Requiring chronic care hospitals to develop a financial assistance
policy for free and reduced-cost care to patients; requiring a
hospital financial assistance policy to provide reduced-cost medically
necessary care to patients who have a financial hardship; requiring a
hospital to apply a reduction that is most favorable to a patient;
establishing requirements for continued eligibility for reduced-cost
care due to a financial hardship; altering the requirements for a
notice that a hospital must post; etc.