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2016 SESSION
HB 232 Medical bills; authenticity and reasonableness, who may identify & provide testimony.
Introduced by: James A. "Jay" Leftwich | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Authenticity and reasonableness of medical bills; presumption; who may identify and provide testimony. Allows a plaintiff's guardian, agent under an advance directive, or agent under a power of attorney to identify a medical bill and provide testimony on the bill to establish a rebuttable presumption of authenticity and reasonableness of the bill where the court finds the plaintiff is unable to provide testimony. Current law requires the plaintiff to identify and provide testimony on the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101458D pdf
- 01/27/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104433D-H1 pdf
- 02/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB232ER) pdf
- 03/04/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/29/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101458D
- 12/29/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/20/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104433D-H1
- 01/29/16 House: Read first time
- 02/01/16 House: Read second time
- 02/01/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16104433D-H1
- 02/01/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB232H1
- 02/02/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/16 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/22/16 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/22/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/22/16 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/16 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/16 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB232ER)
- 02/25/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/29/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/29/16
- 02/29/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 7, 2016
- 03/04/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 243 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/04/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)