Health care coverage: out-of-network coverage.
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- May 30, 2012
What it does
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health and makes a violation of those provisions a misdemeanor. Existing law, the Payers' Bill of Rights, requires a hospital that uses a charge description master to make a written or electronic copy available in accordance with specified provisions and requires the hospital to post a notice that informs patients that the charge description master is available pursuant to specified provisions.
Where it stands
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
Introduced (Current step)
Committee (Needs attention)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.