Bill Text For SB1005 - Introduced

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 2|             1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)                |
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 3|SENATE BILL 1005                     By: Stewart                       |
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 6|                            AS INTRODUCED                              |
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 7|       An Act relating to hospitals; requiring hospitals to            |
  |       implement certain policy; requiring hospitals to                |
 8|       provide certain itemized statement on request;                  |
  |       listing required information for itemized statement;            |
 9|       stipulating requirements and procedures for providing           |
  |       statement to third-party payor; authorizing certain             |
10|       fee; authorizing certain enforcement; defining term;            |
  |       creating exception; providing for codification; and             |
11|       providing an effective date.                                    |
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14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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15|    SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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16|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-724.1 of Title 63, unless        |
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17|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:         |
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18|    A.  Each hospital licensed by the State Department of Health       |
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19|shall develop, implement, and enforce a written policy for the         |
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20|billing of hospital services and supplies.  The policy shall           |
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21|include:                                                               |
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22|    1.  A periodic review of the itemized statements required by       |
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23|subsection B of this section; and                                      |
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 1|    2.  A procedure for handling complaints relating to billed         |
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 2|services.                                                              |
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 3|    B.  Not later than thirty (30) business days after the date of     |
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 4|the hospital discharge of a person who received hospital services,     |
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 5|the hospital shall automatically provide an itemized statement of      |
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 6|the billed services provided to the person.  The itemized statement    |
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 7|shall be printed in a conspicuous manner and shall list the            |
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 8|following information:                                                 |
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 9|    1.  Provider's name and National Provider Identifier (NPI)         |
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10|number;                                                                |
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11|    2.  Date or dates of service;                                      |
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12|    3.  Admission date;                                                |
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13|    4.  Discharge date;                                                |
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14|    5.  Revenue codes corresponding to each service rendered;          |
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15|    6.  Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common      |
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16|Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes corresponding to each service    |
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17|rendered;                                                              |
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18|    7.  Description of each service;                                   |
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19|    8.  Amount charged by the provider for each service;               |
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20|    9.  Units and quantities of each service provided, specifically    |
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21|procedures, tests, or medications that may be measured in units;       |
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22|    10.  Subtotal of each service;                                     |
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23|    11.  Insurance payments;                                           |
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24|    12.  Patient payments;                                             |
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 1|    13.  Payment due date;                                             |
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 2|    14.  Provider's contact information; and                           |
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 3|    15.  A section on hospital payments and adjustments, which shall   |
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 4|include:                                                               |
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 5|         a.    date or dates of service,                               |
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 6|         b.    description of hospital payment and adjustment,         |
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 7|         c.    any discounts and credits,                              |
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 8|         d.    total hospital payment and adjustments, and             |
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 9|         e.    final hospital payment after adjustments.               |
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10|    C.  A hospital shall provide an itemized statement of billed       |
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11|services to a third-party payor who is actually or potentially         |
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12|responsible for paying all or part of the billed services provided     |
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13|to a patient and who has received a claim for payment of those         |
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14|services.  To be entitled to receive a statement, the third-party      |
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15|payor must request the statement from the hospital and must have       |
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16|received a claim for payment.  The request must be made not later      |
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17|than one year after the date on which the payor received the claim     |
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18|for payment.  The hospital shall provide the statement to the payor    |
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19|not later than thirty (30) business days after the date on which the   |
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20|payor requests the statement.  If a third-party payor receives a       |
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21|claim for payment of part but not all of the billed services, the      |
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22|third-party payor may request an itemized statement of only the        |
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23|billed services for which payment is claimed or to which any           |
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24|deduction or copayment applies.  If a third-party payor requests       |
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 1|more than two copies of the statement, the hospital may charge a       |
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 2|reasonable fee for the third and subsequent copies provided to that    |
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 3|person.  The fee shall not exceed the hospital's cost to copy,         |
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 4|process, and deliver the copy to the person.                           |
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 5|    D.  The State Department of Health may enforce this section by     |
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 6|assessing an administrative penalty, obtaining an injunction, or       |
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 7|providing any other appropriate remedy, including suspending,          |
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 8|revoking, or refusing to renew a hospital's license.                   |
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 9|    E.  As used in this section, "hospital" has the same meaning as    |
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10|provided by Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.        |
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11|    F.  This section shall not apply to a hospital maintained or       |
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12|operated by the federal government.                                    |
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13|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.      |
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15|    60-1-177       DC        1/16/2025 3:39:01 PM                      |
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