AB 207

This bill requires a health care facility or health care provider that itemizes a

charge for use of the facility to notify a patient that it will impose the facility use

charge and to provide the patient with a good faith estimate of that health care

facility use charge. If the appointment for an office visit is made in person or by

phone, the health care facility or health care provider must notify the patient of the

charge and estimate orally at the time the appointment is made. If the appointment

is not made in person or by phone, the health care facility or health care provider

must notify the patient of the charge and estimate either orally or in writing as soon

as the appointment is confirmed by the provider or facility. Any appointment

reminder sent to the patient must contain information about any facility use charge

and a good faith estimate of the charge. The health care facility or health care

provider must also, on any bill imposing the charge, identify the facility use charge

as a "facility fee."