FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2024

 

February 13, 2024

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your CONSUMER & PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

SENATE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE TAX, BUSINESS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

 FOR SENATE BILL 146

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

 

     1. On page 1, line 22, strike "immediate" and insert in lieu thereof "standard of care".

 

     2. On page 1, line 22, after "treatment", insert "for their location".

 

     3. On page 1, line 24, after "care", insert "or services needed to treat the patient's condition".

 

     4. On page 2, lines 3 and 4, strike "validated by the hospital under the following circumstances" and insert in lieu thereof "soon as the patient provides the hospital all of the necessary documentation such that the hospital may validate that one of the following circumstances has occurred".

 

     5. On page 2, line 16, strike the closing quotation mark and between lines 16 and 17, insert:

 

          "C. The total payment owed by an uninsured patient shall be calculated by applying the medicaid or medicare fee schedule in effect for the service provided, whichever is greater. A monthly payment pursuant to the affordable payment plan shall not exceed five percent of a patient's monthly household adjusted gross income."".

 

                             

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                 

Joanne J. Ferrary, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 4 For 1 Against

Yes:      4

No:       Block

Excused:  None

Absent:   Lord

 

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