2015 Legislative Agenda and Update Sean Graham Associate Director of Policy & Political Affairs

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Overview 2015 Legislative Session  Long Session 105 days Primary duty – operating budget (also capital, transpo)  April 24, 2015: Last day of regular session (April 26 th )  Three Special Sessions  Sine die on July 10 after 176 days of session 3

Overview Session by the Numbers  176 days of session  2497 bills introduced  290 bills in health care committees  363 bills passed by Legislature  10 bills partially or completely vetoed  14.5% of bills introduced passed into law

Overview 2015 Legislative Session Theme song?  Hotel California?...  Send in the Clowns?...  What a long, strange trip it’s been Legislative Priorities  Budget  Policy Why does this matter?  Advocacy is crucial  Legislation? It’s the long game that matters 5

Overview Policy – Top 5 takeaways from session Telemedicine, SB 5175 (Becker)  Reimbursement for services delivered via telemedicine  Narrow definition  Long-term goal to expand coverage All-payer claims database, SB 5084, (Becker)  Claims data from commercial, Medicaid, PEBB  Many concepts left up to rule-making 6

Overview Policy – Top 5 takeaways - Bad bills defeated Surgical techs, SB 5049 (Angel)  Restricted surg-tech from performing functions unless registered with state Naturopath prescribing power, SB 5185 (Becker)  Allow naturopaths to prescribe Schedule II-V drugs  Unsuccessful sunrise review in 2014 Dentistry scope of practice, SB 5621 (King)  “Adjacent and association structures…”  Concerns with botox 7

Overview Policy – Top 5 takeaways – Historic bills WSU medical school established, HB 1559 (Riccelli)  Washington State University to establish its own medical school.  WSMA was neutral on this bill  Broader issue of graduate medical education (i.e. medical residencies) Medical marijuana reformed, SB 5052 (Rivers)  Multi-year w/ admin simplification focus  Registry, standard of care, HP Account 8

State Budget Budget – the sticking points  McCleary ~$2.2 billion more (~$1 billion in )  Revenue House Democrats propose $1.5B – Includes B&O tax increase from 1.5% to 1.8%  Psychiatric Boarding ~$30 million – 145 psych beds  Class size initiative? ~$1.4 billion in additional spending in the next two-year budget cycle 9

Revenue Final budget  $38.2B two-year state spending plan $1.3B new K-12 spending College tuition decreases $98M to address mental health, psych boarding  Revenue $452M in tax exemptions repealed/modified 10

Legislative Priorities - Budget WSMA Budget Priorities – Fair reimbursement for Medicaid primary care  WSMA ask – $100M  Final budget – $0 Residencies/Graduate medical education – Washington Family Medicine Residency Network  WSMA ask – $16M  Budget as passed – $24.4M 11

Legislative Priorities - Budget Loan repayment assistance for medical professionals  WSMA ask – $8M  Budget as passed – $9.6M Opportunity Scholarship for STEM, health care professionals  Final budget – $41M Public Health  Fully funded 12

Legislative Priorities - Policy Community/Public Health  Mandatory reporting of breast density information to patients. SB 5040 (O’Ban) WSMA Opposed, Defeated  Increasing legal age for smoking and use of vapor products, HB 1458 (Orwall): WSMA Supported, Defeated 13

Legislative Priorities - Policy Community/Public Health  Establishing marketing and product standards for vapor products, SB 5477 (Dammeier) WSMA Supported, Defeated  Increasing access to opioid antagonists to prevent opioid-related overdose deaths, HB 1671 (Walkinshaw) WSMA Support, Passed 14

Legislative Priorities - Policy Community/Public Health  Good Samaritans free testing, SB 5494/HB 1353 WSMA Supported, Defeated  Reducing distracted driving, SB 5656 (Rivers) WSMA Support, Defeated  Removing personal and philosophical exemptions for vaccine use, HB 2009 (Robinson) WSMA Support, Defeated Likely to be revisited by legislature Interim planning already underway 15

Legislative Priorities - Policy Mental/Behavioral Health  Primary care psychiatric consultation services – SB 5947 (Becker) UW Psych Program (Budget $4M in each of next two biennia – Safety Net Assessment)  Transport of patients to facilities other than hospitals, HB 1721 (Robinson) Workgroup to establish standards WSMA Supported, Passed 16

Legislative Priorities - Policy Administrative Simplification  Substitution of biosimilar drugs, SB 5935 (Parlette) WSMA Supported, Passed  Radiology benefit managers, HB 1183 (Harris) WSMA Supported, Passed OIC continued work to address benefit managers  Repealing the Prescription Monitoring Program, HB 2192 (Taylor) WSMA Opposed, Defeated 17

Legislative Priorities - Policy Payment Reform/Coverage  Network adequacy and Medicaid non- participating providers, HB 1652 (Cody) “Good faith” negotiations WSMA Support, Passed  Independent Review Organizations, HB 1956 (Moeller) WSMA Support, Defeated  Prescription Drug Assistance Foundation, HB 2021 (Riccelli) WSMA Supported, Passed 18

Legislative Priorities - Policy Payment Reform/Coverage  Grace Period, SB 5430/HB 1626 (Becker, Schmick) Two different approaches attempted WSMA Supported, Defeated Commitment from Sen. Becker to address in interim  Medicaid “look-back” and Exchange grace periods, SB 6089 (Hill) Exchange transparency, oversight Medicaid look-back – Exchange enrollee behind on premiums? Determine eligibility for Medicaid – Reimburse through Medicaid retroactively for claims WSMA Supported, Passed 19

Legislative Priorities - Policy DOH/MQAC/HCA/State Agencies  Demographic information collection, SB 5772 (Conway) WSMA Supported, Defeated (amended into HB 1485, as passed)  Education-based remediation plans for physicians (and other providers), HB 1135 (Cody) WSMA Supported (opposed after amendment), Defeated  Regarding requirements of allopathic physician licensure/”Foreign trained” licensure, HB 1874 (Tharinger) WSMA Supported, Defeated 20

Legislative Priorities - Policy DOH/MQAC/HCA/State Agencies  Bree Collaborative subject to the Open Public Meetings Act, SB 5144, (Dammeier) WSMA Supported, Passed 21

Legislative priorities - Policy Liability Reform  Reauthorizing the Medicaid fraud false claims act (Qui Tam) – SB 5287/HB 1067 WSMA Opposed, Defeated  Expanding beneficiaries for wrongful birth and wrongful life suits, SB 5747 (Padden) WSMA Opposed, Defeated  Crisis standards of Care during emergency Liability protection during emergency Anticipated but not addressed this year Likely to be revisited by legislature 22

Legislative Priorities - Policy Practice of Medicine  Patient medication coordination, SB 5441 (Rivers) WSMA Support, Passed  Refill eye drop prescriptions, SB 5268 (Parlette) WSMA Support, Passed 23

Legislative Priorities - Policy Practice of Medicine  Non-compete agreements - HB 1173, 1926, 1577 Prohibitions on non-competes for physicians, HB 1173 Others with focus on low-income individuals, broader non-compete issue WSMA HOD took no stance Will be revisited by legislature 24

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For more information Legislative Affairs Sean Graham Assoc. Director of Policy and Political Affairs Thank you! 26