HB 188

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Dec 26, 2019
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Health care services; payment estimates.

Abstract

Health care services; payment estimates.Requires hospitals and practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicineto provide a patient or the representative of a patient scheduledto receive a nonemergency procedure, test, or service to be performedby the hospital or practitioner with an estimate of the payment amountfor which the patient will be responsible no later than one weekafter the scheduling of such procedure, test, or service. Currently,only hospitals are required to provide such estimate, and such estimateis required only (i) for elective procedures, tests, or services;(ii) within three days of the procedure, test, or service; and (iii)upon request of the patient or his representative.

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Feb 04, 2020

House

Continued to 2021 in Health, Welfare and Institutions

Jan 29, 2020

House

Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021

Jan 22, 2020

House

Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB188)

Dec 26, 2019

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100999D

House

Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

Bill Text

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Impact statement from DPB (HB188) HTML

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