Plain English Breakdown
The official text states the committee must include 'specified data,' but does not define what that data is within this summary or digest.
Health Care Affordability Patient Advocate Committee
This law requires the Health Care Affordability Board to create a new committee for patient advocates by June 1, 2026.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the board to establish a Patient Advocate Advisory Standing Committee on or before June 1, 2026.
- Mandates that the new committee hold public meetings at least four times each year.
- Requires the committee to receive comments from the public during these meetings.
- Requires the committee to include specified data from its meetings in an annual report given to the board.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Health Care Affordability Board
- Members of the new Patient Advocate Advisory Standing Committee
- Patients and members of the public who attend or comment at committee meetings
Terms To Know
- Health Care Affordability Board
- A group that sets statewide health care cost targets and standards for data submission.
- Patient Advocate Advisory Standing Committee
- The new permanent committee created by this bill to advise the board on patient issues.
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not list who exactly will serve as members of the new committee.
- The specific details about what data must be included in the annual report are described only as 'specified' without further detail here.
- No effective date is listed for when this law officially begins.