SB 325 Indiana Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Hospitals.

Summary
Requires certain nonprofit hospitals to hold an annual public forum for the purposes of: (1) obtaining feedback from the community about the nonprofit hospital's performance in the previous year; (2) discussing the pricing of health services provided at the nonprofit hospital; and (3) discussing the contributions made by the nonprofit hospital to the community. Requires a nonprofit hospital, at least 14 days before the public forum, to post on the nonprofit hospital's Internet web site: (1) a notice stating the date, time, location, and purposes of the public forum; and (2) information relating to the subjects to be discussed at the public forum. Allows the public forum to be held, either all or in part, through an interactive real time audio and video meeting that is accessible to the community through the Internet. Changes the date that ambulatory outpatient surgical centers are required to begin posting certain pricing information from March 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021. Specifies that the pricing information posted is the standard charge rather than the weighted average negotiated charge and sets forth what is included in the standard charge. Specifies that if an ambulatory outpatient surgical center offers less than 30 additional services, the center is required to post all of the services the center provides. Requires a hospital to post pricing information in compliance with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as in effect on January 1, 2021, if: (1) the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is repealed; or (2) federal enforcement of the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is stopped. Requires a health carrier to hold an annual public forum. Specifies information to be discussed at the health carrier public forum and information to be disclosed before the forum. Makes conforming changes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Apr 14, 2021 Signed Apr 29, 2021
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
45
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
16
Apr 29, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 469: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 483: yeas 86, nays 0
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Amended
Senate dissented from House amendments
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 93, nays 0
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #4 (Hatfield) failed; Roll Call 415: yeas 32, nays 59
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #15 (Nisly) ruled out of order
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #3 (Hatfield) failed; Roll Call 413: yeas 32, nays 60
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #12 (Nisly) ruled out of order
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #1 (Austin) failed; Roll Call 411: yeas 32, nays 63
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #2 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #5 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #7 (Judy) motion withdrawn
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #13 (Nisly) ruled out of order
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #8 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #10 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #9 (Barrett) ruled out of order
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Amended
Amendment #11 (Manning) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 190: yeas 47, nays 0
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Amended
Amendment #1 (Busch) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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