Bill Text: OR HB3143 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the cost of medical equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3143 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3143-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 2223

                         House Bill 3143

Sponsored by Representative KOTEK (at the request of Jane Carlen)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Prohibits health care provider from billing for medical
equipment that is not covered by patient's insurance under
specified circumstances.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the cost of medical equipment.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + A health care provider may not bill a patient
for an item of medical equipment that is not covered by the
patient's insurance, and the patient is not liable for the cost
of an item of medical equipment that is not covered by the
patient's insurance, if at the time the item is offered the
patient presents evidence of valid insurance coverage and:
  (1) The provider fails to contact the insurer to find out if
the item is covered; or
  (2) The provider fails to verbally inform the patient that the
item is not covered or is unlikely to be covered by the patient's
insurance. + }
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