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CS/HB 1329 - Health Care Consumer Protection

General Bill by Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee and Corcoran

Health Care Consumer Protection: Revises Florida Patient's Bill of Rights & Responsibilities to require certain health care practitioners to publish & distribute schedule of charges for services provided to patients; specifies text display requirements; exempts primary care providers who voluntarily published & maintained schedule of charges within specified dates; defines terms "diagnostic-imaging center" & "urgent care center"; requires that urgent care centers, ambulatory surgical centers, & diagnostic-imaging centers publish & post schedule of charges for services provided to patients; specifies text display requirements; requires schedule to be in language comprehensible to layperson; specifies posted size & allows for electronic posting; provides exception; provides for fines; adds failure to comply with provisions of s. 381.026, F.S., to grounds for discipline of health care practitioner; prohibits provider of emergency medical care & services from billing patient; prohibits certain providers of nonemergency medical care & services from billing patient directly; requires insurers to inform insured of certain providers who may bill insured for medical services; requires hospitals to disclose to certain patients which of its contracted providers will treat patients & which of those may bill patients directly; provides exception; requires hospitals to provide contact information for those providers to patient; requires certain providers in hospital to inform certain patients in writing whether they will be billed directly; requires certain providers in hospital to provide to patient estimate of amount to be billed directly by provider; prohibits certain providers from directly billing patient if actual charges are 200 percent or more greater than estimate provided to patient; releases patient from liability if provider fails to disclose billing information; provides exception.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

Last Event: Died in Health & Human Services Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2012-160) on Friday, March 09, 2012 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals
- Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee
	On agenda for: 01/25/12 11:00 AM	Notice
	Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action)	See Votes

- Health & Human Services Committee

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
CS/CS/HB 787	Health Care Facilities	Compare
CS/CS/HB 1419	Health Care Facilities	Compare
CS/CS/SB 1884	Health Regulation by the Agency for Health Care Administration	Compare

Bill Text

Committee Substitute 1
Original Filed Version
	D 078735 , Corcoran (HSQS)	Date Filed: 01/24/12, Line#: 0	House(c):	Adopted Without Objection 1/25/2012 3:04:28 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
House	Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee 1/31/2012 7:40:55 PM
House	Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee 1/24/2012 8:37:34 AM

Vote History

(no votes recorded)

Bill History

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

381.026

395.002

395.107

456.072

56.072

627.6131

627.6385

383.50

390.011

394.4787

395.003

395.602

395.701

408.051

409.905

409.97

409.975

468.505

627.736

766.118

766.316

812.014

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