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2008 SESSION
HB 318 Hospitalization insurance; balance billing by nonparticipating physicians.
Introduced by: M. Kirkland Cox (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Hospitalization insurance; balance billing by nonparticipating physicians. Prohibits a physician who does not participate in a health insurance carrier's provider panel from balance billing an enrollee for the difference between his charges and the amount paid by the carrier for covered services performed at a participating hospital, unless the hospitalized enrollee has consented in writing, prior to receiving the services, to the use of the nonparticipating physician.
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HISTORY
- 01/04/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086135476
- 01/04/08 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/14/08 House: Assigned C & L sub: 1
- 02/12/08 House: Left in Commerce and Labor