H 967 Massachusetts House · 191st Legislature (2019-2020)

An Act to protect consumers from surprise medical bills

Summary
By Ms. Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 967) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and others for legislation to require specific patient consent for out-of-network healthcare services and prohibiting providers from billing consumers for more than the in-network cost-sharing amount. Financial Services.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2019 Last action May 1, 2019
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
3
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to the committee on Financial Services
lower
1 primary · 30 co-sponsors

Sponsors