SB 885

This bill requires the Department of Revenue to include questions on an

individual income tax return to determine whether the taxpayer or any member of

the taxpayer's household does not have health care coverage under a health

insurance policy or health plan. If the taxpayer indicates that the taxpayer or any

member of the taxpayer's household does not have health care coverage, DOR shall,

at the taxpayer's request, forward the taxpayer's response to the Office of the

Commissioner of Insurance to have OCI evaluate whether the taxpayer or a member

of the taxpayer's household is eligible for state-sponsored health coverage or for

health insurance for which federal subsidies are available. Under the bill, OCI must

create a mechanism, in collaboration with DOR, to track the number of persons who

obtain health care coverage as a result of the OCI evaluations under the bill.