HB 543 -- Disclosure of Health Care Benefits Sponsor: Zweifel This bill requires applicants for public health program benefits and anyone requesting uncompensated care in a hospital to identify the employer of the person receiving the health care. If the person receiving health care services is not employed, the applicant must identify the employer of any adult who provides support to the person receiving the services. The Department of Health and Senior Services is required to report to the General Assembly by January 1 of each year a list of employers who employ 25 or more public health program beneficiaries. The report must include the names of any subsidiaries that employ public health program beneficiaries, the location of the business or subsidiary, the total number of employees and dependents who are enrolled in each state-funded health care program, and the total cost to the state of providing public health care benefits for the employees and their dependents. The department must also make this list available on its Internet web site and to any person requesting a copy.