2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-681. Inclusion of taxes in pricemaster. Charges to be in accordance with schedule of charges on file. Penalty.

      Sec. 19a-681. Inclusion of taxes in pricemaster. Charges to be in accordance with schedule of charges on file. Penalty. (a) Each hospital shall include all applicable taxes in the price of each item in its pricemaster for each charge.

      (b) If the billing detail by line item does not agree with the detailed schedule of charges on file with the Office of Health Care Access 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 within ten business days 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, within ten business days 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.)

      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.