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SB 276 – Indiana
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
This bill introduces new regulations for hospitals’ billing practices and financial disclosures to patients in Indiana. It prohibits the garnishment of a consumer’s unpaid earnings in satisfaction of any amount of healthcare debt. It also …
SB 1508 – Oregon
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
This bill updates health care provisions. The Oregon Health Authority is to determine the types of health care services provided for recipients of medical assistance. Such assistance will be subjected to revisions and revisions based …
SB 152 – Utah
Introduced: 2024 Status:
This bill enacts provisions related to health benefit plan cost sharing.
HB 570 – Utah
Introduced: 2024 Status:
This bill modifies existing legislation regarding health care facilities in Utah. It sets specific standards for different types of facilities like general acute hospitals, specialty hospitals, home health agencies, and freestanding emergency departments. Notably, the …
HB 1957 – Washington
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
AN ACT Relating to preserving coverage of preventive services without cost sharing
AB 2303 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health and care facilities: prospective payment system rate increase. Existing law provides that federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services, as defined, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, …
AB 2342 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Medi-Cal: critical access hospitals: islands. Under existing law, a hospital designated by the department as a critical access hospital, and certified as such by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human …
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Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
This bill introduces new regulations for hospitals’ billing practices and financial disclosures to patients in Indiana. It prohibits the garnishment of a consumer’s unpaid earnings in satisfaction of any amount of healthcare debt. It also …
SB 1508 – Oregon
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
This bill updates health care provisions. The Oregon Health Authority is to determine the types of health care services provided for recipients of medical assistance. Such assistance will be subjected to revisions and revisions based …
SB 152 – Utah
Introduced: 2024 Status:
This bill enacts provisions related to health benefit plan cost sharing.
HB 570 – Utah
Introduced: 2024 Status:
This bill modifies existing legislation regarding health care facilities in Utah. It sets specific standards for different types of facilities like general acute hospitals, specialty hospitals, home health agencies, and freestanding emergency departments. Notably, the …
HB 1957 – Washington
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
AN ACT Relating to preserving coverage of preventive services without cost sharing
AB 2303 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health and care facilities: prospective payment system rate increase. Existing law provides that federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services, as defined, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, …
AB 2342 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Medi-Cal: critical access hospitals: islands. Under existing law, a hospital designated by the department as a critical access hospital, and certified as such by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human …
Next | See all Legislation Records
Merck & Co., Inc. v. Becerra, et al. – Federal
District Court: District of Columbia Status: Pending
A complaint filed by Merck, a multinational pharmaceutical company, alleges that the drug price negotiation process detailed in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) violates the …
Braidwood Management Inc., et al. v. Becerra, et al. – Federal
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Pending
Braidwood Management, an organization that represents Christian businesses based in Texas, and a group of individuals from Texas filed a complaint to challenge parts of …
Texas et al. v. United States of America et al. – California, Federal, Texas
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Decided
[Consolidated with California et al. v. Texas et al. for Supreme Court review] This case arises out of the Supreme Court’s decision in NFIB v. …
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District Court: District of Columbia Status: Pending
A complaint filed by Merck, a multinational pharmaceutical company, alleges that the drug price negotiation process detailed in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) violates the …
Braidwood Management Inc., et al. v. Becerra, et al. – Federal
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Pending
Braidwood Management, an organization that represents Christian businesses based in Texas, and a group of individuals from Texas filed a complaint to challenge parts of …
Texas et al. v. United States of America et al. – California, Federal, Texas
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Decided
[Consolidated with California et al. v. Texas et al. for Supreme Court review] This case arises out of the Supreme Court’s decision in NFIB v. …
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News & Opinions
Rebecca PiferApril 17, 2024
Iris SamuelsApril 11, 2024
Michael McAuliffApril 10, 2024
Nona TepperApril 10, 2024
Megan R. WilsonMarch 27, 2024
Iris SamuelsApril 11, 2024
Michael McAuliffApril 10, 2024
Nona TepperApril 10, 2024
Megan R. WilsonMarch 27, 2024
Articles & Reports
The Commonwealth Fund
March 27, 2024
JAMA Network March 20, 2024
Health Affairs Scholar March 1, 2024
California Health Care Foundation January 31, 2024
JAMA Network March 20, 2024
Health Affairs Scholar March 1, 2024
California Health Care Foundation January 31, 2024