Hospitals; price transparency.
Summary
Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website by July 1, 2023. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop recommendations for implementation of the bill and to report those recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Mar 7, 2022
D
Democratic17
88% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
15
Committee
14
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/23)
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB481S1
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107208D-S1
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB481H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106360D-H1
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101862D
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
David Bulova
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
Co
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
Co
Matt Fariss
RRepublican
Co
Mike Webert
RRepublican
Co
Nadarius Clark
DDemocratic
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