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CS/HB 813: Hospital Observation Status

GENERAL BILL by Health Market Reform Subcommittee ; Tomkow ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Mercado

Hospital Observation Status; Requires licensed facility, upon placing patient on observation status, to immediately notify patient of such status using certain forms; requires such notification to be documented in patient's medical records & discharge papers.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 843 (Ch. 2019-138)
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/13/2019 House • Filed
    2/20/2019 House • Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 86
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 86
    • On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 03/07/19, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall
    3/7/2019 House • CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 364
    • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 349
    3/8/2019 House • Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
    • CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 376
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 376
    3/12/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/14/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
    3/14/2019 House • Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 442
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 442
    3/21/2019 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/19
    3/27/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 503
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 507
    • CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 507
    4/3/2019 Senate • In Messages
    4/4/2019 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 329
    • Received -SJ 329
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 843 (Ch. 2019-138)

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  • CS/HB 813, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/7/2019 at 5:02 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/14/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 843 (er) Health Care Rodriguez Compare Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-138, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7 (Ch. 2019-105)
    S 7078 (c1) Health Care Health Policy Compare Last Action: 4/26/2019 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 843 (Ch. 2019-138), CS/HB 7 (Ch. 2019-105) -SJ 561

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/27/2019 4:52 PM House 113 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • HB 813, Original Filed Version Posted 2/13/2019 at 4:19 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health Market Reform Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2019 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    675311 - Amendment
    Remove line 20 and insert:
    Tomkow 3/6/2019
    5:37 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    3/7/2019
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 1 (pdf)

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