Introduced
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To prohibit hospital emergency rooms or other emergency medical care providers from charging a person whose health insurance provider does not have a negotiated deal with the provider more than 125 percent of what the insurer would pay to a provider with whom it had negotiated discounts for its customers.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-6) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
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To adopt an unpublished substitute that presumably reflects different preferences on the issue.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 101 to 5 (details)
To prohibit hospital emergency rooms or other emergency medical care providers from charging a person whose health insurance provider does not have a negotiated deal with the provider more than the average amount negotiated by the patient’s insurer, or more than 150% of the Medicare fee for service fee, with various exceptions.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the Senate 32 to 6 (details)
To prohibit hospital emergency rooms or other emergency medical care providers from charging a person whose health insurance provider does not have a negotiated deal with the provider more than the median amount negotiated by the patient’s insurer for various medical specialties, or more than 150% of the Medicare fee for service fee, with various exceptions.
Passed in the House 97 to 6 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
