State Initiatives Database

Use the tool below to find state-level initatives.

In more than one-third of states, stakeholders and policymakers have come together to reorient their health system toward primary care through laws or regulations that track and improve investment in primary care over time.
  • State

  • Year

  • Status

Resolution 1058

The legislation supported the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and encouraged all health systems in Oklahoma to study and implement principles of the PCMH.

Chapter 1656, Session Laws of Oklahoma

The legislation created a Medical Home Task Force charged with studying PCMH implementation among commercial and public payers.

2008 Health Care Reform

This legislation establishes standards for state certification of Health Care Homes and evaluating outcomes. It also requires that Health Care Homes receive care coordination payments from public and private health care purchasers.

Substitute House Bill 2549

This bill authorized the creation of the state’s first medical home learning collaborative for qualified primary care practices serving children and adults.

Missouri Health Improvement Act of 2007

The Act included a provision that the Department of Social Services should create health improvement plans for all participants in MO HealthNet to include coordinated care plans and be enrolled in a health care home.

Executive Order 2007-05

This Executive Order created the Pennsylvania Chronic Care Management, Reimbursement and Cost Reduction Commission, also known as the Chronic Care Commission. The Chronic Care Commission subsequently developed the framework for the Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative.

Chapter 346, Session Laws of Colorado 2007

This legislation defined “medical home” and required the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to increase the number of children served by medical homes.

Ch. 42-14.5

Authorizes Insurance Commissioner to set minimum PC spending target for state-regulated insurers; engage in practice transformation activities, as part of promoting Affordability Standards