HB1276
Health care providers; required estimate for nonemergency health care services.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Health care providers; required estimate for nonemergency health care services.
Requires health care providers to provide a good faith estimate of the payment amount for which the patient will be responsible for such nonemergency health care service, including any fees or other charges for an item or service the patient may reasonably be expected to receive in connection with the ... (More) nonemergency health care service. The bill requires the good faith estimate to include (i) description of the scheduled nonemergency health care service, (ii) the provider's standard charge for the service and any related item or service, (iii) the provider's standard charges and any contracted rates known at the time the estimate is prepared, and (iv) a statement that the estimate is not binding and the actual amount billed may differ depending on changes in the scope of services or the health carrier's processing of the claim. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102349D
- 01/14/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/29/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/12/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107734D-H1
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
