Protecting consumers from surprise bills by health care providers: A BILL to amend and reenact §33-15-2a and §33-15-4, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto three new sections designated §33-15-4s, §33-15-20a, and §33-15-22, all related to defining surprise bills and health care providers, adding new disclosure requirements for health care providers, hospitals, and insurers, adding the requirement that insurers develop an access plan for consumers, and establishing how surprise bills are to be handled in certain circumstances.

The purpose of this bill is to define surprise bills, to protect consumers from surprise bills in certain circumstances, to require additional disclosures by health care providers, hospitals and insurers and to require insurers to develop an access plan with certain components for consumers, and establish how surprise bills are to be handled in certain circumstances.