Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to direct health care agreements, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
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 2200
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2200 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2200 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary More types of healthcare workers, including dentists, would be allowed to sign direct care agreements with patients. These agreements let people pay a set fee for a specific period of time to receive medical or dental services. This change expands the group of professionals who can offer these types of service plans.1
Read the official explanation
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. 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 18, 2022. On January 26, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage.
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