Section 90, in the first sentence, by deleting "or the 20 Board"; and 21 in Section 90, in the last sentence, by deleting "or the 22 Board"; and 23 in Section 95, by replacing "Board" with "Attorney General".