GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1089

Short Title:  Commissioner of Insurance/Health Ins. Rpt.     	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Harris.

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Referred to:  Insurance.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE STATUS OF HEALTH INSURANCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Effective January 1, 2001, G.S. 58-2-120 reads as rewritten:
"§ 58-2-120. Reports of Commissioner to the Governor and General Assembly.
(a)	The Commissioner shall biennially submit to the General Assembly, through the Governor, a report of his official acts, including a summary of official rulings and regulations. The Commissioner shall, from time to time, report to the General Assembly any change which in his opinion should be made in the laws relating to insurance and other subjects pertaining to his department. On or before the first day of February of each year in which the General Assembly is in session he shall make to the Governor the recommendations called for in this section, to be transmitted to the General Assembly, with the last annual report of this Department, including receipts and disbursements.
(b)	The Commissioner shall biennially submit to the General Assembly, through the Governor, a report on health benefit plans regulated by this Chapter.  The report shall include information on outcome data, utilization review, access to providers, enrollee and provider use of and satisfaction with grievance procedures, and insurer compliance with other requirements of this Chapter. The Commissioner shall make the report available to the general public through its consumer services office."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.