Medical and dental practices requirement to make available to the public their current standard charges
Medical and dental practices required to make available to the public their current standard charges, and commissioner of health authorized to establish a price comparison tool for items and services offered by medical and dental practices.
Health care providers permission to establish and make available to the public retail price for bundles of elective medical services
Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act of 2023; hospital nurse staffing and nurse workload committees requirements established, core staffing plan requirements modified, commissioner required to grade and publicly disclose hospital compliance, hospital preparedness and incident response action plan requirements modified, nursing facility employee scholarship eligibility modified, hospital nursing and health professional education loan forgiveness programs established/modified, and money appropriated.
Medical debt governing provisions modified, billing and payment established for miscoded health treatments and services, medical debt collecting practices prohibited, and enforcement provided.
Procedure for sanctions modified, Department of Human Services background studies modified, applications and application process modified, license fees modified, commissioner access to recipient medical records modified, notice requirements for monetary recovery and sanctions modified, administrative reconsideration process modified, licensing data modified, email address privacy modified, and prone restraints in licensed or certified facilities prohibited.
Debt collection, garnishment, medical debt, and consumer finance various governing provisions modified; debtor protections provided; statutory forms modified; and statutory form review required.
Various provisions modification governing debt collection, garnishment, and consumer finance
Annual adverse health event report publication continuation requirement provision, retaliation against patient care staff prohibition, compliancy orders authorization and enforcement provisions
Health care service prior authorization and coverage requirements modified, ground for disciplinary action against physicians modified, reports to the commissioner of commerce and the legislature required, data classified, and rulemaking authorized.