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Bill to define and set baseline standards for urgent care clinics advances after stakeholder agreement
Summary
House Bill 4107 would define 'urgent care,' set minimum clinical capabilities and require clinics that use the term to post services and accepted insurance; sponsors and emergency medicine groups said transparency will reduce inappropriate ED visits.
House Bill 4107, a bipartisan measure sponsored by Rep. Nancy Nathanson and Sen. Floyd Prozanski, would set a statutory definition for "urgent care," require basic capabilities (lab tests, radiography, common respiratory testing, splints and sutures), and mandate that clinics using the term post services and accepted insurance plans.
"This bill puts some structure around urgent care clinics, what the public can expect when they show up at one," Nathanson told the House…
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