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HB318: Hospitalization insurance; balance billing by nonparticipating physicians.
Chief Patron
Del.
Kirk Cox (R-66)
Kirk Cox
(R-66)
Colonial Heights, VA
Served: 1990–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
Hospitalization insurance; balance billing by nonparticipating physicians. Prohibits a physician who does not participate in a health insurance carrier's provider panel from balance billing an enrollee for the difference between his charges and the amount paid by the carrier for covered services performed at a participating hospital, unless the hospitalized enrollee has consented in writing, prior to receiving the services, to the use of the nonparticipating physician.
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