Bill Text: CT SB00892 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Cost Estimates For Certain Health Care Services.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Public Hearing 03/15 [SB00892 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00892-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 892
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 3110
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING COST ESTIMATES FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) A health care provider shall provide advance notice to a patient when the health care provider expects to provide the patient with a service that will result in a cost to the patient that is more than one thousand dollars. Such notice shall include a brief description of the service to be provided and an estimate of the cost for such service. For purposes of this section, "health care provider" means any person, corporation, facility or institution licensed by this state to provide health care or professional services, or an officer, employee or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of his or her employment.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require health care providers to give advance notice to patients of services that are expected to cost more than one thousand dollars.

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