NAC439B.335. Initial payment from patient upon admittance to hospital.

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     1. A major hospital may require an initial payment from a patient who is admitted to the hospital.

     2. If a patient elects to be admitted to a major hospital, the hospital may require an initial payment in addition to any other preadmission deposits or payments.

     3. A major hospital shall not require an initial payment towards the total billed charge which exceeds:

     (a) Two and one-half times the monthly payment determined pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 439B.330; or

     (b) Fifty percent of the unencumbered liquid assets of the household of the patient.

(Added to NAC by Dep’t of Human Resources, eff. 8-1-94)

                    
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