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MN HF293
Bill
Status
1/11/2023
Primary Sponsor
Steve Elkins
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AI Summary
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Requires hospitals and outpatient surgical centers to make available to the public their current standard charges for all items and services by January 1, 2024
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Requires medical and dental practices with annual revenue greater than $50,000,000 that derive majority revenue from diagnostic radiology, laboratory testing, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmologic surgery, anesthesia, oncology, or dental services to publish standard charges by January 1, 2025
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Mandates standard charges be published in the Hospital Price Transparency Sample Format (Tall) (CSV) as specified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, formatted as comma-separated values importable directly into a relational database
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Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and make available a public price comparison tool by July 1, 2024 using reported charge data, with option to contract with a third party for development and operation
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Practices must test files for compliance before making them publicly available and must report files to the commissioner in a manner and frequency specified by the commissioner
Legislative Description
Medical and dental practices required to make available to the public their current standard charges, and commissioner of health authorized to establish a price comparison tool for items and services offered by medical and dental practices.
Last Action
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Health Finance and Policy
2/15/2023