AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- EVIDENCE

HB 5912 modifies evidence rules in civil injury and wrongful death cases involving medical care. It states that the amount billed by a licensed health care provider is presumed to be the fair and reasonable charge, and payments received by that provider from insurers, government programs, or workers' compensation cannot be used as evidence to challenge that billed amount. This directly affects medical providers, insurers, and parties in malpractice or injury lawsuits by preventing defendants from using lower insurance payments to dispute the full billed cost. The bill takes effect upon passage and aims to simplify evidence standards for medical billing in court.