Senate Bill 1496 (2016) - The Florida Senate

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CS/SB 1496: Transparency in Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Bradley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz

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 home health agencies and home medical equipment providers to provide upon request certain written estimates of charges within a certain timeframe; requiring a health care practitioner to provide a patient upon his or her request a written, good faith estimate of anticipated charges within a certain timeframe, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/8/2016 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1175 (Ch. 2016-234), CS/CS/CS/HB 221 (Ch. 2016-222) -SJ 814
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Health Policy (HP)
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
Appropriations (AP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2016	Senate	• Filed
1/14/2016	Senate	• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 193 • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/19/16, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building • Introduced -SJ 193
1/19/2016	Senate	• Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 221
1/20/2016	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 221
1/25/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 01/28/16, 10:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
1/28/2016	Senate	• Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 291
2/1/2016	Senate	• Now in Appropriations -SJ 291
2/22/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/25/16, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/25/2016	Senate	• CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 2 -SJ 497
2/29/2016	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 497
3/1/2016	Senate	• CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 509
3/3/2016	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/07/16
3/7/2016	Senate	• Retained on Special Order Calendar
3/8/2016	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 814 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1175 -SJ 814 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1175 (Ch. 2016-234), CS/CS/CS/HB 221 (Ch. 2016-222) -SJ 814

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 1175 (er)	Transparency in Health Care	Sprowls	Similar	Last Action: 4/14/2016 Chapter No. 2016-234, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 221 (Ch. 2016-222) Location: Became Law
H 221 (er)	Health Care Services	Trujillo	Compare	Last Action: 4/14/2016 Chapter No. 2016-222, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 423 (Ch. 2016-224), CS/CS/HB 1175 (Ch. 2016-234) Location: Became Law
S 1442 (c3)	Out-of-network Health Insurance Coverage	Garcia	Compare	Last Action: 3/3/2016 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 221 (Ch. 2016-222), CS/CS/HB 1175 (Ch. 2016-234) -SJ 620 Location: Laid on Table

Version	Posted	Format
S 1496 Filed	1/7/2016 2:38 PM	Web Page \| PDF
S 1496 c1	2/29/2016 2:45 PM	Web Page \| PDF

Proposed Committee Substitutes

S 1496 Filed
PCS and Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
664560 - Proposed Committee Substitute	Appropriations	2/5/2016 4:14 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/25/2016	Web Page PDF
523828 - Amendment (Delete All) (664560) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Appropriations (Gaetz)	2/24/2016 4:53 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/25/2016	Web Page PDF
320988 - Amendment to Amendment (523828) Delete lines 459 - 464 and insert:	Appropriations (Margolis)	2/25/2016 10:19 AM (Late Filed)	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/25/2016	Web Page PDF

Amendments to Proposed Committee Substitutes (PCSs) are located on the PCS tab.

Committee Amendments

S 1496 Filed
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
616578 - Amendment Delete lines 133 - 135 and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Richter)	1/27/2016 4:37 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/28/2016	Web Page PDF
378426 - Amendment Delete lines 364 - 366 and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Richter)	1/27/2016 4:37 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/28/2016	Web Page PDF
575020 - Amendment Delete lines 367 - 388.	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Richter)	1/27/2016 4:38 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/28/2016	Web Page PDF
234188 - Amendment Delete lines 1073 - 1077.	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Richter)	1/27/2016 4:38 PM	Replaced by Substitute Amendment 1/28/2016	Web Page PDF
602790 - Substitute Amendment (234188) Delete lines 1073 - 1077.	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Richter)	1/28/2016 9:00 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/28/2016	Web Page PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	S 1496	Health Policy (Pre-Meeting)	1/15/2016 4:11 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1496	Health Policy (Post-Meeting)	1/20/2016 8:41 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1496	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting)	1/27/2016 10:09 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1496	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting)	2/1/2016 4:29 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1496	Appropriations (Pre-Meeting)	2/24/2016 9:33 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1496 (PCS 664560)	Appropriations (Pre-Meeting)	2/24/2016 11:07 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1496	Appropriations (Post-Meeting)	2/29/2016 1:47 PM	PDF

Version	Committee	Date	Result
S 1496 Filed	Health Policy	1/19/2016 4:00 PM	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 1496 Filed	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services	1/28/2016 10:00 AM	6 Yeas - 2 Nays
S 1496 Filed	Appropriations	2/25/2016 10:00 AM	16 Yeas - 2 Nays

Citations - Statutes (21)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
20.42	Agency for Health Care Administration.	Page 44 (pdf)
110.123	State group insurance program.	Page 43 (pdf)
381.026	Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.	Page 45 (pdf)
395.107	Urgent care centers; publishing and posting schedule of charges; penalties.	Page 13 (pdf)
395.301	Itemized patient bill; form and content prescribed by the agency; patient admission status notification.	Page 4 (pdf)
395.3012		Page 15 (pdf)
395.602	Rural hospitals.	Page 48 (pdf)
395.6025	Rural hospital replacement facilities.	Page 49 (pdf)
400.487	Home health service agreements; physician’s, physician assistant’s, and advanced registered nurse practitioner’s treatment orders; patient assessment; establishment and review of plan of care; provision of services; orders not to resuscitate.	Page 15 (pdf)
400.934	Minimum standards.	Page 16 (pdf)
408.05	Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis.	Page 17 (pdf)
408.061	Data collection; uniform systems of financial reporting; information relating to physician charges; confidential information; immunity.	Page 32 (pdf)
408.07	Definitions.	Page 50 (pdf)
408.18	Health Care Community Antitrust Guidance Act; antitrust no-action letter; market-information collection and education.	Page 51 (pdf)
409.967	Managed care plan accountability.	Page 42 (pdf)
456.0575	Duty to notify patients.	Page 34 (pdf)
456.072	Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.	Page 36 (pdf)
465.0244	Information disclosure.	Page 51 (pdf)
627.0613	Consumer advocate.	Page 36 (pdf)
627.6385		Page 38 (pdf)
641.54	Information disclosure.	Page 40 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.

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