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Introduced
12/26/2019
12/26/2019
In Committee
12/26/2019
12/26/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
02/08/2021
02/08/2021
Introduced Session
2021 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Health care services; payment estimates. Requires hospitals and practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to provide a patient or the representative of a patient scheduled to receive a nonemergency procedure, test, or service to be performed by the hospital or practitioner with an estimate of the payment amount for which the patient will be responsible no later than one week after the scheduling of such procedure, test, or service. Currently, only hospitals are required to provide such estimate, and such estimate is required only (i) for elective procedures, tests, or services; (ii) within three days of the procedure, test, or service; and (iii) upon request of the patient or his representative.
AI Summary
This bill expands the existing requirement for hospitals to provide patients with an estimate of their payment responsibility for nonemergency procedures, tests, or services. Currently, hospitals are only required to provide such estimates for elective procedures, within three days of the procedure, and upon the patient's request. The new bill requires hospitals to provide the estimates no later than one week after the procedure is scheduled, regardless of whether it is an elective or nonemergency procedure. Additionally, the bill imposes a new requirement for healthcare practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to also provide payment estimates to patients for nonemergency procedures, tests, or services.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (3)
Last Action
Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions (on 12/04/2020)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB188 |
| BillText | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB188+hil |
| Bill | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB188+hil+pdf |
| Fiscal Note/Analysis - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offe | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB188F122+PDF |
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