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1 1 Section 1. Section 507B.4, Code 2001, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL.
1 4 Communicating to a covered individual who is hospitalized,
1 5 either directly or through an intermediary, that the covered
1 6 individual should or must be discharged or released from the
1 7 hospital by a certain time or date, without first providing
1 8 the covered individual with written consent to such discharge
1 9 or release endorsed by the covered individual's attending
1 10 health care provider.
1 11 EXPLANATION
1 12 This bill adds a new subsection to Code section 507B.4,
1 13 unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or
1 14 practices in the insurance trade.
1 15 The bill prohibits as an unfair act or practice by an
1 16 insurance company the communication to a covered individual
1 17 that the individual must be discharged or released from the
1 18 hospital by a certain time or date prior to the individual
1 19 receiving written consent to discharge from the individual's
1 20 health care provider.
1 21 A person who violates a provision of Code section 507B.4 is
1 22 subject to entry of a cease and desist order and payment of
1 23 monetary penalties under Code section 507B.7 and to a monetary
1 24 penalty under Code section 507B.11 for violation of cease and
1 25 desist orders in the amount of up to $10,000 for each
1 26 violation, as well as potential suspension or revocation of
1 27 applicable licenses.
1 28 LSB 1919HH 79
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Text: HF00148 Text: HF00150 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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