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Hospital pricing transparency bill fails in Senate after heated debate over burden on small hospitals

2498990 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 121, requiring increased hospital pricing transparency, failed on third reading in the Wyoming Senate following extended debate about administrative burden on small hospitals and penalty provisions. The final roll call was 14 ayes, 16 noes.

The Wyoming Senate voted down House Bill 121 on March 4, 2025, after floor debate about the bill’s administrative requirements for hospitals and civil penalties for noncompliance. The third‑reading roll call ended with 14 ayes and 16 noes; the bill did not pass.

What the bill would have done: HB121 would have required hospitals to disclose pricing information and to meet certain transparency standards that proponents said mirror federal disclosure efforts. Debate on the…

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