BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1737: Healthcare billing statemnts

Making health care providers' billing statements admissible.

Summary

Creates a rebuttable presumption that certified health care provider billing statements reflect the reasonable value of health care treatment and are admissible in a tort action to establish that the charges are reasonable and customary.

From the House Bill Analysis 2009 (HB 1737), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the legal presumption from certification of medical records;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1737 (2025–26) Apprenticeships/tribal gov. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1737 (2023–24) Reconciliation account · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1737 (2021–22) Public safety · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1737 (2019–20) Utility service annexation · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1737 (2017–18) Higher ed./veteran health · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1737 (2015–16) Retired teachers/substitutes · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1737 (2013–14) Physician assistants · Enacted · Chapter 203, Laws of 2013
HB 1737 (2011–12) DSHS pharmacy audit program · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate