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SB269Introduced in the Senate

Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Evidence - Rebuttable Presumption of Medical Bills

IntroducedSenate Judicial Proceedings

Introduced by Shaneka Henson, District 30

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Establishing a rebuttable presumption in an action for personal injury or wrongful death that a medical bill from a health care provider or an agent of the health care provider is authentic, fair, and reasonable if the bill was properly provided in discovery; and establishing that a party may overcome the presumption that a medical bill is authentic, fair, and reasonable by proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the medical bill, or any charge in a medical bill, is not authentic, is unfair, or is unreasonable.

Where it stands

Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.

January 27, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

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Bill history

  1. First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  2. Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. Hearing canceled

  4. Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.

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