Hospital and ASC Price Disclosure and Litigation Protection Act of 2008
Latest action · May 12, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hospital and ASC Price Disclosure and Litigation Protection Act of 2008 - Prohibits a charge-related legal action from being brought by an individual against a hospital or ambulatory surgical center if the hospital or center: (1) has met the requirements under this Act; (2) has entered into an agreement with the uninsured individual before treatment that sets the maximum price that will be charged for such treatment; and (3) has met the terms of such agreement.
Sets forth disclosures that a hospital or center must provide to an individual who is scheduled to receive treatment and include in any itemized bill, including: (1) the estimated price or the price charged for the treatment; (2) the payment rate for the treatment negotiated with the network plan or managed care plan that has the largest number of enrollees; and (3) the Medicare payment rate for the treatment. Excludes from such requirements a treatment for which there exists a third-party price arrangement unless the individual involved requests such information.
Requires a hospital or ambulatory surgical center to report data to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding: (1) the frequency of performing certain services and administering certain drugs; (2) the charge by the hospital or center for such services or drugs; (3) the negotiated rate of payment for the treatment by the plan with the largest number of enrollees; and (4) the Medicare payment rate for the treatment.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) publicly post such information on the Internet in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and centers; and (2) select which services or drugs are to be reported based on the frequency with which the services are performed or the drugs are administered.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 8, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | May 8, 2008 |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Original | May 8, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 12, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 8, 2008Introduced in House
- May 8, 2008Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Ambulatory care
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Consumer discounts
- Consumer education
- Contracts
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drugs
- Electronic government information
- Employee health benefits
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health facilities
- Health insurance
- Health maintenance organizations
- Hospital care
- Hospital rates
- Hospitals
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Managed care
- Medicaid
- Medical fees
- Medical statistics
- Medical supplies
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Patients' rights
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Signs and signboards
- Social Welfare
- Surgery
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2008Introduced in House
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