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2022 SESSION
HB 481 Hospitals; price transparency.
Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website by July 1, 2023. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop recommendations for implementation of the bill and to report those recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101862D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106360D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22107208D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB481ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101862D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/08/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
- 02/10/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106360D-H1
- 02/13/22 House: Read first time
- 02/14/22 House: Read second time
- 02/14/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106360D-H1
- 02/14/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB481H1
- 02/15/22 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/22 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/16/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/21/22 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22107208D-S1
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/08/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22107208D-S1
- 03/08/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB481S1
- 03/08/22 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/22 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107208D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/11/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB481ER)
- 03/11/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/23)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)