2006 House Bill 6039 ↩

Senate Roll Call 789: Passed

To establish a government health care information technology and infrastructure development fund to give grants to established regional health information organizations to develop ways for patient medical records to be stored and transmitted electronically. The bill does not specify a funding source, but explicitly authorizes HMOs and health insurers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, to contribute a portion of customer premiums to the fund, notwithstanding any restriction in their bylaws on such contributions.