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2016 Bill(s)

* CCS SB 608
Sponsor: Sater, David
Status: GOVERNOR VETOED: OVERRIDDEN
Description: Require Medicaid to charge a $8 copay fee for a hospital emergency room visit that did not involve a medical emergency. Authorize other provider fees. Allow a provider to impose a fee for a missed appointment. The final legislative version includes issues not involving Medicaid including pallative care, physical therapy, vaccinations, hospital construction, nurse licensing and requirements for hospitals to provide an estimate of treatment costs to a patient upon request.
See: 
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 608 (02/18/2016): 3rd reading of a bill to authorize fines on Medicaid recipients for missing appointments or unneeded use of emergency rooms.
  • House roll call - HCS SS SB 608 (04/27/2016): 3rd reading of a bill to impose a charge for unneeded emergency room visits by Medicaid recipients.
  • House roll call - CCS SB 608 (05/13/2016): 3rd reading and final passage of a bill to require a copay for inappropriate use of emergency room services by a Medicaid patient.
  • Senate roll call - CCS SB 608 (05/12/2016): 3rd reading of the final conference committee version of a bill to require a copay for inappropriate use of emergency room services by a Medicaid patient.
  • Senate roll call - CCS SB 608 (09/14/2016): Adoption of a motion to override the governor's veto of a bill authorizing financial penalties on Medicaid recipients for missing doctor appointments or emergency room use for non emergencies.
  • House roll call - CCS SB 608 (09/14/2016): Passage of the motion overriding the governor's veto of a bill authorizing financial penalties on Medicaid recipients for missing doctor appointments or emergency room use for non emergencies.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

  • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.