Legislation


LD 935 – Maine

Status: Inactive / Dead
Year Introduced: 2023
Link: https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0600&item=1&snum=131

This bill requires that hospitals comply with the price transparency requirements established at 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 180, as in effect on January 1, 2023. It provides that upon application of the Attorney General, the Department of Health and Human Services or any affected patient, the Superior Court or District Court has full jurisdiction to enforce the price transparency laws. It prohibits a hospital from billing a patient, a patient guarantor or a 3rd-party payor for items or services provided to the patient, and requires that a hospital refund any payment made for items or services provided, on a date the hospital was in violation of the price transparency laws, as determined by a court, and provides for monetary penalties.


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