Florida House Bill 1329 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Health and Human Services Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch.
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Revises Florida Patient's Bill of Rights & Responsibilities to require certain health care practitioners to publish & distribute schedule of charges for services provided to patients; specifies text display requirements; exempts primary care providers who voluntarily published & maintained schedule of charges within specified dates; defines terms "diagnostic-imaging center" & "urgent care center"; requires that urgent care centers, ambulatory surgical centers, & diagnostic-imaging centers publish & post schedule of charges for services provided to patients; specifies text display requirements; requires schedule to be in language comprehensible to layperson; specifies posted size & allows for electronic posting; provides exception; provides for fines; adds failure to comply with provisions of s. 381.026, F.S., to grounds for discipline of health care practitioner; prohibits provider of emergency medical care & services from billing patient; prohibits certain providers of nonemergency medical care & services from billing patient directly; requires insurers to inform insured of certain providers who may bill insured for medical services; requires hospitals to disclose to certain patients which of its contracted providers will treat patients & which of those may bill patients directly; provides exception; requires hospitals to provide contact information for those providers to patient; requires certain providers in hospital to inform certain patients in writing whether they will be billed directly; requires certain providers in hospital to provide to patient estimate of amount to be billed directly by provider; prohibits certain providers from directly billing patient if actual charges are 200 percent or more greater than estimate provided to patient; releases patient from liability if provider fails to disclose billing information; provides exception.

Health Care Consumer Protection

Rep. Richard Corcoran [R]

House Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Health and Human Services Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch.
2012-02-06		Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 525
2012-02-06		Original reference(s) removed: Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2012-02-01		CS by Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 316
2012-02-01		Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2012-01-25		CS by Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 5 -HJ 321
2012-01-23		On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee, 01/25/12, 11:00 am, 306 HOB
2012-01-12		Referred to Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 215
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 131
2012-01-06		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
381	026		Amended Code	See Bill Text
383	50		Amended Code	See Bill Text
390	011		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4787		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	002		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	003		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	107		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	602		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	701		Amended Code	See Bill Text
408	051		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	905		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	97		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	975		Amended Code	See Bill Text
456	072		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	505		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	6131		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	736		Amended Code	See Bill Text
766	118		Amended Code	See Bill Text
766	316		Amended Code	See Bill Text
812	014		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1329
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1329/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1329/BillText/c1/PDF