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2016 SESSION

16105023D
HOUSE BILL NO. 905
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
on February 9, 2016)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Yancey)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 37.2 a section numbered 32.1-137.05, relating to advanced disclosure of charge for elective procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 37.2 a section numbered 32.1-137.05 as follows:

§ 32.1-137.05. Advance disclosure of charge for elective procedure, test, or service.

Every hospital shall, upon request of a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service to be performed by the hospital, or upon request of such patient's legally authorized representative, made no less than three days in advance of the date on which such elective procedure, test, or service is scheduled to be performed, furnish the patient with an estimate of the payment amount for which the participant will be responsible for such elective procedure, test, or service.