HB0528ham003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 3/17/2009

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 528

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 528, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 2, on page 1, line 5 by deleting "Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971"; and

by deleting lines 6 through 16 of page 1, all of pages 2 through 6, and lines 1 through 9 of page 7; and

on page 8, by replacing lines 13 through 18 with the following: "except as otherwise provided by law. Within 24 hours of receiving medical services from a health care provider, each patient has a right to be informed of his or her inpatient or outpatient status. If within that time period the health care provider has yet to designate the patient as either inpatient or outpatient, the patient must be informed of this fact and put on notice that his or her subsequent status may affect coverage by his or her health insurance policy or health care plan or his or her personal responsibility for payment."; and

on page 10, line 16 by deleting the following: "Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes"; and

on page 10, by deleting lines 17 through 21; and

on page 10, line 22 by deleting the following: "Public Act.".