Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program.

HB 1225 establishes a bundled-pricing program for the state employees' group benefits program, directly affecting state employees who use covered health benefits. The bill creates a system where the state contracts with healthcare providers for a single, all-inclusive price covering all services related to specific inpatient or outpatient surgery procedures - including facility fees, physician charges, lab work, anesthesia, and medications. Under this program, state employees would not face deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance for covered procedures (except for participants in a specific consumer-directed health plan). The program requires voluntary provider participation and prohibits coercion to join, with a third-party administrator overseeing implementation.