Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 488
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/11/2014           .                                
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 99 - 124
    4  and insert:
    5         A patient is responsible for reviewing a document presented
    6  by a health care facility upon admission for treatment informing
    7  the patient that he or she may be charged for out-of-network
    8  physician services.
    9         A patient is responsible for assuring that the financial
   10  obligations of his or her health care are fulfilled as promptly
   11  as possible.
   12         A patient is responsible for following health care facility
   13  rules and regulation affecting patient care and conduct.
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   15         Section 2. Subsection (12) of section 395.301, Florida
   16  Statutes, is created to read:
   17         395.301 Itemized patient bill; form and content prescribed
   18  by the agency.—
   19         (12) Before services are rendered, a patient shall be
   20  presented with a document informing the patient that he or she
   21  may be charged for out-of-network physician services. The
   22  patient may sign the document, thereby indicating that he or she
   23  has reviewed the information contained therein, or, if the
   24  patient declines to sign, the licensed facility employee who
   25  presents the document to the patient may sign the document to
   26  verify that the patient was presented with the information.