SB 268: Health Care Expenses
GENERAL BILL by Brodeur
Health Care Expenses; Establishing a 3-year statute of limitations for an action to collect medical debt for services rendered by a health care provider or facility; providing additional personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts resulting from services provided in certain licensed facilities; requiring a licensed facility to post on its website a consumer-friendly list of standard charges for a minimum number of shoppable health care services; requiring each health insurer to provide an insured with an advance explanation of benefits after receiving a patient estimate from a facility for scheduled services, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Health Policy (HP)
- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/3/2023 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/6/2023 | Senate |
• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy |
| 3/7/2023 | Senate |
• Introduced |
| 3/30/2023 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building |
| 4/4/2023 | Senate |
• Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services |
| 4/6/2023 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/12/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 4/13/2023 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/18/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 5/5/2023 | Senate |
• Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services |
