Govt Mandates Increase Healthcare Costs.

Added a new exception (subsection d) that exempts legislation from mandate cost requirements if an actuarial note indicates the mandates would decrease costs.

Modified the definition of covered providers to explicitly exclude individuals licensed under specific articles of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.

Removed a closing quotation mark at the end of a line for technical formatting correction.

Added a new subsection (d) that creates an exception allowing healthcare mandate provisions to be waived when actuarial analysis indicates the mandates would decrease costs rather than increase them.

Modified the definition of who is excluded from coverage requirements, changing from excluding providers other than physician-licensed individuals to excluding providers not licensed under specific chapters of the General Statutes.

Modified the cost-savings provision to clarify that if mandated healthcare coverage results in decreased costs, the exception allows those mandate provisions to not apply, changing how funding calculations work for the State Health Plan.