Maryland House Bill 915 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Passed on May 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 365
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring certain hospitals to provide each patient with a certain written notice related to outpatient facility fees that are charged for services provided at the hospital that is in a certain form; requiring that certain notices be provided to certain patients in certain manners and at certain times; requiring certain hospitals to determine a certain range of fees and fee estimates; requiring each hospital that charges an outpatient facility fee to use a certain range of fees and fee estimates; etc.

Health Facilities - Hospitals - Disclosure of Outpatient Facility Fees (Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act)

Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2020-03-18 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-03-17 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	House	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 365
2020-03-18	House	Returned Passed
2020-03-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2020-03-18	Senate	Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2020-03-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2020-03-18	Senate	Referred Finance
2020-03-17	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2020-03-17	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments {346688/1 Adopted
2020-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2020-02-14	House	Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-05	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB632 (Crossfiled) 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 366

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	19	349.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0915?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0915f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0915t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0915_34668801.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0915_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0915_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/1054.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/1087.pdf