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Relating to direct health care agreements, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 625
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 625 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 625 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to direct health care agreements. Current law allows certain primary care health professionals to enter into a direct primary care agreement with a patient to provide certain primary care health services for a set service charge that covers a specific period of time. The bill broadens the types of health care professionals that may enter into a direct health care agreement to include health care professionals that perform health care services. “Health care services” is defined in the bill as services for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease, and includes dental care services.
Read the full explanation
The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to direct health care agreements that are fully executed on or after the date of enactment.
Changed since by amendments S-5075, H-8104; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named January 28, 2021. On February 11, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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