File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Hammen, Benson, Costa, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks,
Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, and V. Turner
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Financial Assistance and Debt
Collection Policies
 
Requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to require
specified hospitals in the State to develop a financial assistance
policy for providing free care and reduced-cost care to specified
patients; requiring a hospital to post a notice in its billing office;
requiring each hospital to develop an information sheet that meets
specified requirements; requiring the Commission to establish uniform
requirements for the information sheet and review each hospital's
implementation of and compliance with requirements; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/13
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 2/25
 - Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/27
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/24
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/25
 - Third Reading Passed (135-0)
 - 4/6
 - House Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (137-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/28
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/31
 - Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/7
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 4/5
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/6
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/7
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 311
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
 - Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
 - Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
 - Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
 - Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
 - Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Attorney General
 - Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
 - Debt Collection -see also- Attachments and Garnishments
 - Disclosure
 - Fines
 - Health -see also- Mental Health
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Health Services Cost Review Commission
 - Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
 - Interest
 - Judgments
 - Liens -see also- Mechanics` Liens
 - Medical Assistance
 - Notices
 - Patients
 - Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
 - Reports
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Signs and Billboards
 - Uncompensated Care
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-214 ,
 19-214.1 ,
 19-214.2 ,
 19-214.3 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 House 
- Number: 276487/01     Offered on: March 27, 2009      at:
12:26 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 147576/01     Offered on: April 9, 2009       at:
12:13 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 25, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (135-0)
 - April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (137-0)
 
Senate
- April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)