The 2007 Legislature approved Senate Joint Resolution 15, calling for a study of health-care delivery systems in Montana to determine how the different means of providing health care services affect the cost and quality of care.
A subcommittee made up of Sen. Dan Weinberg and Rep. Ernie Dutton is specifically addressing the specialty hospital moratorium and economic credentialing issues involved in the SJR 15 study. The subcommittee completed work on an economic credentialing bill draft, LC 38, at its March 17 meeting, but the full committee delayed formal action on the draft until June 11, to allow further stakeholder review. The subcommittee decided to wait to act on a specialty hospital bill until its June meeting, because Congress may take up the issue before then.
The following materials were presented at the Feb. 11 subcommittee meeting: --Bill Draft on Conflict of Interest, Economic Credentialing -- Comments on Specialty Hospitals
The following materials were among those handed out by speakers at the Jan. 24 subcommittee meeting. --Benefis Statement from Amy Astin --Byorth Statement --Jones Statement --St. Peter's Hospital Statement, Conflict of Interest Policy
