2019 Senate Bill 570

Restrict excessive charges for emergency medical care

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 10, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Lana Theis (R-22)

To prohibit hospital emergency rooms or other emergency medical care providers from charging a person who receives emergency services and whose health insurance provider does not have a negotiated deal with the provider more than 125 percent of what the insurer would pay to a provider with whom it had negotiated discounts.

Referred to the Committee on Insurance and Banking

Jan. 23, 2020

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.