Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 1097 — Health care services; estimate of cost of any procedure, etc.

Last action — Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Health care services; estimate of cost. Requires every hospital and every practitioner licensed by the Board of Medicine to, upon request and within three days of the receipt of such request, provide an estimate of the cost any procedure, test, or service that may be performed by the hospital or practitioner. Currently, hospitals are required to provide information about the payment amount for which a patient may be responsible to a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service upon request. Health care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine are not currently required to provide such estimates. The bill also requires health care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to provide written information about a person's ability to request an estimate of the cost of any procedure, test, or service that may be performed by the practitioner and to post such information in public areas of the location at which the practitioner provides services and on any website maintained by the practitioner.

Bill Text

  • Impact statement from DPB (HB1097) View text Current html January 07, 2020

Action History

  1. Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions

  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

  3. Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions

  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1097)

  5. Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104930D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1097 do?
Health care services; estimate of cost. Requires every hospital and every practitioner licensed by the Board of Medicine to, upon request and within three days of the receipt of such request, provide an estimate of the cost any procedure, test, or service that may be performed by the hospital or practitioner. Currently, hospitals are required to provide information about the payment amount for which a patient may be responsible to a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service upon request. Health care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine are not currently required to provide such estimates. The bill also requires health care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to provide written information about a person's ability to request an estimate of the cost of any procedure, test, or service that may be performed by the practitioner and to post such information in public areas of the location at which the practitioner provides services and on any website maintained by the practitioner.
Who sponsors HB 1097?
HB 1097 is sponsored by Miyares, Jason S..
What is the current status of HB 1097?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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