Senate Study Bill 3135 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZAUN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to evidence offered to prove past medical 1 expenses. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6323XC (1) 88 ja/jh

S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 622.4 Medical expenses. 1 Evidence offered to prove past medical expenses shall be 2 limited to evidence of the amounts actually paid to satisfy 3 the bills that have been satisfied, regardless of the source 4 of payment, and evidence of the amounts actually necessary 5 to satisfy the bills that have been incurred but not yet 6 satisfied. This section does not impose upon any party an 7 affirmative duty to seek a reduction in billed charges to which 8 the party is not contractually entitled. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill relates to evidence offered to prove past medical 13 expenses. The bill provides that evidence offered to prove 14 such expenses shall be limited to evidence of the amounts that 15 were actually paid to satisfy bills that have been satisfied 16 and evidence of the amounts necessary to satisfy the bills 17 that have not yet been satisfied. The bill does not impose an 18 affirmative duty to seek a reduction in billed charges to which 19 the party is not contractually entitled. 20 -1- LSB 6323XC (1) 88 ja/jh 1/ 1