Maryland House Bill 849 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-6)
Status: Engrossed on March 18 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-18 - First Reading Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring certain hospitals to provide each patient with written notice that includes certain information related to outpatient facility fees that are charged for services provided at the hospital; requiring the Health Education and Advocacy Unit within the Attorney General's Office, in consultation with the Health Care Services Cost Review Commission, consumers, and other stakeholders, to develop a uniform disclosure form and a process for determining and updating the range of fees and fee estimates as required by the Act; etc.

Health Facilities - Hospitals - Disclosure of Outpatient Facility Fees (Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act)

Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]
Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Susan Krebs [R]
Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]
Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2019-03-14 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (139-0) (Y: 140 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-18	Senate	First Reading Finance
2019-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (139-0)
2019-03-16	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments {946286/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2019-02-19	House	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-08	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0849?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0849f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0849t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0849_94628601.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0009/hb0849.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0849_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/0751.pdf