SB 296 (2022) -  Health Care Expenses

General Bill by Garcia
Health Care Expenses: Requiring a licensed facility to establish, update, and make public a list of the facility’s charges for services which meets certain federal requirements; prohibiting consumer reporting agencies from publishing a consumer report containing a medical debt credit impairment under certain circumstances; requiring the consumer reporting agency to remove the credit impairment, free of charge, under certain circumstances; authorizing patient-consumers to initiate legal proceedings for violations; prohibiting persons from reporting certain consumer debt to a consumer reporting agency without the express written consent of the creditor, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2022
Last Event: 03/14/22 S Died in Health Policy on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:02 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 02/10/22 8:30 AM
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 1527 Subject: Health Care Expenses Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 2/9/2022 8:30:26 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Health Policy Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/10/22, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/07/2022 - 2:24 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 17 Time: 01/11/2022 - 11:01 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/03/21, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 11/03/2021 - 2:16 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 17 Time: 10/13/2021 - 12:28 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 09/22/2021 - 9:14 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
395.301 CS/HB 1527
501.181 CS/HB 1527*
559.72 SB 1424, CS/HB 1527*

(*) Not the latest version