This bill amends provisions related to government departments and legislative appropriations.
This bill:
- repeals the Rural Health Care Facilities restricted account;
- appropriates money to the State Tax Commission (tax commission) for distribution to certain counties and municipalities to improve the delivery of health care in rural areas of the state;
- requires the insurance commissioner to update the state's essential health benefits plan with benefits mandated since January 1, 2012;
- allows the insurance commissioner to update the plan described above to incorporate federally mandated benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
- repeals the tax commission's reporting requirements related to the tax commission's collection of the beer excise tax;
- authorizes the Labor Commission (commission) to use certain restricted account funds to pay the salary and benefits of a compliance officer for the commission's Division of Occupational Safety and Health;
- grants the Department of Government Operations (department) the authority to operate the department as an internal service fund agency to provide certain government-related services;
- establishes a process for an internal service fund agency to compensate the agency's employees at a rate that is equivalent to state agency employees by submitting a proposed increased rate schedule to the rate committee after the annual legislative session;
- requires the rate committee to convene a meeting within 30 days of receiving the rate schedule described above to review and approve or reject the increased rate schedule;
- repeals an outdated reference to the former Department of Administrative Services; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Substitute #1: 26B-1-308, 31A-45-403, 34A-2-701, 34A-6-301, 34A-6-302, 59-1-210, 59-15-109, 63A-1-103, 63A-1-109.5, 63A-1-114, 63B-1-304, 63J-1-410
Introduced: 26B-1-308, 31A-45-403, 34A-2-701, 34A-6-301, 34A-6-302, 59-1-210, 59-15-109, 63A-1-103, 63A-1-109.5, 63A-1-114, 63B-1-304, 63J-1-410