SB 1612 (2017) -  Health Care Consumer Protection

General Bill by Garcia
Health Care Consumer Protection: Revising the requirements for a good faith itemized estimate provided to a patient or prospective patient by a licensed facility for nonemergency medical services; requiring written patient consent for certain health care practitioners to bill a patient for services listed on the itemized estimate which are not covered by the patient’s health insurance; providing that an insurer is solely liable for payment of certain fees for certain requested services under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2017
Last Event: 05/05/17 S Died in Health Policy on Friday, May 5, 2017 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
  • Appropriations
  • Rules

Related Bills

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Bill Text

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Health Policy Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 207 Time: 03/15/2017 - 5:34 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 207 Time: 03/14/2017 - 12:36 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 03/03/2017 - 12:08 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
395.301
456.0575
627.6385
627.64194 HB 145, CS/SB 222*, CS/HB 1195, SB 1760
641.54

(*) Not the latest version