Hospitals; financial assistance for uninsured patient, payment plans. (SB201)
Introduced By
Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) with support from co-patron Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian)
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; financial assistance; payment plans. Requires hospitals to make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient, defined in the bill, to determine whether the individual is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and to inform every uninsured patient who receives services at the hospital and who is determined to be eligible for assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy of the option to enter into a payment plan with the hospital. The bill also prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to recover a debt for medical services against any patient unless the hospital has made all reasonable efforts to determine whether the patient qualifies for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or is eligible for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and requires hospitals to annually report data and information regarding the amount of charity care, discounted care, and financial assistance provided under the hospital's financial assistance policy and the amount of uncollected bad debt. This bill incorporates SB 245 and is identical to HB 1071. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104042D |
01/10/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/25/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB201) |
02/10/2022 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
02/10/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22106183D-S1 |
02/10/2022 | Incorporates SB245 (Hashmi) |
02/11/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2022 | Read second time |
02/14/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/14/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22106183D-S1 |
02/14/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB201S1 |
02/14/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2022 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB201S1) |
02/22/2022 | Placed on Calendar |
02/22/2022 | Read first time |
02/22/2022 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
02/24/2022 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22107061D-H1 |
02/24/2022 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/24/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB201S1) |
02/25/2022 | Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources |
02/25/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB201H1) |
03/01/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
03/02/2022 | Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/04/2022 | Read second time |
03/07/2022 | Read third time |
03/07/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22107061D-H1 |
03/07/2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB201H1 |
03/07/2022 | Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2022 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/08/2022 | House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) (see vote tally) |
03/09/2022 | House insisted on substitute |
03/09/2022 | House requested conference committee |
03/10/2022 | Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/10/2022 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
03/10/2022 | Senators: Favola, Barker, Newman |
03/10/2022 | Conferees appointed by House |
03/10/2022 | Delegates: Orrock, Head, Tran |
03/10/2022 | C Amended by conference committee |
03/10/2022 | Conference substitute printed 22107713D-S2 |
03/11/2022 | Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) |
03/11/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/11/2022 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/14/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB201S2) |
03/21/2022 | Enrolled |
03/21/2022 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB201ER) |
03/21/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB201ER) |
03/21/2022 | Signed by President |
03/22/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
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 679 (effective 7/1/22) |
04/11/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679) |
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