Sec. 19a-681. Filing of current pricemaster. Charges to be in accordance with schedule of charges on file. Penalty.
Sec. 19a-681. Filing of current pricemaster. Charges to be in accordance with
schedule of charges on file. Penalty. (a) Each hospital shall file with the office its
current pricemaster which shall include each charge in its detailed schedule of charges.
(b) If the billing detail by line item on a patient bill does not agree with the detailed
schedule of charges on file with the office for the date of service specified on the bill,
the hospital shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars per occurrence
payable to the state not later than fourteen days after the date of notification. The penalty
shall be imposed in accordance with subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of section 19a-653. The office may issue an order requiring such hospital, not later than fourteen days
after the date of notification of an overcharge to a patient, to adjust the bill to be consistent
with the schedule of charges on file with the office for the date of service specified on
the patient bill.
(P.A. 95-160, S. 60, 69; 95-257, S. 39, 58; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; P.A. 05-151, S. 12; P.A. 08-14, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 95-160, S. 60 effective June 1, 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care
with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without
affecting this section; P.A. 05-151 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating requirement that taxes be included in the price of
each item listed on the pricemaster and requiring filing of current pricemaster which shall include a detailed schedule of
charges and made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 08-14 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting
14 days for 10 business days and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2008.