Hospitals; price transparency. (HB481)
Introduced By
Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station) with support from co-patron Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg)
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 |
Description
Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website by July 1, 2023. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop recommendations for implementation of the bill and to report those recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2022 | Committee |
01/11/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101862D |
01/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/19/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB481) |
01/21/2022 | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 |
02/08/2022 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
02/08/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) |
02/09/2022 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
02/10/2022 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22106360D-H1 |
02/11/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB481H1) |
02/13/2022 | Read first time |
02/14/2022 | Read second time |
02/14/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22106360D-H1 |
02/14/2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB481H1 |
02/15/2022 | Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) |
02/15/2022 | VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/16/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/21/2022 | Assigned Education sub: Health |
03/01/2022 | Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
03/03/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22107208D-S1 |
03/03/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/04/2022 | Passed by for the day |
03/04/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB481S1) |
03/07/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/08/2022 | Read third time |
03/08/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
03/08/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22107208D-S1 |
03/08/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB481S1 |
03/08/2022 | Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/09/2022 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107208D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) |
03/09/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/11/2022 | Enrolled |
03/11/2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB481ER) |
03/11/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
03/11/2022 | Signed by President |
03/14/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB481ER) |
03/22/2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022 |
03/22/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 |
04/11/2022 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/23) |
04/11/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) |
Comments
Congratulations to Democrat Delegate Dan Helmer for sponsoring this excellent bill.
Note it passed the Republican-controlled House of Delegates 98-1.
It would bring price competition into health care, forcing providers to compete on price. More than anything else, price competition will bring down medical costs. Price competition is absent in hospital costs.
How about getting rid of copn?