AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that SB 70 be amended as follows:
On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 4 to 13, inclusive, and insert:
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If the hospital receives notification regarding the availability of a third-party payor of healthcare
benefits for the injured person, the hospital shall, before filing a lien under § 44-12-4, submit to the
payor for payment any reasonable and necessary charges for the treatment, care, and maintenance
of the injured person, to the extent permitted by law or by any applicable contract, including a
preferred provider contract or an insurance policy or plan.
If after filing a lien the hospital receives notification regarding the availability of a third-party
payor of healthcare benefits for the injured person, the hospital shall submit to the payor for payment
any reasonable and necessary charges for the treatment, care, and maintenance of the injured person,
to the extent permitted by law or by any applicable contract, including a preferred provider contract
or an insurance policy or plan.
The hospital shall submit such charges to the payor in the same amounts and upon the same
terms and conditions under which it submits charges for patients who do not have a claim against
another for damages caused by an injury.
If the period prescribed by law or by contract for submitting such charges to the payor has
expired through no fault of the hospital or if the payor has refused to pay the charges, the hospital
may file a lien or enforce an existing lien.".
On page 2, delete lines 1 to 3, inclusive.