The bill, S-1743, would have prohibited out-of-network facilities in the state from waiving these costs for patients or face criminal penalties except for in cases of “financial hardship.”
“Sen. Gill and co-sponsor Senator Joseph Vitale repeatedly claimed that their intent was to end an alleged practice whereby a provider advertises the waiver of co-payments and then after providing treatment adds the waived amounts to the billed charge,” said Mr. Manigan in an email. “The bill, however, is much broader than that as it would criminalize the waiver of any co-payment or deductible.”
Contact Lindsey Dunn at lindsey@beckersasc.com.
