HOUSE BILL 501
RS31116 / H0501
This bill makes minor changes to the 1941 medical lien statute to deal with the way modern medical billing works. It helps patients by making sure that those who have purchased private medical insurance receive the benefits they have purchased. It still protects medical providers allowing for liens in injury cases for the fair value of the services. It gives the providers an additional time period for filing a medical lien after a citizen’s health insurance has processed the medical bills to ensure that medical providers get paid all of a fair negotiated value for their services. It prevents providers from overbilling and imposing inflated charges on the liability insurance companies when private health insurance is available to pay.
This legislation causes no additional expenditure of funds at the state or local level of government nor does it cause an increase or decrease in revenue for state or local government, therefore the legislation has no fiscal impact.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/08 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 02/09 | Reported Printed and Referred to Business |
| 02/20 | Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders |
| 02/27 | Referred to the Committee of the Whole |
| 02/27 | Reported out without recommendation as amended |
| 02/27 | Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing |
| 02/27 | Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing |
| 02/28 | Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills |
| 02/28 | Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading |
| 02/29 | Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/01 | Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 67-0-3 AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Andrus, Erickson, Shepherd Floor Sponsor - Gannon Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/04 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| 03/04 | Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources |
| 03/19 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 03/20 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/22 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Adams Floor Sponsor - Ruchti Title apvd - to House |
| 03/25 | Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling |
| 03/25 | Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate |
| 03/26 | Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker |
| 03/26 | Signed by President; returned to House |
| 03/26 | Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor |
| 03/27 | Delivered to Governor at 4:15 p.m. on March 26, 2024 |
| 03/29 | Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2024 Session Law Chapter 236 Effective: 03/28/2024 |