Virginia House Bill 2237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Hospital price transparency; private right of action; Hospital price transparency; private right of action; patient payment disputes; noncompliance; prohibition of debt collection. Allows patients to bring an action against a hospital that is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws. Under the bill, if a hospital is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws on the date that an elective procedure, test, or service is provided to a patient by the hospital, the patient may bring an action, individually or jointly, against the hospital to recover payment of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service. Under the bill, a hospital that is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws on the date that an elective procedure, test, or service is provided to a patient is liable for the price of the elective procedure, test, or service provided and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages; interest accruing from the date the elective procedure, test, or service was provided; and reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill requires the court, if it finds that the hospital knowingly was not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws, to award the patient an amount equal to triple the amount of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service and reasonable attorney fees and costs. Under the bill, beginning July 1, 2023, whenever a dispute arises between a hospital and a patient over a patient payment amount, the hospital's list of standard charges for all items and services shall be used to determine the correct payment amount and reasonableness of the payment. The bill also prohibits a hospital, defined in the bill, or other person or entity collecting on behalf of the hospital, from initiating or pursuing collection actions against a patient or patient guarantor for debt incurred by the patient on the date or dates of service when the hospital was not in material compliance with federal hospital price transparency laws.

Hospital price transparency; private right of action, patient payment disputes.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (10-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103973D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	137.05	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	137.05:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2237
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2237+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2237F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1202V0033+HB2237