Indiana House Bill 1447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 202
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Good faith health care estimates. Revises the definition of "practitioner" in the laws concerning good faith estimates of costs for health care services. Postpones, from July 1, 2021, to January 1, 2022, the effective date of the requirement that a practitioner provide a good faith estimate of the amount the practitioner intends to charge for a health care service. Requires that the communication by a provider facility and a practitioner to a patient about the patient's right to request a good faith estimate be conspicuous and be provided by at least three of eight specified potential means. Provides that the written notice that a practitioner provides to an individual about a scheduled or ordered nonemergency health care service must state that a good faith estimate of cost need not be provided if the service is scheduled to be performed within five business days of the date of the patient's request. Provides that certain written statements must be in "conspicuous" type instead of in type at least as large as 14 point type. Requires a practitioner or facility to provide a written explanation if the charge for a health care service exceeds the practitioner's or facility's good faith estimate by the greater of: (1) $100; or (2) 5%. Revises the content of the written statement that an out of network practitioner providing health care services at an in network facility must give to a covered individual in order to be reimbursed more for the health care services than allowed according to the rate established by the covered individual's network plan. Provides that a practitioner can comply with the requirement to provide a good faith estimate of the amount that the practitioner intends to charge a covered individual by complying with the requirements of the new federal No Surprises Act (Act). Provides that a health carrier may satisfy certain requirements concerning good faith estimates by complying with the Act.

Good faith health care estimates.

Rep. Ann Vermilion [R]	Rep. Donna Schaibley [R]	Rep. Martin Carbaugh [R]	Rep. Terri Jo Austin [D]
Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2021-04-20 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-04-19 - House - House - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 79 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 20) [PASS]
2021-04-08 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-03-31 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-02-11 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	House	Public Law 202
2021-04-29	House	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-23	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-22	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-20	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 464: yeas 48, nays 0
2021-04-19	House	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 459: yeas 79, nays 0
2021-04-15	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2021-04-15	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2021-04-14	House	Representative Shackleford added as conferee
2021-04-14	House	Representative Austin removed as conferee
2021-04-14	House	Representative Shackleford removed as advisor
2021-04-14	House	Representative Fleming added as advisor
2021-04-13	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau and Breaux
2021-04-13	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Zay and Yoder
2021-04-13	House	House advisors appointed: Schaibley, Carbaugh and Shackleford
2021-04-13	House	House conferees appointed: Vermilion and Austin
2021-04-12	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2021-04-12	House	Motion to dissent filed
2021-04-09	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2021-04-08	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2021-04-08	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 368: yeas 47, nays 0
2021-04-06	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-04-01	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-02	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2021-02-18	House	Referred to the Senate
2021-02-17	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Zay and Charbonneau
2021-02-17	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 153: yeas 95, nays 0
2021-02-15	House	Representative Austin added as coauthor
2021-02-15	House	Representative Carbaugh added as coauthor
2021-02-15	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-02-11	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
2021-01-14	House	Coauthored by Representative Schaibley
2021-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Vermilion

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1447/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/f/5/2/df5293b0/HB1447.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/a/3/36a33095/HB1447.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/7/d/1f7d0d81/HB1447.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/f/e/03fe8c92/HB1447.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/e/0/f3e04c7c/HB1447.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/7/3/9/9739a87c/HB1447.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/1/0/4/f104166f/HB1447.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/1/3/e/213ebe2d/HB1447.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/2/3/d3233c6f/HB1447.05.ENRS.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/0/5/e/305e65c6/HB1447.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/a/0/f/ca0ff11c/HB1447.01.INTR.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/4/2/6/14266148/HB1447.02.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/5/a/d35aafc5/HB1447.02.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/b/a/e/fbaee21f/HB1447.02.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/e/1/d5e1f9c4/HB1447.03.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/8/d/2/28d22e74/HB1447.03.ENGH.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/4/9/c/749c65aa/HB1447.04.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/1/5/f/815f055d/HB1447.04.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/a/b/b6ab701a/HB1447.04.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/e/1/8ee1bcd7/HB1447.04.COMS.DIS01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/1/0/d/210d0555/HB1447.05.ENRS.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/e/3/1ee39545/HB1447.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/1/1/e/e11ebe64/HB1447.153_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/8/f/988f1472/HB1447.03.ENGH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/0/b/4/00b4283c/HB1447.368_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/7/f/f/27ff66e9/HB1447.459_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/7/c/c/27cc0a6a/HB1447.464_S.pdf