AB282Introduced in the Assembly
Revises provisions relating to billing for health care. (BDR 40-785)
Introduced by David Orentlicher, District 20
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring a medical facility or an entity that bills for care provided by a provider of health care that receives notice from a patient of an overcharge in a medical bill to review the potential overcharge and refund any overpayment; authorizing the imposition of certain administrative fines for the failure to issue such a refund within a certain period; requiring the Governor's Consumer Health Advocate to provide certain assistance concerning overcharges and overpayments for health care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Vetoed by the Governor.
June 10, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · June 2, 2025
13
Yes
8
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | Yes |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Yes |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | No |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
From printer. To committee.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 436.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 16.)
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 678.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 982.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Senate Amendment No. 678 and 982 concurred in. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Vetoed by the Governor.
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