Current law prohibits a hospital from including the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee as a separate line item in its billing statements. The bill allows a hospital to include the total amount of the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee as a separate line item in its billing statements to increase transparency for patients.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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Statutes affected:
Introduced (01/14/2022): 5-4-402.4