Synopsis
This amendment removes the ability of the Hospital Quality and Health Equity Assessment Commission to make statutory changes directly. The Commission will instead submit recommendations on statutory changes to the General Assembly for additional action. This amendment also specifies that Commission meetings must follow open meeting requirements except that the Commission may hold private meetings if commercial or financial information of a privileged or confidential nature is under discussion. This amendment requires reports in 2025 and 2026 from the hospitals that have or will receive increased payments through the operation of this legislation describing how the funds have or will be used. This amendment updates the split in percentages of the funds used for increased payments to hospitals versus other approved uses of the funds.