California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1503 — Health facilities: emergency physicians: emergency medical care: billing.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 445, Statutes of 2010.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires each hospital, as a condition of licensure, to maintain written policies about discount payment and charity care for financially qualified patients, as defined. These policies are required to include, among other things, a section addressing eligibility criteria, as prescribed. Existing law requires each hospital to perform various functions in connection with the hospital charity care and discount pay policies, including providing patients with notice that contains information about the hospital's discount payment and charity care policies, including information about eligibility and attempting to determine the availability of private or public health insurance coverage for each patient. Existing law also specifies billing and collection procedures to be followed by a hospital, its assignee, collection agency, or billing service. This bill would provide that uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 350% of the federal poverty level are eligible to apply to the emergency physician, as defined, who provides emergency medical services in a general acute care hospital for a discount payment pursuant to a discount payment policy. The bill would require the emergency physician to limit expected payment for services provided to a patient at or below 350% of the federal poverty level and who is eligible under the emergency physician's discount payment policy, as specified. The bill would require the above-described written notice that hospitals are required to provide patients regarding the hospital's charity care and discount pay policies to include a statement that the emergency physician who provides emergency medical care in a hospital that provides emergency care is also required by law to provide discounts to uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 350% of the federal poverty level. The bill would also specify billing and collection procedures to be followed by the emergency physician, its assignee, collection agency, or billing service. This bill would provide that a violation of the above provisions shall not constitute a violation of the terms of a physician and surgeon's licensure.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 445, Statutes of 2010.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6652.)

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4828.)

  8. Read second time. To third reading.

  9. Read third time, amended. To second reading.

  10. Read second time. To third reading.

  11. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23).

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  15. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  16. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  18. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  19. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1737.)

  20. From Consent Calendar. To third reading.

  21. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  22. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13).

  23. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21).

  24. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  25. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  26. Read first time.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.

  28. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Lieu · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Lieu

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1503 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 88 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 82101
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 88101
% of votes cast 98%1%0%1%
How each member voted (90)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bass — Yea
Beall — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Nestande — Not Voting
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Huber — Yea
Knight — Yea
Ma — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Silva — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Tran — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nava — Yea
Norby — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Eng — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1503 Lieu By Alquist

Passed 24 Yea · 13 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221203
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 241303
% of votes cast 60%33%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Nay
Huff — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Blakeslee — Nay
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Harman — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Nay
Walters — Nay
Wyland — Nay
Cogdill — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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AB 1503 LIEU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 86 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 79005
Democratic 4001
Republican 3000
Total 86006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Coto — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
Furutani — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Cook — Not Voting
Garrick — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Knight — Not Voting
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Not Voting
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Not Voting
Villines — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19004
Republican 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 22004
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (26)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
De — Not Voting
La — Not Voting
Torre — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Conway — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Nava — Yea
Emmerson — Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1503 do?
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires each hospital, as a condition of licensure, to maintain written policies about discount payment and charity care for financially qualified patients, as defined. These policies are required to include, among other things, a section addressing eligibility criteria, as prescribed. Existing law requires each hospital to perform various functions in connection with the hospital charity care and discount pay policies, including providing patients with notice that contains information about the hospital's discount payment and charity care policies, including information about eligibility and attempting to determine the availability of private or public health insurance coverage for each patient. Existing law also specifies billing and collection procedures to be followed by a hospital, its assignee, collection agency, or billing service. This bill would provide that uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 350% of the federal poverty level are eligible to apply to the emergency physician, as defined, who provides emergency medical services in a general acute care hospital for a discount payment pursuant to a discount payment policy. The bill would require the emergency physician to limit expected payment for services provided to a patient at or below 350% of the federal poverty level and who is eligible under the emergency physician's discount payment policy, as specified. The bill would require the above-described written notice that hospitals are required to provide patients regarding the hospital's charity care and discount pay policies to include a statement that the emergency physician who provides emergency medical care in a hospital that provides emergency care is also required by law to provide discounts to uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 350% of the federal poverty level. The bill would also specify billing and collection procedures to be followed by the emergency physician, its assignee, collection agency, or billing service. This bill would provide that a violation of the above provisions shall not constitute a violation of the terms of a physician and surgeon's licensure.
Who sponsors AB 1503?
AB 1503 is sponsored by Lieu.
What is the current status of AB 1503?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2009. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1503?
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