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)
