Bill Text: VA SB1004 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Elective procedure, test, or service; estimate of payment amount.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0671) [SB1004 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1004-Enrolled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§32.1-137.05. Advance disclosure of charge for elective procedure, test, or service.
Every hospital shall, upon request of a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service to be performed by the hospital, or upon request of such patient's legally authorized representative, made no less than three days in advance of the date on which such elective procedure, test, or service is scheduled to be performed, furnish the patient with an estimate of the payment amount for which the participant will be responsible for such elective procedure, test, or service. Every hospital shall provide written information about the patient's ability to request an estimate of the payment amount pursuant to this section. Such written information shall be posted conspicuously in public areas of the hospital, including admissions or registration areas, and on any website maintained by the hospital.
