Sponsored by:
Senator BRIAN P. STACK
District 33 (Hudson)
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits hospital from billing patient for facility fee for services rendered to patient at outpatient facility affiliated with hospital.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning hospital facility fees and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Facility fee" means any fee charged or billed by a hospital to a patient that is: (1) intended to compensate the hospital for the operational expenses of the hospital, and (2) separate and distinct from a professional fee.
“Hospital” means a general acute care hospital that is licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).
b. No hospital shall bill, or otherwise seek payment from, a patient for a facility fee for services rendered to the patient at an outpatient facility affiliated with the hospital.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits a hospital licensed in the State from billing, or otherwise seeking payment from, a patient for a facility fee for services rendered to the patient at an outpatient facility affiliated with the hospital. The bill defines "facility fee" to mean any fee charged or billed by a hospital to a patient that is: (1) intended to compensate the hospital for the operational expenses of the hospital, and (2) separate and distinct from a professional fee.