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Relating to the disclosure of the prices charged for health services rendered by health care providers and hospitals
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the disclosure of prices charged by health care providers and hospitals for common health services. The bill requires a health care provider to disclose and make available to the public in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the provider’s internet site, the prices charged, prior to the negotiation of any discounts and assuming no medical complications, for the 25 most common health services the health care provider renders. The health services are to be identified by a common nationally recognized coding system and by a plain language description, and the health care provider is required to update the price information at least annually.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires hospitals to disclose and make available to the public in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the hospital’s internet site, the prices charged, prior to the negotiation of any discounts and assuming no medical complications, for the 75 most common inpatient and the 75 most common outpatient health services, as grouped by a Medicare diagnosis-related group, rendered by the hospital. The price information is required to be updated on a quarterly basis. The bill provides that the price information disclosed shall include a disclaimer that the price information provided is an estimate, does not constitute a legally binding charge for a health service provided to a specific consumer, and that the actual charge for a health service is dependent on the circumstances at the time the service is rendered. The bill directs the department of public health to adopt administrative rules to ensure that requirements under the bill are consistent with and do not duplicate federal requirements related to the disclosure of prices charged by health care providers and hospitals, specifically including those required under the federal Affordable Care Act regarding the publicizing of standard hospital charges.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 17, 2019. Meeting: Thursday, January 23 · 11:30 AM · RM G17.
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