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CS/HB 1329: Health Care Consumer Protection

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee ; Corcoran

Health Care Consumer Protection; Revises Florida Patient's Bill of Rights & Responsibilities to require certain health care practitioners to publish & distribute schedule of charges for services provided to patients; specifies text display requirements; exempts primary care providers who voluntarily published & maintained schedule of charges within specified dates; defines terms "diagnostic-imaging center" & "urgent care center"; requires that urgent care centers, ambulatory surgical centers, & diagnostic-imaging centers publish & post schedule of charges for services provided to patients; specifies text display requirements; requires schedule to be in language comprehensible to layperson; specifies posted size & allows for electronic posting; provides exception; provides for fines; adds failure to comply with provisions of s. 381.026, F.S., to grounds for discipline of health care practitioner; prohibits provider of emergency medical care & services from billing patient; prohibits certain providers of nonemergency medical care & services from billing patient directly; requires insurers to inform insured of certain providers who may bill insured for medical services; requires hospitals to disclose to certain patients which of its contracted providers will treat patients & which of those may bill patients directly; provides exception; requires hospitals to provide contact information for those providers to patient; requires certain providers in hospital to inform certain patients in writing whether they will be billed directly; requires certain providers in hospital to provide to patient estimate of amount to be billed directly by provider; prohibits certain providers from directly billing patient if actual charges are 200 percent or more greater than estimate provided to patient; releases patient from liability if provider fails to disclose billing information; provides exception.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Health and Human Services Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2012-160)
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/6/2012 House • Filed
    1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 131
    1/12/2012 House • Referred to Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 215
    1/23/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee, 01/25/12, 11:00 am, 306 HOB
    1/25/2012 House • CS by Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 5 -HJ 321
    2/1/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS by Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 316
    2/6/2012 House • Original reference(s) removed: Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
    • CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 525
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 525
    3/9/2012 House • Died in Health and Human Services Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2012-160)

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  • CS/HB 1329, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/1/2012 at 7:40 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 787 (er) Health Care Facilities Trujillo Compare Last Action: 4/29/2012 Chapter No. 2012-160
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill
    H 1419 (e1) Health Care Facilities Brodeur Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch. 2012-61), CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2012-160), CS/CS/CS/HB 943 (Ch. 2012-73), CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 (Ch. 2012-184)
    Location: In committee/council (HR)     		Track This Bill
    S 1884 (c2) Health Regulation by the Agency for Health Care Administration Garcia Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch. 2012-61), CS/CS/CS/HB 711 (Ch. 2012-66), CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2012-160), CS/CS/CS/HB 943 (Ch. 2012-73), CS/SB 730 (Ch. 2012-44)
    Location: On Special Order Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (21)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    381.026 Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Page 3 (pdf)
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 11 (pdf)
    390.011 Definitions. Page 12 (pdf)
    394.4787 Definitions; ss. 394.4786, 394.4787, 394.4788, and 394.4789. Page 12 (pdf)
    395.002 Definitions. Page 6 (pdf)
    395.003 Licensure; denial, suspension, and revocation. Page 12 (pdf)
    395.107 Urgent care centers; publishing and posting schedule of charges. Page 7 (pdf)
    395.602 Rural hospitals. Page 13 (pdf)
    395.701 Annual assessments on net operating revenues for inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay assessments when due; exemption. Page 13 (pdf)
    408.051 Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act. Page 13 (pdf)
    409.905 Mandatory Medicaid services. Page 14 (pdf)
    409.97 State and local Medicaid partnerships. Page 15 (pdf)
    409.975 Managed care plan accountability. Page 16 (pdf)
    456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement. Page 8 (pdf)
    468.505 Exemptions; exceptions. Page 17 (pdf)
    627.6131 Payment of claims. Page 9 (pdf)
    627.6385 Page 9 (pdf)
    627.736 Required personal injury protection benefits; exclusions; priority; claims. Page 17 (pdf)
    766.118 Determination of noneconomic damages. Page 22 (pdf)
    766.316 Notice to obstetrical patients of participation in the plan. Page 23 (pdf)
    812.014 Theft. Page 24 (pdf)

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  • HB 1329, Original Filed Version Posted 1/6/2012 at 1:27 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/31/2012 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    078735 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Corcoran 1/24/2012
    7:04 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    1/25/2012     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (20)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 7 (pdf)
    390.011 Definitions. Page 7 (pdf)
    394.4787 Definitions; ss. 394.4786, 394.4787, 394.4788, and 394.4789. Page 8 (pdf)
    395.002 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    395.003 Licensure; denial, suspension, and revocation. Page 8 (pdf)
    395.107 Urgent care centers; publishing and posting schedule of charges. Page 3 (pdf)
    395.602 Rural hospitals. Page 8 (pdf)
    395.701 Annual assessments on net operating revenues for inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay assessments when due; exemption. Page 9 (pdf)
    408.051 Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act. Page 9 (pdf)
    409.905 Mandatory Medicaid services. Page 10 (pdf)
    409.97 State and local Medicaid partnerships. Page 11 (pdf)
    409.975 Managed care plan accountability. Page 11 (pdf)
    456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement. Page 4 (pdf)
    468.505 Exemptions; exceptions. Page 13 (pdf)
    627.6131 Payment of claims. Page 5 (pdf)
    627.6385 Page 5 (pdf)
    627.736 Required personal injury protection benefits; exclusions; priority; claims. Page 13 (pdf)
    766.118 Determination of noneconomic damages. Page 18 (pdf)
    766.316 Notice to obstetrical patients of participation in the plan. Page 19 (pdf)
    812.014 Theft. Page 19 (pdf)

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