HB2750: Elective medical procedure, test, or service; advance estimate of patient payment amount.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-137.05. Advance estimate of patient payment amount for elective procedure, test, or service.
Every hospital shall, upon request of a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service to be performed by the hospital, or upon request of such patient's legally authorized representative, made no less than three days in advance of the date on which such elective procedure, test, or service is scheduled to be performed, furnish the patient with an estimate of the payment amount for which the participant will be responsible for such elective procedure, test, or service. Every hospital shall provide written information about the patient's ability to request an estimate of the payment amount pursuant to this section. Such written information shall be posted conspicuously in public areas of the hospital, including admissions or registration areas, and included on any website maintained by the hospital.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 32.1-137.05 and 54.1-2963.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-137.05. Advance disclosure of charge for elective procedure, test, or service.
Every hospital shall, upon request of a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service to be performed by the hospital, or upon request of such patient's legally authorized representative, made no less than three days in advance of the date on which such elective procedure, test, or service is scheduled to be performed, furnish the patient with an estimate of the payment amount for which the participant will be responsible for such elective procedure, test, or service. Every hospital shall provide written information about the patient's ability to request an estimate of the payment amount pursuant to this section. Such written information shall be posted conspicuously in public areas of the hospital, including admissions or registration areas, and on any website maintained by the hospital.
§ 54.1-2963.1. Disclosure of medical treatment options.
A. For the purposes of this section, "medical treatment options" means any alternative or experimental therapeutic, psychiatric, medical treatment or procedure, health care service, drug, or remedy.
B. Any physician, physician assistant, or nurse
practitioner shall have the authority to disclose fully all medical
treatment options to patients, whether or not such treatment options are
(i) experimental or covered services, (ii) services that the health insurer
will not authorize, or (iii) the costs of the treatment will be borne by the
health insurer or the patient, to facilitate an informed decision by the
patient, if the physician determines that such an option is in the best
interest of the patient. Any physician, physician assistant, or nurse
practitioner who discloses information concerning other medical treatment
options to a person with whom he has established a physician-patient
practitioner-patient relationship shall not be liable to any health
insurer, in an action instituted solely on behalf of the health insurer, for
any civil damages resulting from the disclosure of such information. This
section shall not affect any cause of action a patient may have against a
physician practitioner.
For the purposes of this section, "medical treatment
options" means any alternative or experimental therapeutic, psychiatric,
medical treatment or procedure, health care service, drug, or remedy.
C. Any physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who practices in an office-based setting, or his designee, shall provide, upon request of a patient, an estimate of the charges for such health care services for the patient.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-137.05. Advance estimate of patient payment amount for elective procedure, test, or service.
Every hospital shall, upon request of a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service to be performed by the hospital, or upon request of such patient's legally authorized representative, made no less than three days in advance of the date on which such elective procedure, test, or service is scheduled to be performed, furnish the patient with an estimate of the payment amount for which the participant will be responsible for such elective procedure, test, or service. Every hospital shall provide written information about the patient's ability to request an estimate of the payment amount pursuant to this section. Such written information shall be posted conspicuously in public areas of the hospital, including admissions or registration areas, and included on any website maintained by the hospital.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2750
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-137.05. Advance estimate of patient payment amount for elective procedure, test, or service.
Every
hospital Each
medical care facility
licensed pursuant to this article shall, upon request of a provide to each patient
scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service to be performed by at
the hospital, or
upon request of such patient's legally authorized representative, made no less
than three days in advance of the date on which such elective procedure, test,
or service is scheduled to be performed, furnish the patient with medical care facility an estimate of the payment amount for which the participant
patient will be responsible for such elective procedure, test, or
service at least three days in advance of the date on
which such elective procedure, test, or service is scheduled to be performed. The payment estimate may also be provided to the
patient's legally authorized representative.