To require applicants for state purchased health care benefits or uncompensated hospital care to identify the employer of the proposed beneficiary of the benefits or care. On or before February 1st of each year, the department of Social and Health Services and the Health Care Authority will provide the appropriate committees of the Senate and House of Representatives a report listing all employers identified through the application requirements of this bill. The report must include each company name, location, and the total number of their employees and dependents who are enrolled in each state funded health care program. No other information regarding program beneficiaries may be included in this report. The report must also be made available to the public.   Official Text and Analysis.

To delete the employer identification requirement for recipients of uncompensated care at hospitals and applicants for Medicaid and the Basic Health Plan.

To require applicants for state purchased health care benefits or uncompensated hospital care to identify the employer of the proposed beneficiary of the benefits or care.

By the Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee, to strike everything after the enacting clause and insert a new bill that adds the requirement that each report also include information on the number of enrollees who chose public programs instead of available employer coverage, and on who referred the enrollees to the public programs.

To concur in Senate amendments.

To require applicants for state purchased health care benefits or uncompensated hospital care to identify the employer of the proposed beneficiary of the benefits or care.