Insurance & Commerce - Senate

Senator Irvin thank you for joining us this afternoon. Let's get started right away. President everyone being here right now this one I know we've had a lot of late meetings that early meetings and everything else and we're we're proud to finally get rolling today and will. Thank you very comments you'd like to make. Senator rules that same thing. Thank you thank you good morning to everyone glad we're here let's get started let's start with the H. B. four fifty six which I guess is mine. Thank you senator we take the chair please. Your little. I have a motion to table the bill. Sorry it's a little early after one a okay. Senator hill you're recognized. State your name for the record Ricky Hill district eleven this state this bill is actually just a an amendment from the the House side eighty a co sponsor to it too to prevent state fundament skewed mean wrong wrong bill. Bill number you for I'm on four fifty six this bill is actually to prevent state funded medical schools I've announced to this Committee. Last time we were in this building Senator Hickey objected but we went ahead anyway. This act basically excluded. A foundation money from UAMS to define the United L. students this bill basically and in overall just says that taxpayer dollars could not be used to pay in aisle students is all this bill does in this is the amendment that up was put on there okay and so clarification if they have private foundation funding it can be use the can be used that's correct are there any questions from the members of the committee I was a question okay any no question no other questions from members of the committee all right senior analyst at anyone here to speak for against the amendment saying nine you've closed a motion to concur with the house amendment for senate bill four forty four fifty six so moved to second all those in favor say aye and oppose ayes have it congratulations thank you for fifty six if you don't mind I would go to my other bill on while I'm down here sure got it is people twenty seven okay you're recognized to present senate bill four twenty seven full the circuit was that a co sponsor to it which was the center by our representative Beatty okay you heard the amendment questions. What's the motion to concur. Second all those in favor say aye. Posed as have it Senate bill four twenty seven passes thank you madam chair. Yes Sir. Saying no one else here to present any bills. Senator Hammer would you you know just one more time. For the record is that we will know centre Murdock finally finally have he's here with this the woods or any comments you'd like to make it. Yes. Senator hammer your. Clear to present your bill thank you Mr chairman and members committee for being out shortly more take care these this is an amendment that was added on the House send and it was working in conjunction with Medicaid and removed it from a shall position to a may position it also put into place what was requested and it's on the top of the second page of the amendment of reference to the a book that is used by the insurance industry with regards to Medicare Medicaid services also creates the opportunity for Medicaid program to apply for a grant so as to help fund it should there be any money that is available it was request of Medicaid that we did this and that's what it's all about Sir. Centerman. So it because per questa Medicaid said this this means the bill from what was the fiscal impact now on to not fiscal impact should be it should be neutral and the fact that it creates the may instead of the shall thank you so much for thank you cation any other questions for the committee. Anyone here to speak for or against amendment. Seeing seeing nine center. A thank you I appreciate shall answer is no I do appreciate because this is important came out of the health state or the of mental health caucus group that worked last year and this moves the ball down the road a little bit and I really appreciate the committee because I know you all that slot of time energy and thought I appreciate shall help to make this better bill I appreciate a good vote. Thank you. We say it again Senator Irvin. A push button I thank you just wanna say thank you for those comments we appreciate that thank you. Thank you what's will the committee. Motion to concur by Senator Irvin St second by Senator of Boyd all in favor say aye hi. Thank you senator thank you Mr chairman Preciado thank you all for the work you do your name at your amendment has been adopted thank you our shared. Thank you thank. Senator Hickey wrote president SP three twenty four percent is mine correct yes Sir Mr you're free you're clear clear to go okay just like the other bills this one concurs in the amendment this amendment what it does is two things it requires this entity that it's it in this legislation to pay a premium tax and what it also does is is is is requires that to an employee or act as alms buttons when I said that correctly you know for any type of disputes that might happen out there so when whenever you say an employee. Would you would you explain that an employee of the nonprofit agriculture agricultural membership organization as as defined on a. Line twenty six states it just want employers is more than one. This is employed employed okay yes Sir thank you. Yes Sir void. Thank you Mr so you just want to clarify that this does not really create a new tax. It does not create a new taxes would not already be initiated on everyone else and axes is what what it actually does act as a fairness issue so that are right will be clear created equal since this is a new a new tab or entity that we're setting up for this particular purpose and just to clarify there's nothing in this amendment that says health care providers. Have to participate in one of these plans. That was in there up with was in the then the other bills that did not change right so it stayed the same there's nothing that forces a provider to participate. That is correct thank you. Thank you for the clarification Senator Hickey is or what what's will of committee. Motion to passenger Johnson second center Boyd to concur with the amendment. All in favor say aye opposed same sign asset we are concurred thank you I want to I want to take a special moment I know what's already we don't have very many in the crowd today to say a special thank you Commission shall issue all you have done for us it has been a great pleasure. And it's an honor for me to sit here next to you and and do this and and not not only that with with with the egos at once and everything else of this committee it has been very challenging get tabs but has been rewarding it and I and I will say one thing I'm glad I got to know sooner Murdock a lot better than that idea he's a super super nationally and I'm glad I got to knowingly spend lot of time with the night and I consider him a very good friend of mine now and I appreciate everyone on this committee thank you for all we've done depreciated and it extra special and I cannot express how much I greatly sincerely thank you all for everything you've done to put up with us and with that being said we're darned. We were third.