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Title 35 Public Health and Safety

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35-2-1503. List of standard charges required.

(a) A facility shall: (i) Maintain a list of all standard charges for facility items or services in accordance with this section; (ii) Maintain a list of the standard charges required under paragraph (i) of this subsection for not less than three hundred (300) shoppable services provided by the facility, or as many of the shoppable services the facility provides, in accordance with this section; and (iii) Make the lists required by paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection available to the public at all times. (b) The lists required to be maintained by a facility under subsection (a) of this section shall reflect the standard charges applicable to each location as required by federal rules and regulations. (c) The lists required under subsection (a) of this section shall include the following items, if applicable: (i) A description of each facility item or service provided by the facility; (ii) The following charges, expressed in dollar amounts, for each individual facility item or service: (A) All standard charges; (B) Any code used by the facility for purposes of accounting or billing; and (C) A list of charges for shoppable services as required by paragraph (a)(ii) of this section, including but not limited to: (I) The charges for shoppable services specified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services in 45 C.F.R. part 180; or (II) If the facility does not provide all of the shoppable services described by subdivision (I) of this subparagraph, then the facility shall provide as many of the charges for those shoppable services as the facility does provide. (d) The lists required by subsection (a) of this section shall be displayed in a prominent location on the home page of the facility's publicly accessible website or accessible through a link on that website. (e) The lists required under subsection (a) of this section shall: (i) Be available: (A) Free of charge; (B) Without having to establish a user account or password; (C) Without having to submit personal identifying information; (D) Without having to enter a code to access the list. (ii) Be accessible to a common commercial operator of an internet search engine to the extent necessary for the search engine to index and display the lists as a result in response to a search query of a user of the search engine; (iii) Be digitally searchable; (iv) Use the naming convention specified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. (f) Each facility shall update the lists required by subsection (a) of this section not less than annually. Each facility shall clearly indicate on its website the date that the lists were updated.

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35-2-1503. List of standard charges required.

(a) A facility shall: (i) Maintain a list of all standard charges for facility items or services in accordance with this section; (ii) Maintain a list of the standard charges required under paragraph (i) of this subsection for not less than three hundred (300) shoppable services provided by the facility, or as many of the shoppable services the facility provides, in accordance with this section; and (iii) Make the lists required by paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection available to the public at all times. (b) The lists required to be maintained by a facility under subsection (a) of this section shall reflect the standard charges applicable to each location as required by federal rules and regulations. (c) The lists required under subsection (a) of this section shall include the following items, if applicable: (i) A description of each facility item or service provided by the facility; (ii) The following charges, expressed in dollar amounts, for each individual facility item or service: (A) All standard charges; (B) Any code used by the facility for purposes of accounting or billing; and (C) A list of charges for shoppable services as required by paragraph (a)(ii) of this section, including but not limited to: (I) The charges for shoppable services specified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services in 45 C.F.R. part 180; or (II) If the facility does not provide all of the shoppable services described by subdivision (I) of this subparagraph, then the facility shall provide as many of the charges for those shoppable services as the facility does provide. (d) The lists required by subsection (a) of this section shall be displayed in a prominent location on the home page of the facility's publicly accessible website or accessible through a link on that website. (e) The lists required under subsection (a) of this section shall: (i) Be available: (A) Free of charge; (B) Without having to establish a user account or password; (C) Without having to submit personal identifying information; (D) Without having to enter a code to access the list. (ii) Be accessible to a common commercial operator of an internet search engine to the extent necessary for the search engine to index and display the lists as a result in response to a search query of a user of the search engine; (iii) Be digitally searchable; (iv) Use the naming convention specified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. (f) Each facility shall update the lists required by subsection (a) of this section not less than annually. Each facility shall clearly indicate on its website the date that the lists were updated.

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