SB 1514: Medical Billing
GENERAL BILL by Albritton
Medical Billing; Providing additional personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts resulting from services provided in certain licensed facilities; requiring a licensed facility to provide a cost estimate to a patient within a specified timeframe after recommending a specific course of treatment or set of services; prohibiting licensed facilities, under certain circumstances, from engaging in extraordinary collection actions against individuals, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Health Policy (HP)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/28/2019 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/8/2019 | Senate |
• Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 201 |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 201 |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Health Policy |
