Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 1, 2022
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2248
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2248 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2248 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a doctor thinks you can have surgery at an outpatient center instead of a hospital, they must give you a written list of things to think about before you decide. This document helps patients make an informed choice about where their surgery happens. Healthcare providers who do not follow these rules could face discipline against their professional license.1
Read the official explanation
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 patient’s 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 H.F. _____ discipline.
House subcommittee
Named January 25, 2022. On February 1, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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- 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 identicalCleared committee
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- HF 116 Relating to the information to be provided by a health care provider as part of a referral…89th General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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