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CS/HB 999: Medical Billing

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Toledo

Medical Billing; Provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to provide cost estimate to patient under certain conditions; prohibits facility from charging patient amount exceeding cost estimate by set threshold; requires facility to provide patient written explanation of excess charges; requires facility to establish internal grievance process to allow patients to dispute charges; prohibits facility from engaging in certain collection activities.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/21/2019 House • Filed
    2/28/2019 House • Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 100
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 100
    • On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 03/07/19, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall
    3/7/2019 House • Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 -HJ 364
    • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 364
    3/29/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/02/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
    4/2/2019 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 566
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 566
    4/5/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
    4/9/2019 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 633
    4/10/2019 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 628
    4/11/2019 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 672
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
    4/17/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 720
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 720
    • CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 -HJ 720
    4/23/2019 Senate • In Messages
    4/24/2019 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 465
    • Received -SJ 465
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Health Policy

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  • CS/HB 999, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2019 at 1:57 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1514 Medical Billing Albritton Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Health Policy

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/17/2019 4:03 PM House 113 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    222.26 Page 2 (pdf)
    395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 2 (pdf)
    395.3011 Page 5 (pdf)

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  • HB 999, Original Filed Version Posted 2/21/2019 at 11:08 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health Market Reform Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2019 (pdf)
    Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2019 (pdf)
    Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1514 Medical Billing Albritton Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Health Policy

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    278751 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Toledo 4/8/2019
    7:41 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    4/9/2019
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    222.26 Page 2 (pdf)
    395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 2 (pdf)
    395.3011 Page 5 (pdf)

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