The Health Innovations State Law Database created by the National Conference on State Legislatures is a resource for identifying over 800 recently enacted state laws and regulations that address health policy innovations related to access, Medicaid, private and commercial insurance markets, the Accountable Care Act and social determinants of health.. The database supports searching by keyword, state, legislative status, bill number, sponsor, and/or these topics:
- Exchanges and Health Marketplaces
- Free Market; Challenges and Alternatives
- Market-Cost Containment
- Market-Coverage
- Market-Delivery Reform [includes accountable care]
- Market-Health Insurance Reforms
- Market-Mandates and Essential Health Benefits
- Market-Network Adequacy
- Market-Other
- Market-Payment Reforms
- Market-Price Transparency
- Medicaid Expansion and Waivers
- Medicaid Payment Reform
- Medicaid-General
- PPACA – ACA-Health Reforms
- State-Run Programs
- Telehealth Programs
However, the full-text of the legislation located is restricted to NCLS members.
Source: Health innovations state law database: tracking state laws for health care transformation, 2015-2016. National Conference of State Legislatures, accessed Jan. 27, 2017. http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/health-innovations-database.aspx
Posted by AHA Resource Center, (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
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