Sec. 19a-681. Filing of current pricemaster. Charges to be in accordance with schedule of charges on file. Penalty. - Connecticut Statutes

      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.