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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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36	29		BILL NO. 548 By: Daniels, Newhouse, David,
37	30		Bergstrom, Bullard, Jett
38	31		and Hamilton of the Senate
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47	40		[ healthcare expenses - debt to credit bureaus -
48	41		codification - effective date ]
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53	46		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
54	47		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
55	48		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6980 of Title 36, unless there
56	49		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
57	50		A. No medical service or care entity, nor their agent, shall
58	51		report a healthcare expense debt to a credit bureau or pursue
59	52		involuntary collection activities or any other adverse financial
60	53		action, except if the entity or agent can demonstrate that the
61	54		individual liable for the medical debt was presented with and agreed
62	55		to a good faith estimate of the total cost of all healthcare
63	56		services to be provided prior to agreeing to receive the services .
	57	+	1. The total cost shall include all services performed by t he
	58	+	medical service or care entity and its staff, as well as any
	59	+	authorized services provided by a contractor, affiliat e or any other
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91		-	1. The total cost shall include all services performed by the
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93		-	authorized services provided by a contractor, affiliate or any other
94	86		third party who provided services in the facility, and the total
95	87		cost to be billed shall include out-of-network providers.
96	88		2. The total cost of service shall be presented to the
97	89		individual liable for the medical debt separately from all other
98	90		forms, information and paperwork. It shall be written in a readable
99	91		font, plain language and shall be prominently and conspicuously
100	92		displayed on the first page of the document in which it is
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102	94		B. 1. In cases in which the patient must receiv e emergency
103	95		care deemed necessary by the health care provider and the individual
104	96		liable for the medical debt is not able to receive a good faith
105	97		estimate of healthcare services before vital emergency medical
106	98		services are rendered, no medical service or hea lth care entity
107	99		shall charge the individual liable for the medical debt who is not a
108	100		member of a health benefit plan offered by a health carrier, more
109	101		than one hundred sixty-five percent (165%) of the Medicare rate.
110	102		2. In cases in which the patient must receive emergen cy care as
111	103		deemed necessary by the health care provider and the individual who
112	104		is liable for the medical debt is an enrollee of a health benefit
113	105		plan offered by a health carrier, the medical service provider or
114	106		health care entity providers shall not charge more than the
	107	+	enrollee’s health benefit plan ’s in-network rate for the emergency
	108	+	services rendered.
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142		-	enrollee’s health benefit pla n’s in-network rate for the emergency
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144	135		C. Failure to comply with the provisions of this act shall be
145	136		grounds for dismissal of any collection suit or garnishment
146	137		proceeding and may be asserted as an affirmative de fense to any such
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148	139		D. For purposes of this section, “medical service or care
149	140		entity” shall include, but not be limited to, a medical care
150	141		corporation, health care corporation, hospital service association,
151	142		medical service corpor ation, health care m aintenance organization,
152	143		not-for-profit hospital, insurer, insurance c ompany or any other
153	144		third-party payer of medical expenses.
154	145		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
	146	+	Passed the Senate the 10th day of March, 2021.
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156		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON STATES RIGHTS, dated 04/07/2021 -
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	150	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	153	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	158	+	Presiding Officer of the House
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