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2019 SESSION
HB 2427 Health care services; payment estimates.
Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Health care services; payment estimates. Requires hospitals and practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to provide a patient or the representative of a patient scheduled to receive a nonemergency procedure, test, or service to be performed by the hospital or practitioner with an estimate of the payment amount for which the patient will be responsible no later than one week after the scheduling of such procedure, test, or service. Currently, only hospitals are required to provide such estimate, and such estimate is required only (i) for elective procedures, tests, or services; (ii) within three days of the procedure, test, or service; and (iii) upon request of the patient or his representative.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103253D
- 01/08/19 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/16/19 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/23/19 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (5-Y 5-N)
- 02/05/19 House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote