53-6-904. (Temporary) Pilot project design plan required. The department shall by contract create a design plan for the pilot project. The design plan must consist of the following project elements and the projected time periods and goals for each element:
     (1) a report on participant profiles for use by insurers or others who may provide the high-deductible health care coverage and a cost analysis for provision of that coverage;
     (2) a calculation for each fiscal year of the project of the number of participants to be chosen pursuant to 53-6-905, the amounts deposited for each participant into the participant's medical savings account, the projected cost per participant, and the annual projected savings resulting from the project prior to each project fiscal year;
     (3) a request for proposals to develop the request for waivers to be submitted to the U.S. health care financing administration pursuant to 53-6-906;
     (4) development of requests for proposals by which the department would contract for the administration of participant medical savings accounts pursuant to 53-6-907, including a nondiscriminatory methodology by which the department will determine the amount remaining within an account to be paid to a participant pursuant to 53-6-907(3), and the provision of high-deductible health care coverage pursuant to 53-6-908;
     (5) development of a methodology for measuring project outcomes in subject areas, including but not limited to cost, access, and health status of the project participants, as provided in 53-6-909;
     (6) the method and subjects of an independent assessment of the pilot project in areas, including but not limited to cost-effectiveness, access, and quality, as provided in 53-6-909; and
     (7) the method and subjects of the reports required by 53-6-910. (Terminates January 1, 2001--sec. 13, Ch. 380, L. 1997.)

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 380, L. 1997.