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(a) In furtherance of the goal of creating the California Health Care Cost, Quality, and Equity Atlas, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall convene an advisory committee composed of a broad spectrum of health care stakeholders and experts, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1) Health care service plans, including specialized health care service plans.
(2) Insurers that have a certificate of authority from the Insurance Commissioner to provide health insurance, as defined in Section 106 of the Insurance Code.
(3) Suppliers, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1367.50.
(4) Providers, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1367.50.
(5) Self-insured employers.
(6) Multiemployer self-insured plans that are responsible for paying for health care services provided to beneficiaries or the trust administrator for a multiemployer self-insured plan.
(7) Businesses that purchase health care coverage for their employees.
(8) Organized labor.
(9) Consumers.
(b) (1) The secretary shall charge the advisory committee with the task of identifying the type of data, purpose of use, and entities and individuals that are required to report to, or that may have access to, a health care cost, quality, and equity atlas.
(2) The advisory committee shall hold public meetings with stakeholders, solicit input, and set its own meeting agendas. Meetings of the advisory committee are subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(c) The advisory committee shall develop recommendations based on the findings of the report required pursuant to Section 127670, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The type of technology solutions identified in the report required pursuant to Section 127670, including building a new database or leveraging existing databases, or developing a network of networks, as described in the report, to facilitate a hybrid version of the two options.
(2) Prioritization of use cases described in the report.
(3) Identification of financing mechanisms for the creation and sustainability of the system, as identified in the report.
(4) Identification of a governance structure.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the members of the advisory committee shall not receive per diem or travel expense reimbursement, or any other expense reimbursement.