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Senate Bill 1137 |
Senate Author: Kolkhorst et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Oliverson et al. |
Senate Bill 1137 amends the Health and Safety Code to set out disclosure requirements for a facility licensed as a hospital regarding the public availability of price information, including a list of standard charges for all facility items or services and for a limited set of shoppable services. Among other provisions, the bill provides for the content of those lists and the format for disclosing such information electronically and for the reporting, monitoring, and enforcement of the required disclosure of charges. The bill authorizes the Health and Human Services Commission to impose an administrative penalty, subject to certain limitations, against a facility for certain violations of the bill's provisions relating to the required disclosure of charges.