SB 22-038

Senate Bill 22-038, also known as the Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability Fee bill, allows hospitals in Colorado to include a separate line item for this fee on patients' billing statements. This change aims to make it clearer for patients how much they are being charged specifically for this fee. The bill has been signed into law, meaning that hospitals can now start including this detailed information on their bills to enhance transparency for consumers.

Official Summary

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.)