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Senate committee advances amended health omnibus bill focused on price transparency, surprise billing and site-of-service rules
Summary
The Health and Provider Services Committee advanced an amended version of House Bill 1003 that tightens site-of-service rules, requires a uniform discounted cash price for selected lab and imaging services, and keeps prior-authorization and right-to-try provisions; the measure was unanimously passed in committee and recommitted to Appropriations.
The Health and Provider Services Committee advanced an amended version of House Bill 1003 on a unanimous voice and roll-call vote, recommitting the measure to the Appropriations Committee.
The amendment, presented by Senator Michael Johnson, trims several topics from the original bill and adds clearer definitions for hospital "site of service," a new set of price-transparency requirements for diagnostic labs and imaging, and retains prior-authorization and "right to try" provisions. "We defined it as a discounted cash price that we're asking the labs in the diagnostic imaging to list so that there's a unique, and uniform price for every service," Johnson said during committee discussion.
Why it matters: Committee members said the bill aims to operationalize prior work (House Bill 1004 of 2023 is referenced in committee discussion) and to…
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