Introduced
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To allow a doctor to refer patients to a facility in which he or she has a financial interest under certain circumstance.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Passed in the Senate 34 to 0 (details)
To allow a doctor to refer patients to a facility in which he or she has a financial interest under certain circumstances.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which narrows its scope to allow referrals only by physicians, not by other licensed health professionals.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the Department of Consumer and Industry Services to prepare three annual reports on the number of referrals by medical providers of uninsured and Medicaid patients FROM an entity in which the licensee has a financial interest.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the initiation of disciplinary actions against a physician who refuses to accept at a facility in which he or she has a financial interest a “reasonable” proportion of Medicaid patients.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 100 to 4 (details)
To allow a doctor to refer patients to a facility in which he or she has a financial interest under certain circumstances.
Passed in the Senate 32 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
