S. 1688 · 116th Congress
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the full disclosure of billing and service…
Full title
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the full disclosure of billing and service information to patients.
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This bill establishes certain requirements relating to health care billing practices.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 23, 2019
This bill establishes certain requirements relating to health care billing practices.
Specifically, the bill requires health care facilities and practitioners to (1) provide patients with a list of rendered services upon discharge, and (2) send all bills to patients within 30 business days. Further, patients may not be required to pay a bill earlier than 30 business days from the date of receipt.
Facilities and practitioners must report any bills that are sent outside of the authorized time period to the Department of Health and Human Services and must also issue refunds to the patients billed; repeated violations are subject to civil penalties.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the full disclosure of billing and service information to patients.
Latest action (May 23, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 23, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.