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.
Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Health Policy (HP)
- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
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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
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SB 268, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2023 at 9:56 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/2/2023 (pdf)
Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/4/2023 (pdf)
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 4/11/2023 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1413 (c1) Health Care Expenses Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died on Second Reading Calendar 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 4/4/2023 8:30 AM Health Policy 11 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (12)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 95.11 Limitations other than for the recovery of real property. Page 2 (pdf) 222.26 Page 3 (pdf) 395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 4 (pdf) 395.3011 Page 6 (pdf) 475.01 Definitions. Page 10 (pdf) 475.611 Definitions. Page 12 (pdf) 517.191 Injunction to restrain violations; civil penalties; enforcement by Attorney General. Page 12 (pdf) 627.445 Page 8 (pdf) 627.6387 Shared savings incentive program. Page 9 (pdf) 627.6648 Shared savings incentive program. Page 9 (pdf) 641.31076 Shared savings incentive program. Page 10 (pdf) 768.28 Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions; recovery limits; civil liability for damages caused during a riot; limitation on attorney fees; statute of limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management programs. Page 12 (pdf)