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44 2025 South Dakota Legislature
55 House Bill 1225
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8-AN ACT
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11-ENTITLED An Act to update and repeal provisions related to the reporting of hospital
12-charge information.
13-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
14-Section 1. That § 34-12E-11 be AMENDED:
15-34-12E-11. Any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12 shall annually report
16-charge information to the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations for which
17-that hospital had at least ten cases during the twelve months preceding the report, using
18-the hospital's All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups or the Medicare Severity
19-Diagnosis Related Groups.
20-The Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to
21-provide for the reporting of charge information by hospitals. The rules must include the
22-method for hospitals to report charges, and standards for the validity and comparability
23-of reported charges.
24-For the purposes of this section, "charge information" means:
25-(1) The number of discharges;
26-(2) The average length of stay;
27-(3) The average charge;
28-(4) The median charge;
29-(5) Demographic information;
30-(6) Payer mix;
31-(7) Charges not paid;
32-(8) Charges paid by medicare, medicaid, other governmental programs, and private
33-insurance; and
34-(9) Uncompensated care.
35-Section 2. That § 34-12E-11.1 be REPEALED. 25.877.10 2 1225
36-HB1225 ENROLLED
37-Section 3. That § 34-12E-12 be REPEALED.
38-Section 4. That § 34-12E-13 be REPEALED. 25.877.10 3 1225
39-HB1225 ENROLLED
40-An Act to update and repeal provisions related to the reporting of hospital charge information.
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45-I certify that the attached Act originated in
46-the:
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48-House as Bill No. 1225
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52-Chief Clerk
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57-Speaker of the House
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59-Attest:
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64-Chief Clerk
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69-President of the Senate
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77-Secretary of the Senate
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12+Introduced by: Representative Heermann
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81-House Bill No. 1225
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87-Received at this Executive Office
88-this _____ day of _____________,
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94-By
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98-The attached Act is hereby
99-approved this ________ day of
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106-Governor
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108-STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
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110-Office of the Secretary of State
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113-Filed ____________, 2025
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120-Secretary of State
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124-By
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14+ Underscores indicate new language.
15+ Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
16+An Act to update and repeal provisions related to the reporting of hospital charge 1
17+information. 2
18+BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
19+Section 1. That § 34-12E-11 be AMENDED: 4
20+34-12E-11. Any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12 shall annually report 5
21+annually charge information to the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations 6
22+the charge information as described in § 34-12E-13 for that hospital's All Patient Refined 7
23+Diagnosis-Related Groups for which that hospital had at least ten cases during the twelve 8
24+months preceding the report, using the hospital's All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related 9
25+Groups or the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups. 10
26+The Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to 11
27+provide for the reporting of the charge information by hospitals. The rules shall must 12
28+include: 13
29+(1) The the method for hospitals to report charges;, and 14
30+(2) Standards that provide standards for the validity and comparability of charge 15
31+reports reported charges. 16
32+For the purposes of this section, "charge information" means: 17
33+(1) The number of discharges; 18
34+(2) The average length of stay; 19
35+(3) The average charge; 20
36+(4) The median charge; 21
37+(5) Demographic information; 22
38+(6) Payer mix; 23
39+(7) Charges not paid; 24
40+(8) Charges paid by medicare, medicaid, other governmental programs, and private 25
41+insurance; and 26 25.877.9 2 1225
42+ Underscores indicate new language.
43+ Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
44+(9) Uncompensated care. 1
45+Section 2. That § 34-12E-11.1 be REPEALED. 2
46+The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations shall develop a web -3
47+based system, available to the public at no cost, for reporting the charge information of 4
48+hospitals. The charge information shall include disclaimers regarding factors, including 5
49+case severity ratings and individual patient variations, which may affect actual charges to 6
50+a patient for services rendered. The website shall provide information that compares 7
51+hospital-specific data to hospital statewide data. The website shall be established by June 8
52+1, 2009, and shall be updated no less than annually. 9
53+Section 3. That § 34-12E-12 be REPEALED. 10
54+The Department of Health shall provide a link to the web-based system developed 11
55+pursuant to § 34-12E-11.1 on its website. 12
56+Section 4. That § 34-12E-13 be REPEALED. 13
57+For the purposes of §§ 34-12E-11 and 34-12E-11.1, the term, charge information, 14
58+includes the number of discharges; average length of stay; average charge; median 15
59+charge; demographic information; payer mix; charges not paid and charges paid by 16
60+medicare, medicaid, and other government programs, and private insurance; and 17
61+uncompensated care. 18