Bill Text: IA HSB504 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to recoverable damages and admissible evidence for medical expenses.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-11 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-0. [HSB504 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB504-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
504
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
recoverable
damages
and
admissible
evidence
1
for
medical
expenses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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5425YC
(1)
90
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H.F.
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Section
1.
Section
622.4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
622.4
Medical
expenses.
3
1.
Evidence
offered
to
prove
past
medical
expenses
shall
4
be
limited
to
evidence
of
the
amounts
actually
paid
to
satisfy
5
the
bills
that
have
been
satisfied,
regardless
of
the
source
6
of
payment,
and
evidence
of
the
amounts
actually
necessary
7
to
satisfy
the
bills
that
have
been
incurred
but
not
yet
8
satisfied.
Evidence
of
the
amounts
actually
necessary
to
9
satisfy
the
bills
that
have
been
incurred
shall
not
exceed
10
the
amount
by
which
the
bills
could
be
satisfied
by
the
11
claimant’s
health
insurance,
regardless
of
whether
such
health
12
insurance
is
used
or
will
be
used
to
satisfy
the
bills.
This
13
section
does
not
impose
upon
any
party
an
affirmative
duty
to
14
seek
a
reduction
in
billed
charges
to
which
the
party
is
not
15
contractually
entitled.
16
2.
Evidence
offered
to
prove
the
value
of
any
reasonable
and
17
necessary
medical
care
that
the
claimant
will
receive
in
the
18
future
shall
be
limited
to
evidence
of
the
amounts
for
which
19
the
charges
of
the
health
care
providers
could
be
satisfied
20
if
submitted
to
the
claimant’s
health
insurance,
regardless
21
of
whether
such
health
insurance
will
be
used
to
satisfy
the
22
bills.
23
Sec.
2.
Section
668.14A,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
24
to
read
as
follows:
25
1.
In
an
action
brought
to
recover
damages
for
personal
26
injury,
the
damages
that
may
be
recovered
by
a
claimant
for
the
27
reasonable
and
necessary
cost
or
value
of
medical
care
shall
28
not
exceed
the
following:
29
a.
For
medical
care
that
has
already
been
rendered
,
shall
30
not
exceed
the
sum
of
the
amounts
actually
paid
by
or
on
behalf
31
of
the
injured
person
to
the
health
care
providers
who
rendered
32
treatment
and
any
amounts
actually
necessary
to
satisfy
the
33
medical
care
charges
that
have
been
incurred
but
not
yet
34
satisfied.
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b.
For
any
reasonable
and
necessary
medical
care
that
the
1
claimant
will
receive
in
the
future,
the
sum
of
the
amounts
2
actually
necessary
to
provide
that
care
to
the
claimant.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
relates
to
recoverable
damages
and
admissible
7
evidence
for
medical
expenses
in
personal
injury
actions.
8
The
bill
provides
that
medical
expense
shall
not
exceed
the
9
sum
of
the
amounts
paid
for
medical
care
already
rendered
and
10
future
medical
care
that
the
claimant
will
receive.
The
bill
11
provides
that
evidence
to
prove
future
medical
care
shall
be
12
calculated
by
providing
the
amounts
for
which
the
charges
of
13
the
health
care
providers
could
be
satisfied
if
submitted
to
14
the
claimant’s
health
insurance,
regardless
of
whether
that
15
health
insurance
will
be
used.
16
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