WV HB4869 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-17 - To House Banking and Insurance
Pending: House Banking & Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-17 - To House Banking and Insurance
Pending: House Banking & Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that health insurance coverage for emergency services when a prudent layperson acting reasonably would have believed that an emergency medical condition existed includes prehospital screening and stabilization of emergency condition by ambulance service if the patient declines to be transported against medical advice.
Title
To provide expansion of the Prudent Layperson Statute to include payment when no transportation is provided.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-17 | House | To House Banking and Insurance |
| 2024-01-17 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2024-01-17 | House | To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary |
| 2024-01-17 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB444 (Similar To) 2024-02-19 - To House Judiciary
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 15 | 21 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 33 | 16 | 3I | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 33 | 24 | 7E | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 33 | 25 | 8D | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 33 | 25A | 8D | Amended Code | Citation Text |
