HB 2378: Health care facility fees

Summary

• Prohibits health care providers from charging a facility fee, except when services are provided to a patient on a hospital's campus.
• Defines "campus" to include the hospital's main buildings and the physical area immediately adjacent to the main buildings, including a provider-based clinic that is within 250 yards of the main buildings.
• Requires the amount of the facility fee to be included in notices that provider-based clinics that charge a facility fee must send to patients prior to an appointment.
• Requires that initial billing statements that include a facility fee provide information related to the purpose of the fee, the patient?s financial responsibility for the fee, and the right to request a reduction in the fee.
• Requires that provider-based clinics that are newly affiliated with or newly owned by a hospital or health system provide notice to patients who had received services from the clinic in the prior 12 months.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 2378), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗