Bill(s)

SB 559 and AB 571 allows healthcare providers to provide discounts to an individual covered under a health insurance policy if the discount satisfies all of the following:

  • The health care provider offers the discount for prompt payment without regard to the reason for the individual seeking the product or service;
  • The amount of the discount bears a reasonable relationship to the amount that the health care provider avoids in collection costs by prompt payment;
  • The health care provider notifies the issuer of the health insurance policy of the prompt payment discount policy but, unless required by law, does not publicly advertise the discount; and
  • The health care provider does not shift the cost of the discount to any other payer or, except as allowed.

Sponsors

 

Status

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Other

Please contact Tarna Hunter, ETF’s Government Relations Director, if you have any questions.