Prohibits money judgments arising from non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor that is brought by a facility; prohibits the enforcement of arbitration agreements or clauses with respect to non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor; relates to the collection of medical debt; requires transparency in hospital pricing.
Prohibits money judgements arising from non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor that is brought by a facility; prohibits the enforcement of arbitration agreements or clauses with respect to non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor; relates to the collection of medical debt; requires transparency in hospital pricing.
Requires hospitals to provide medically supervised detoxification services to all patients requiring such services; provides, that if the hospital is at ninety percent capacity or greater, such hospital shall connect the patient to an alternative facility within such patient's network to access such medically supervised detoxification services without any increased risk to the health or life of the patient.
Requires hospitals to provide medically supervised detoxification services to all patients requiring such services; provides, that if the hospital is at ninety percent capacity or greater, such hospital shall connect the patient to an alternative facility within such patient's network to access such medically supervised detoxification services without any increased risk to the health or life of the patient.
Requires nursing homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to patients at or prior to admission to such facilities; requires the facility to file such health care proxies with the department of health.
Relates to the content and procedure for certification by pharmacists of patients using medical cannabis; allows a pharmacist employed by a registered organization and responsible for supervising the dispensing of medical cannabis within a cannabis dispensing facility to recommend and certify patients upon consultation within such dispensing facility.
Relates to the content and procedure for certification by pharmacists of patients using medical cannabis; allows a pharmacist employed by a registered organization and responsible for supervising the dispensing of medical cannabis within a cannabis dispensing facility to recommend and certify patients upon consultation within such dispensing facility.
Requires certain information about the facility and what types of plans and procedures such facility has in place to be provided to prospective maternity patients.
Requires certain information about the facility and what types of plans and procedures such facility has in place to be provided to prospective maternity patients.
Hospitals; requiring hospitals to make public certain file and list; authorizing compliance monitoring and enforcement; prohibiting certain collection actions. Effective date.