Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTHCARE FACILITIES TO PROVIDE A PRICE LIST OF ITS HEALTHCARE SERVICES INCLUDING INCIDENTAL EXPENSES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE CHARGED IN THE MEDICAL BILL
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00541 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTHCARE FACILITIES TO PROVIDE A PRICE LIST OF ITS HEALTHCARE SERVICES INCLUDING INCIDENTAL EXPENSES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE CHARGED IN THE MEDICAL BILL | |
| SHORT TITLE : Healthcare Services Price Disclosure Act Of 2016. | |
| ABSTRACT : States that learning the price in advance enables the public to make informed judgement of the cost they would spend upon admission of the patients. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : YAP, VICTOR A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Panotes (039 2016-10-19) | 2. Espino (047 2016-11-22) |
| 3. Primicias-Agabas (060 2017-01-23) | 4. Fortun (000 2018-09-20) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON 2016-07-27 |
Abstract
States that learning the price in advance enables the public to make informed judgement of the cost they would spend upon admission of the patients
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