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2022 SESSION
SB 201 Hospitals; financial assistance for uninsured patient, payment plans.
Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Hospitals; financial assistance; payment plans. Requires hospitals to make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient, defined in the bill, to determine whether the individual is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and to inform every uninsured patient who receives services at the hospital and who is determined to be eligible for assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy of the option to enter into a payment plan with the hospital. The bill also prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to recover a debt for medical services against any patient unless the hospital has made all reasonable efforts to determine whether the patient qualifies for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or is eligible for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and requires hospitals to annually report data and information regarding the amount of charity care, discounted care, and financial assistance provided under the hospital's financial assistance policy and the amount of uncollected bad debt. This bill incorporates SB 245 and is identical to HB 1071.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104042D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106183D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107061D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conference substitute printed 22107713D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB201ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104042D
- 01/10/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106183D-S1
- 02/10/22 Senate: Incorporates SB245 (Hashmi)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/14/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106183D-S1
- 02/14/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB201S1
- 02/14/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/24/22 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107061D-H1
- 02/24/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/25/22 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 03/01/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 House: Read second time
- 03/07/22 House: Read third time
- 03/07/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22107061D-H1
- 03/07/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB201H1
- 03/07/22 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 03/09/22 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/09/22 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: Favola, Barker, Newman
- 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Orrock, Head, Tran
- 03/10/22 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conference substitute printed 22107713D-S2
- 03/11/22 House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/22 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB201ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 Senate: 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 679 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)