HB606
Medical care facility data reporting; value of charity care, gross patient charges, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 12, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB606)
Chief Patron:
Rodney Willett (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Medical care facility reporting; value of charity care.
Removes certain limitations on the meaning of 'reviewable service' as it relates to data reporting requirements for medical care facilities and specifies that the value of charity care for such reporting shall be based on gross patient charges.-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101247D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/21/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Health
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB606)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/02/2026 - House: Floor substitute printed 26106695D-H1 (Willett)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2026 - House: Delegate Willett Floor substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB606)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109441D-S1
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (93-Y 5-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB606)
