SB 1976: Freestanding Emergency Departments

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Summary

Deleting an obsolete provision relating to a prohibition on new emergency departments located off the premises of licensed hospitals; prohibiting a freestanding emergency department from holding itself out to the public as an urgent care center; requiring a freestanding emergency department to clearly identify itself as a hospital emergency department using certain signage; requiring a freestanding emergency department to post signs in certain locations which contain specified statements; requiring health insurers to post certain information regarding appropriate use of emergency care services on their websites and update such information at least annually, etc.

Bill details

Sponsor
Jason Brodeur
Current status
Died in Committee
Introduced
March 2, 2021

Status history

  1. Died in Committee — March 2, 2021
    Migrated from existing bill record
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