Legislation

Requiring a hospital to annually submit a report to the Health Services Cost Review Commission on the total number of patients by race or ethnicity, gender, and zip code against whom the hospital has filed an action to collect a debt, or to whom the hospital has and has not reported or classified a bad debt, and the total amount of costs owed but not collected; requiring that a certain policy provide a mechanism to a patient to modify a payment plan and prohibit the hospital from collecting a certain debt for a certain patient; etc.

Committees

Original:: Finance

Details

Cross-filed with: HB1081

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2020

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/03/2020 Legislative Date 2/03/2020 Action First Reading Finance Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/07/2020 Legislative Date 2/07/2020 Action Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/04/2020 Legislative Date 3/04/2020 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Finance Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/06/2020 Legislative Date 3/06/2020 Action Withdrawn by Sponsor Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
Senate	2/03/2020	2/03/2020	First Reading Finance
			Text - First - Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection
Senate	2/07/2020	2/07/2020	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate	3/04/2020	3/04/2020	Hearing canceled
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Finance	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/06/2020	3/06/2020	Withdrawn by Sponsor

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