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CS/CS/HB 1175: Transparency in Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee ; Sprowls ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Avila ; Renner

Transparency in Health Care; Requiring a facility licensed under ch. 395, F.S., to provide timely and accurate financial information and quality of service measures to certain individuals; requiring a health care practitioner to provide a patient upon his or her request a written or electronic good faith estimate of anticipated charges within a certain timeframe; requiring a health insurer to make available on its website certain methods that a policyholder can use to make estimates of certain costs and charges; revising a requirement that a health maintenance organization make certain information available to its subscribers, etc. APPROPRIATION: $4,052,919

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 4/14/2016 - Chapter No. 2016-234, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 221 (Ch. 2016-222)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/7/2016 House • Filed
1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 98
1/13/2016 House • Referred to Select Committee on Affordable Healthcare Access; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 201
1/15/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Affordable Healthcare Access, 01/20/16, 2:30 pm, Sumner Hall
1/20/2016 House • Favorable by Select Committee on Affordable Healthcare Access; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 250
• Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 250
2/4/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/08/16, 2:00 pm, Webster Hall
2/8/2016 House • CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 413
2/9/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 411
2/11/2016 House • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 451
2/15/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/17/16, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
2/17/2016 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 518
2/22/2016 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 515
2/23/2016 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 560
2/26/2016 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/16
3/1/2016 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 627
• Amendment(s) adopted (025519, 042105, 481093) -HJ 628
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/2/2016 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 655
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 100 NAYS 13 -HJ 656
3/2/2016 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 591
• Received -SJ 591
3/8/2016 Senate • Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 814
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 814
• Substituted for CS/SB 1496 -SJ 814
• Read 2nd time -SJ 814
• Amendment(s) adopted (206420) -SJ 815
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/10/2016 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 954
• Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (773730) -SJ 954
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 -SJ 954
3/10/2016 House • In returning messages
3/11/2016 House • Was taken up -HJ 1081
• Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (766465) -HJ 1091
• Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (773730) -HJ 1091
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 1 -HJ 1091
3/11/2016 Senate • In returning messages
• Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (766465) -SJ 1035, 1036
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 1 -SJ 1036
3/11/2016 House • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
3/30/2016 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/14/2016 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2016-234, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 221 (Ch. 2016-222)