SB 1664: Medical Billing
GENERAL BILL by Albritton
Medical Billing; Providing additional personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts resulting from services provided in certain licensed facilities; revising requirements for hospitals and certain other licensed facilities in providing estimates of charges to patients or prospective patients; prohibiting hospitals and certain other licensed facilities from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to obtain payment for services under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Health Policy (HP)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/10/2020 Senate • Filed
1/17/2020 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 163
1/22/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 163
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Policy
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SB 1664, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/10/2020 at 8:45 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 959 Medical Billing Duggan, Buchanan Identical Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Health Policy 
Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 222.26 Page 1 (pdf) 395.301 Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification. Page 2 (pdf) 395.3011 Page 5 (pdf)