KY HB552 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 14 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define new terms; require hospitals to disclose prices for certain items and services provided by hospitals; require hospitals to provide descriptions of different services and standard charges of those services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations, monitor each facility's compliance, and provide administrative penalties; prohibit collective action of debt for noncompliant facilities.
Title
AN ACT relating to hospital price transparency.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-14 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-02-14 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings
Consumer Affairs
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
State Agencies
Consumer Affairs
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
State Agencies
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb552.html |
| Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb552/orig_bill.pdf |
