REVISED

TENTATIVE

Agenda

Joint Appropriations Interim Committee

Oil and Gas Conservation Building

2211 King Blvd.

Casper, Wyoming

June 29, 2004

8:00 a.m. – Chairmen’s remarks.

8:15 a.m.  – Wyoming Health Care Commission – Overview of medical malpractice

                     issues.                           

8:45 a.m. -  Wyoming Insurance Commissioner – Overview of medical malpractice

                     issues.

9:00 a.m. -  Public testimony (Note each presenter will be limited to a three minute 

                   presentation).

11:00 a.m. – Discussion of risk retention.

11:45 a.m. – WWAMI – presentation from UW. Discussion of 04LSO0629.W1

Lunch

1:00 p.m. –  Discussion of subsidy issues, including the following bill drafts:

                     04LSO0602.W5 (Alden) – Medical liability assistance account – hospitals.

                     04LSO0613.w5 (Lockhart) – Medical malpractice – noneconomic damages fund.

                     04LSO0609.W1 (Massie) – Medical malpractice insurance subsidy.

                     04LSO0612.W3 (Robinson) – Medical specialties malpractice insurance

                     pool.

                    04LSO0607.W1 (Robinson) – Obstetric subsidy amendment.

                    2004 - HB0204 –(Simpson) Excess medical noneconomic damages.

                    04LSO633.w1 -(Walsh) Medical malpractice limited coverage

                    2004 - HB0173 (Unattached)

3:00 p.m. – Discussion of medical malpractice insurance reform including the following

                    bill drafts:

       04LSO0631.W1 – (Ross/Mockler) Medical malpractice claims reporting -2

                   2004 - SF0062 (Scott) – Medical malpractice insurance.

                   2004 - HB0206 (Simpson) Health care malpractice insurance regulation.

4:00 p.m. -  Discussion of other medical malpractice issues including:

                    Joint underwriting associations

                    Risk retention groups

                    Stand alone tail coverage

                    Increased Medicaid payments

                    Study bills for next meeting

                    2004 - SF0081(Scott) – Contingency fee reporting.

                    04LSO0608.W1(Scott)  – Emergency medical malpractice insurance

July 8, 2004

8:00 a.m. – Chairmen’s remarks

8:15 a.m. – Fiscal update

8:30 a.m. – Discussion of additional physicians

04LSO0629.W1(Hdraft) – WWAMI program – additional students.

                    Discussion of studies bill

         04LSO0646.W1(JAC) – Medical malpractice studies.

Note: This bill combines the studies of medical malpractice risk retention groups (Luthi), medical errors and compensation commission (Massie) and the Nebraska plan (Warren).

                    Discussion of insurance subsidies

04LSO0635.W3(Mockler) – Medicaid med. malpractice insurance subsidy.

04LSO0609.W2(Massie) – Medical malpractice insurance subsidy. 

04LSO0604.W3(Robinson) – Medical malpractice insurance account.

04LSO0607.W2 (Robinson) – Obstetrics study amendment.

                    Discussion of tail coverage

04LSO0647.W1(JAC) – Medical malpractice – tail coverage.

                    Discussion of damages subsidies

            04LSO0613.W5(Lockhart) –  Med. malpractice – noneconomic damages fund.

2004 - HB0204 –(Simpson) Excess medical non-economic damages.

                    Discussion of mandatory insurance

04LSO0618.W2 (Simpson) – Medical providers liability fund.

                     Medicaid assistance – Preventive care

04LSO0639.W2(Luthi) – Medicaid payments.