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HB79 • 2025

An Act establishing requirements for hospital-based financial assistance; providing for hospital-based financial assistance forms, for information about hospital-based financial assistance programs and for reporting of hospital-based financial assistance policies; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.

An Act establishing requirements for hospital-based financial assistance; providing for hospital-based financial assistance forms, for information about hospital-based financial assistance programs and for reporting of hospital-based financial assistance policies; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.

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Sponsor
VENKAT
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, May 22, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 Pennsylvania General Assembly

    Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, May 22, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing requirements for hospital-based financial assistance; providing for hospital-based financial assistance forms, for information about hospital-based financial assistance programs and for reporting of hospital-based financial assistance policies; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.