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IN HB1011
Bill
Status
1/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
Wes Culver
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AI Summary
House Bill 1011 Summary
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Requires provider facilities (hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, abortion clinics, and birthing centers) and practitioners to review charges with patients and obtain written acknowledgment before rendering procedures or services, effective January 1, 2018.
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Mandates provider facilities and practitioners publish updated master charge fee lists every six months on their websites (if available) and post them in visible locations, beginning January 1, 2018 for procedures and January 1, 2020 for all products and services.
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Expands disclosure requirements effective January 1, 2020 to include charges for each individual product or service, not just procedures, with the same review and signature acknowledgment requirements.
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Exempts emergency situations from the review and signature requirements for both procedures and products/services.
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Effective July 1, 2017, and amends Indiana Code sections 16-21-2-17 and 25-1-9 to establish price transparency obligations for health care providers.
Legislative Description
Health care charges. Beginning in 2018, requires health care providers to publish and provide to patients the charges for procedures rendered by the health care provider. Beginning in 2020, requires health care providers to publish and provide to patients the charges for each product or service rendered by the health care provider.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/4/2017