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Senate advances bill to expand freestanding emergency departments and require price transparency
Summary
First Substitute House Bill 152, described on the floor as expanding the circumstances under which hospitals may open freestanding emergency departments and imposing price-transparency requirements, was read for a third time after sponsors said it balances system and patient needs.
First Substitute House Bill 152, a proposal to allow hospitals to open additional freestanding emergency departments if they meet minimum standards and to require price transparency, was advanced on the Senate floor and read for a third time.
Senator Grover, presenting the bill, said the measure "allows hospitals [the] ability to open…
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