SB 1612: Health Care Consumer Protection
GENERAL BILL by Garcia
Health Care Consumer Protection; Revising the requirements for a good faith itemized estimate provided to a patient or prospective patient by a licensed facility for nonemergency medical services; requiring written patient consent for certain health care practitioners to bill a patient for services listed on the itemized estimate which are not covered by the patient’s health insurance; providing that an insurer is solely liable for payment of certain fees for certain requested services under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Health Policy (HP)
- Appropriations (AP)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 3/3/2017 Senate • Filed
3/14/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 207
3/15/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 207
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Policy
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SB 1612, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2017 at 12:07 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 2 (pdf) 456.0575 Duty to notify patients. Page 4 (pdf) 627.6385 Disclosures to policyholders; calculations of cost sharing. Page 5 (pdf) 627.64194 Coverage requirements for services provided by nonparticipating providers; payment collection limitations. Page 7 (pdf) 641.54 Information disclosure. Page 8 (pdf)