Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on January 26, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 5551
AN ACT PROHIBITING BALANCE BILLING AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PROTECTION TO HEALTH CARE CONSUMERS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To: (1) Prohibit certain out-of-network health care providers from engaging in balance billing; and (2) provide additional consumer protections to health care consumers.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 26 to January 26, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 26 to Jan 26 · stopped0 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 26 to Jan 26 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 26
- Jan 26Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses