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HB 959 Florida House · 2020 Regular Session

Medical Billing

Summary
Medical Billing; Provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to provide cost estimate to patient or prospective patient under certain conditions; prohibits facility from charging amount exceeding cost estimate by set threshold; requires facility to provide patient written explanation of excess charges; requires facility to establish internal grievance process to allow patients to dispute charges; prohibits facility from engaging in certain collection activities.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2020

How they voted

64–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 67
Feb 20, 2020
D Democratic23
21 Yea 2
91% Yea
R Republican44
43 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 1
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 3:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.