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HOUSE BILL NO. 2750 Offered January 17, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia, relating to advance estimate of patient payment amount for elective medical procedure, test, or service. ---------- Patrons-- Toscano, Carr and Rodman ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 32.1-137.05. Advance estimate of patient payment amount for elective procedure, test, or service.

Every hospital Each medical care facility licensed pursuant to this article shall, upon request of a provide to each patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service to be performed by at 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 medical care facility an estimate of the payment amount for which the participant patient will be responsible for such elective procedure, test, or service at least three days in advance of the date on which such elective procedure, test, or service is scheduled to be performed. The payment estimate may also be provided to the patient's legally authorized representative.