Florida House Bill 999 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-03 - Died in Health Policy
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to provide cost estimate to patient under certain conditions; prohibits facility from charging patient amount exceeding cost estimate by set threshold; requires facility to provide patient written explanation of excess charges; requires facility to establish internal grievance process to allow patients to dispute charges; prohibits facility from engaging in certain collection activities.

Medical Billing

House Health and Human Services Committee

Rep. Jackie Toledo [R]

2019-04-17 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#162 (Y: 113 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-03	Senate	Died in Health Policy
2019-05-03	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2019-04-24	Senate	Received
2019-04-24	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
2019-04-23	Senate	In Messages
2019-04-17	House	CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1
2019-04-17	House	Read 3rd time
2019-04-17	House	Read 2nd time
2019-04-11	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
2019-04-11	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-04-10	House	CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
2019-04-10	House	Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
2019-04-09	House	CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
2019-04-05	House	On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
2019-04-02	House	Now in Health and Human Services Committee
2019-04-02	House	Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2019-03-29	House	On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/02/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
2019-03-07	House	Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2019-03-07	House	Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 1
2019-03-05	House	On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 03/07/19, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall
2019-03-05	House	Introduced
2019-02-28	House	Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2019-02-21	House	Filed

S1514 (Similar To) 2019-05-03 - Died in Health Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
222	26		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	301		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	3011		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/999
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/999/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/999/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/999/Amendment/278751/PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/999/Vote/HouseVote_h00999c1162.PDF