A bill to regulate the use of facility fees by certain health care providers; and to provide remedies.
Restricts when health care providers in Michigan can charge facility fees, increases billing transparency, and provides remedies for patients, particularly protecting against such fees in telemedicine and non-hospital settings.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Discharged from committee
Substitute H-1 offered
by
The substitute passed by voice vote
1. Amend page 5, following line 7, by inserting:
“(3) This act does not apply to a federally qualified health center as that term is defined in 42 USC 1395x(aa)(4).”.
The amendment passed by voice vote
1. Amend page 5, following line 7, by inserting:
“(3) This act does not apply to a hospital that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) The hospital is designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital.
(b) The hospital is the only hospital that is designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital within the county in which the hospital is located.
(c) The hospital is located in a county with a population of less than 40,000.”.
The amendment passed by voice vote
1. Amend page 5, following line 7, by inserting:
“(3) This act does not apply to an independent hospital. As used in this subsection, “independent hospital” means a hospital that is not mutually owned or operated with another hospital.”.
The amendment passed by voice vote
1. Amend page 5, following line 7, by inserting:
“(3) This act does not apply to a freestanding birth center licensed under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
