25.877.9 100th Legislative Session 1225
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1225
Introduced by: Representative Heermann
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An Act to update and repeal provisions related to the reporting of hospital charge 1
information. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 34-12E-11 be AMENDED: 4
34-12E-11. Any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12 shall annually report 5
annually charge information to the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations 6
the charge information as described in § 34-12E-13 for that hospital's All Patient Refined 7
Diagnosis-Related Groups for which that hospital had at least ten cases during the twelve 8
months preceding the report, using the hospital's All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related 9
Groups or the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups. 10
The Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to 11
provide for the reporting of the charge information by hospitals. The rules shall must 12
include: 13
(1) The the method for hospitals to report charges;, and 14
(2) Standards that provide standards for the validity and comparability of charge 15
reports reported charges. 16
For the purposes of this section, "charge information" means: 17
(1) The number of discharges; 18
(2) The average length of stay; 19
(3) The average charge; 20
(4) The median charge; 21
(5) Demographic information; 22
(6) Payer mix; 23
(7) Charges not paid; 24
(8) Charges paid by medicare, medicaid, other governmental programs, and private 25
insurance; and 26 25.877.9 2 1225
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(9) Uncompensated care. 1
Section 2. That § 34-12E-11.1 be REPEALED. 2
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations shall develop a web -3
based system, available to the public at no cost, for reporting the charge information of 4
hospitals. The charge information shall include disclaimers regarding factors, including 5
case severity ratings and individual patient variations, which may affect actual charges to 6
a patient for services rendered. The website shall provide information that compares 7
hospital-specific data to hospital statewide data. The website shall be established by June 8
1, 2009, and shall be updated no less than annually. 9
Section 3. That § 34-12E-12 be REPEALED. 10
The Department of Health shall provide a link to the web-based system developed 11
pursuant to § 34-12E-11.1 on its website. 12
Section 4. That § 34-12E-13 be REPEALED. 13
For the purposes of §§ 34-12E-11 and 34-12E-11.1, the term, charge information, 14
includes the number of discharges; average length of stay; average charge; median 15
charge; demographic information; payer mix; charges not paid and charges paid by 16
medicare, medicaid, and other government programs, and private insurance; and 17
uncompensated care. 18