H 1175

An act to lower healthcare costs, increase competition IN the health insurance market, and improve value and transparency by leveraging the state's purchasing power; To establish a low-cost, affordable health plan option on the affordable care act health insurance marketplace; To create a healthcare purchasing consortium to align public procurement; To appropriate funds for implementation; To continue and expand healthy opportunities activities to promote chronic disease prevention; To eliminate certificate of need review for inpatient rehabilitation services, rehabilitation facilities, and rehabilitation beds; To provide greater protection for essential rural health services; And to preserve competition IN healthcare by regulating the consolidation and conveyance of hospitals.