This bill provides that: 1. A health care practitioner or laboratory providing health care or laboratory services in a medical office or laboratory must inform patients of the cost of such care or services prior to provision of that care or those services; and 2. A health care entity may not bill a responsible party for the first time for a medical service that occurred more than one year earlier. It provides that a responsible party who receives a bill for a medical service for the first time for a medical service that occurred more than one year earlier is not obligated to pay the bill. It further provides that a health care entity may not initiate a collection action against the responsible party if the health care entity had not billed the responsible party within one year of the medical service.