DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 824 Original 2018 Regular Session Talbot
Abstract: Requires a healthcare facility, at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled date of a
nonemergency surgery, to advise a patient of the potential use of out-of-network providers.
Present law requires a healthcare facility, at the first registration contact with a patient, to provide
a written notice to the patient regarding the possibility of services being rendered to the patient by
facility-based providers who are out-of-network providers. Present law further requires that the
patient be informed in the written notice that the patient may be responsible for all or part of the fees
for out-of-network services.
Proposed law limits present law to facilities not providing surgical services.
Proposed law requires a healthcare facility providing surgical services, at least 72 hours prior to a
scheduled nonemergency surgery, to provide a written notice to the patient regarding the possibility
of services being rendered to the patient by facility-based providers who are out-of-network
providers and a list of all providers who will be providing services during the surgical procedure
whose fees are not included in the fees charged by the facility. Proposed law further requires that
the patient be informed in the written notice that the patient may be responsible for all or part of the
fees for out-of-network services.
(Amends R.S. 22:1880(C) and (E); Adds R.S. 22:1880(F))