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Committee adopts amendment to focus bill on hospital financial‑assistance transparency, reports it unanimously
Summary
House Bill 79 was amended to remove a medical‑debt purchasing program and instead require standardized, prominently posted charity‑care forms; the Department of Health would have 180 days to develop the templates and hospitals must provide eligibility information. The committee reported the bill unanimously.
The House Health Committee voted to report House Bill 79 as amended after adopting amendment A00328, which removes a proposed medical‑debt purchasing program and refocuses the legislation on transparency for existing hospital charity‑care programs.
Erica, a committee staff presenter, explained that the amendment renames the bill the Hospital Based Financial Assistance Act and requires the Department of Health to consult with hospitals and the…
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