Covered Person Cost-sharing Collected By Carriers

The bill prohibits carriers from inducing, incentivizing, or otherwise requiring:

• A health care provider to collect any coinsurance, copayment, or deductible directly from a covered person or the covered person's responsible party; or
• A covered person to pay any coinsurance, copayment, or deductible directly to a health care provider.

The carrier is required to collect any cost-sharing amounts owed by a covered person directly from the covered person in one consolidated bill.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)