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FL H1175

FL H1175
Transparency in Health Care

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Introduced
01/07/2016
In Committee
03/02/2016
Crossed Over
03/02/2016
Passed
03/11/2016
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/14/2016

Introduced Session

2016 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Requiring a facility licensed under ch. 395, F.S., to provide timely and accurate financial information and quality of service measures to certain individuals; requiring a health care practitioner to provide a patient upon his or her request a written or electronic good faith estimate of anticipated charges within a certain timeframe; requiring a health insurer to make available on its website certain methods that a policyholder can use to make estimates of certain costs and charges; revising a requirement that a health maintenance organization make certain information available to its subscribers, etc.

AI Summary

This bill aims to increase transparency in healthcare by requiring licensed healthcare facilities to provide timely and accurate financial information and quality of service measures to patients, and by mandating that healthcare practitioners provide patients with a written or electronic good faith estimate of anticipated charges within a specified timeframe. It also requires health insurers to make available on their websites tools for policyholders to estimate their cost-sharing responsibilities, and revises requirements for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to provide certain information to their subscribers. The bill also establishes a Florida Center for Health Information and Transparency to collect and disseminate health-related data and statistics, and mandates that various healthcare entities contribute claims data to a contracted vendor for public access.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (3)

Other Sponsors (2)

Health and Human Services Committee (House), Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee (House)

Last Action

Chapter No. 2016-234, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 221 (Ch. 2016-222) (on 04/14/2016)
(3 Companion Bills)

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175 01/07/2016
Bill http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/BillText/e2/PDF 03/14/2016
House Floor Amendment #766465 to Amendment (773730) http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/766465/PDF 03/12/2016
Bill http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/BillText/er/PDF 03/12/2016
Senate Floor Amendment #464504 to Amendment (206420) http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/464504/HTML 03/11/2016
Senate Floor Amendment #895330 to Amendment (206420) http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/895330/HTML 03/11/2016
Senate Floor Amendment (Delete All) #773730 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/773730/HTML 03/11/2016
Senate Floor Amendment (Delete All) #206420 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/206420/HTML 03/08/2016
Senate Floor Amendment #456594 to Amendment (206420) http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/456594/HTML 03/08/2016
Bill http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/BillText/e1/PDF 03/02/2016
House Floor Amendment #025519 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/025519/PDF 03/01/2016
House Floor Amendment #042105 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/042105/PDF 03/01/2016
House Floor Amendment #481093 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/481093/PDF 03/01/2016
Bill http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/BillText/c2/PDF 02/23/2016
House Committee Amendment #466161 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/466161/PDF 02/17/2016
Bill http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/BillText/c1/PDF 02/10/2016
House Committee Amendment #521229 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/521229/PDF 02/06/2016
House Committee Amendment #886007 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/Amendment/886007/PDF 02/06/2016
Bill http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1175/BillText/Filed/PDF 01/07/2016
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