Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 108, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY, page 461, after line 31, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/ (PEBA: Shared-Savings Incentive Program Study Committee) From the funds appropriated to the authority, there is created a Shared-Savings Incentive Program Study Committee. The purpose of the study committee shall be to identify the requirements, costs, and benefits of implementing a shared-savings incentive program for state-employed, public sector or retired enrollees who elect to shop and receive health care services at a lower cost than the average price paid by their carrier for a comparable health care service. The study committee shall also assess whether the program should be administered by the authority or through a third party, or whether to require carriers to offer access to such a program for health care services eligible for shared incentives. The study committee shall be composed of members appointed as follows:
(1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee;
(2) the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his designee;
(3) the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee or his designee;
(4) the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee or his designee; and
(5) one member appointed by the Governor that is a nonrepresentative member of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority Board of Directors.
The committee shall provide findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2018./
Renumber sections to conform.
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