File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 328
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Montgomery, Benson, Hubbard, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk,
Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled:
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Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Debt Collection
Requiring chronic care hospitals to develop a financial assistance
policy for free and reduced-cost care to patients; requiring a
hospital financial assistance policy to provide reduced-cost medically
necessary care to patients who have a financial hardship; requiring a
hospital to apply a reduction that is most favorable to a patient;
establishing requirements for continued eligibility for reduced-cost
care due to a financial hardship; altering the requirements for a
notice that a hospital must post; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/24
- Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/19
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 3/30
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Finance
- 3/23
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/31
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/13
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 61
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Credit
- Debt Collection -see also- Attachments and Garnishments
- Foreclosure
- Health Services Cost Review Commission
- Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
- Judgments
- Liens -see also- Mechanics` Liens
- Notices
- Patients
- Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
- Reports
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-214.1 ,
19-214.2 ,
19-350
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
House
- Number: 256288/01 Offered on: March 17, 2010 at:
10:56 a.m. Status: Adopted
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Committee Votes :
House
- Health and Government Operations
Senate
- Finance
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 19, 2010: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
- April 1, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
