CS/HB 999: Medical Billing
GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Toledo
Medical Billing; Provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to provide cost estimate to patient under certain conditions; prohibits facility from charging patient amount exceeding cost estimate by set threshold; requires facility to provide patient written explanation of excess charges; requires facility to establish internal grievance process to allow patients to dispute charges; prohibits facility from engaging in certain collection activities.
- Health Policy (HP)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/21/2019 House • Filed
2/28/2019 House • Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 100
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 100
• On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 03/07/19, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall
3/7/2019 House • Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 -HJ 364
• Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 364
3/29/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/02/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
4/2/2019 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 566
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 566
4/5/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
4/9/2019 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 633
4/10/2019 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 628
4/11/2019 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 672
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
4/17/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 720
• Read 3rd time -HJ 720
• CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 -HJ 720
4/23/2019 Senate • In Messages
4/24/2019 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 465
• Received -SJ 465
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Policy
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CS/HB 999, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2019 at 1:57 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1514 Medical Billing Albritton Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Health Policy 
Floor Votes (1)
Date Chamber Result 4/17/2019 4:03 PM House 113 Yeas - 1 Nays Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 222.26 Page 2 (pdf) 395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 2 (pdf) 395.3011 Page 5 (pdf) -
HB 999, Original Filed Version Posted 2/21/2019 at 11:08 AM
Bill Text: PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1514 Medical Billing Albritton Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Health Policy
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 278751 - Strike All Amendment
Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:Toledo 4/8/2019
7:41 PMAdopted without Objection
4/9/2019PDF Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 222.26 Page 2 (pdf) 395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 2 (pdf) 395.3011 Page 5 (pdf)