Maryland Senate Bill 538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-01 - Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring certain hospitals and health systems to provide each patient with a written notice that includes certain information related to facility fees that are charged for outpatient services provided at hospital-based facilities; requiring that each initial billing statement to a patient from a hospital or health system that includes a facility fee include certain information; requiring that a certain written notice be provided to certain patients in a certain manner and at a certain time; etc.

Health - Hospital-Based Facilities - Disclosure of Facility Fees

Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]
Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-01	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
2019-02-27	Senate	Hearing canceled
2019-02-06	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0538?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0538f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0538.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0538_fin.pdf