Bill > S1502

Introduced Session

An act relating to health care expenses; amending s. 95.11, F.S.; establishing a 3-year statute of limitations for an action to collect medical debt for services rendered by a health care provider or facility; creating s. 222.26, F.S.; providing additional personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts resulting from services provided in certain licensed facilities; amending s. 395.301, F.S.; 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; defining terms; requiring a licensed facility to provide an estimate to a patient or prospective patient and the patient’s health insurer within specified timeframes; requiring a licensed facility to establish an internal grievance process for patients to dispute charges; requiring a facility to make available information necessary for initiating a grievance; requiring a facility to respond to a patient grievance within a specified timeframe; creating s. 395.3011, F.S.; prohibiting certain collection activities by a licensed facility; creating s. 627.446, F.S.; defining the term “health insurer”; requiring each health insurer to provide an insured with an advanced explanation of benefits after receiving a patient estimate from a facility for scheduled services; providing requirements for the advanced explanation of benefits; amending ss. 627.6387, 627.6648, and 641.31076, F.S.; providing that a shared savings incentive offered by a health insurer or health maintenance organization constitutes a medical expense for rate development and rate filing purposes; amending ss. 475.01, 475.611, 517.191, 768.28, and 787.061, F.S.; conforming cross references; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Jay Collins (R)*, 

Withdrawn prior to introduction (on 01/05/2024)

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