Florida House Bill 837 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that if mother of newborn infant considers applying for eligibility for Medicaid program through hospital as qualified Medicaid provider, hospital must notify mother that act of applying for Medicaid will cause her personal information included on Medicaid application to be submitted to DCFS; prohibits hospital from seeking payment for such care from mother of surrendered newborn infant or from any individual financially responsible for mother of surrendered newborn infant; redefines "charity care" for disproportionate share program; provides that if patient has income that exceeds specified multiple of federal poverty level, care provided to patient does not qualify as charity care unless care is provided without compensation to surrendered newborn infant or person financially responsible for mother of surrendered newborn infant.

Surrendered Newborn Infants

Rep. Luis Garcia [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 82
2011-12-12		Referred to Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 82
2011-12-01		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
383	50		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	911		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/837
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0837/BillText/Filed/HTML