Relating to the information to be provided by a health care provider as part of a referral of a patient to an ambulatory surgical center, and providing for licensee discipline

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 requires a health care provider who determines that a patient is a candidate for outpatient surgery, based on the patient’s medical status and surgical service needs, and refers the patient to an ambulatory surgical center as an option for the surgery, to provide the patient with a written document listing the factors the patient should consider to make a fully informed decision about the recommended course of care. The bill specifies the considerations to be included in the written document and provides definitions of “ambulatory surgical center”, “health care provider”, and “hospital” for the purposes of the bill. A health care provider who violates the bill is subject to licensee discipline.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• HF 2405 Relating to the information to be provided by a health care provider as part of a referral…
  88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · nearly identical
  Cleared committee

Similar bills this General Assembly

• HF 2248 Relating to the information to be provided by a health care provider as part of a referral…
  89th General Assembly · Passed House
  Nearly identical

Matched by wording or an identical title.