HB 701 CS (2004) -  Health Care

General Bill by Clarke (CO-SPONSORS) Berfield; Brutus; Harrell; Holloway; Homan; Rubio; Sansom; Sorensen; Troutman
Health Care: Requires licensed health facilities to provide public Internet access to health access financial information; requires licensed facilities to provide prospective patients estimates of charges for services and bill verification information; provides for a fine for failure to provide such information; provides charge limitations; requires such facilities to establish a patient question review and response methodology; provides requirements; provides an exception for specified rural hospitals; requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to require health care facilities, health care providers, and health insurers to submit specified information; requires the agency to adopt certain risk and severity adjustment methodologies; requires the agency to adopt rules in a specified timeframe; requires the agency to conduct specified research, analyses, and studies; requires publication of information collected on the Internet; requires a report; requires the agency to develop and implement a strategy to adopt and use electronic health records; authorizes the agency to develop rules to protect electronic records confidentiality; requires the agency to develop a plan to make performance outcome and financial data available to consumers for health care services comparison purposes; requires the agency to provide information relating to the Medicare prescription discount program; requires each pharmacy to make available on its Internet website a link to performance outcome and financial data of the agency and a notice of the availability of such information; requires each health insurer to make available on its Internet website a link to performance outcome and financial data of the agency and a notice in policies of the availability of such information.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Event: Died on Second Reading Calendar on Friday, April 30, 2004 11:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1629 Subject: Affordable Health Care Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 2022 Subject: Health Care Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/SB 2910 Subject: Affordable Health Care Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 3018 Subject: Health Care/Medical Procedure/Prices Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Insurance 4/29/2004 10:20:23 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Insurance 3/31/2004 9:07:54 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care 3/22/2004 8:55:50 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care 3/10/2004 8:42:00 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care 3/10/2004 8:08:14 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died on Second Reading Calendar Time: 04/30/2004 - 11:40 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 04/27/2004 - 10:49 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill released to House Calendar Time: 04/27/2004 - 10:49 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill referral removed from committee Time: 04/27/2004 - 10:49 AM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referral removed from committee Time: 04/27/2004 - 10:49 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Recommendation: CS by Insurance ; Pending Review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 04/26/2004 - 6:13 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Bill released from committee Time: 04/26/2004 - 6:13 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Bill passed referred committee Time: 04/26/2004 - 6:13 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Bill added to Insurance agenda Time: 04/13/2004 - 4:25 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Workshop bill added to committee agenda Time: 03/29/2004 - 4:20 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Bill now in Insurance Time: 03/23/2004 - 5:12 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Bill released from committee Time: 03/23/2004 - 5:12 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Version:
Event: H Bill passed referred committee Time: 03/23/2004 - 5:12 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Version:
Event: H Now in Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Time: 03/23/2004 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Version:
Event: H Remaining referral: Appropriations Time: 03/23/2004 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Remaining referral: Subcommittee on Health Appropriations Time: 03/23/2004 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Appropriations Version:
Event: H Remaining referral: Insurance Time: 03/23/2004 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Remaining referral: Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Time: 03/23/2004 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Version:
Event: H Recommendation: CS by Health Care ; Pending Review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 03/22/2004 - 9:02 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:
Event: H Bill released from committee Time: 03/22/2004 - 9:02 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:
Event: H Bill passed referred committee Time: 03/22/2004 - 9:02 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:
Event: H Bill added to Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing agenda Time: 03/19/2004 - 4:21 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Version:
Event: H Bill added to Health Care agenda Time: 03/15/2004 - 3:52 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:
Event: H Bill added to Health Care agenda Time: 03/09/2004 - 4:08 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/03/2004 - 1:23 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Now In Health Care Time: 02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Time: 02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Access & Financing Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Appropriations Time: 02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Subcommittee on Health Appropriations Time: 02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Health Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Insurance Time: 02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Insurance Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Health Care Time: 02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:
Event: H Filed timely Time: 01/28/2004 - 3:04 PM Member: Clarke Committee: Version:

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
381.026 HB 1571, HB 1629
395.301 HB 715 CS, HB 1629
408.05 HB 1629, HB 1695 CS
408.061 HB 1629
408.062 HB 1629
409.9066 HB 1629
465.0244 HB 1629
627.6499 HB 1629
641.54 HB 1629