Ted Lieu
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires each hospital, as a condition of licensure, to maintain written policies about discount payment and charity care for financially qualified patients, as defined. These policies are required to include, among other things, a section addressing eligibility criteria, as prescribed. Existing law requires each hospital to perform various functions in connection with the hospital charity care and discount pay policies, including providing patients with notice that contains information about the hospital's discount payment and charity care policies, including information about eligibility and attempting to determine the availability of private or public health insurance coverage for each patient. Existing law also specifies billing and collection procedures to be followed by a hospital, its assignee, collection agency, or billing service. This bill would provide that uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 350% of the federal poverty level are eligible to apply to the emergency physician, as defined, who provides emergency medical services in a general acute care hospital for a discount payment pursuant to a discount payment policy. The bill would require the emergency physician to limit expected payment for services provided to a patient at or below 350% of the federal poverty level and who is eligible under the emergency physician's discount payment policy, as specified. The bill would require the above-described written notice that hospitals are required to provide patients regarding the hospital's charity care and discount pay policies to include a statement that the emergency physician who provides emergency medical care in a hospital that provides emergency care is also required by law to provide discounts to uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 350% of the federal poverty level. The bill would also specify billing and collection procedures to be followed by the emergency physician, its assignee, collection agency, or billing service. This bill would provide that a violation of the above provisions shall not constitute a violation of the terms of a physician and surgeon's licensure.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 445, Statutes of 2010.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6652.)
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4828.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. To third reading.
Read third time, amended. To second reading.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1737.)
From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1503 | HTML |
| 02/27/09 - Introduced | |
| 06/16/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/15/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/19/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/10 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/10 - Chaptered |
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