48-306. EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION AFTER UNTIMELY NOTICE — LIMITATION. If a party is unable to engage in an extraordinary collection action because the health care provider or health care facility failed to meet the timing requirements of section 48-304(1)(a) or (b), Idaho Code, but complies with such timing requirements within either an additional forty-five (45) days for failure to meet the timing requirements of section 48-304(1)(a), Idaho Code, or an additional one hundred eighty (180) days for failure to meet the timing requirements of section 48-304(1)(b), Idaho Code, then as long as all other requirements of section 48-304, Idaho Code, have been satisfied, such party may commence an extraordinary collection action. Notwithstanding any provision of law or agreement to the contrary, in any such collection action, the patient shall have no liability for costs, expenses, and fees, including attorney’s fees.
History:
[48-306, added 2020, ch. 139, sec. 1, p. 429; am. 2022, ch. 263, sec. 4, p. 848.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 48 - MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES
Section 48-302 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 48-304 - REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTION.
Section 48-305 - FEES AND COSTS FOR EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTION.
Section 48-306 - EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION AFTER UNTIMELY NOTICE — LIMITATION.
Section 48-307 - BURDEN OF PROOF.
Section 48-308 - REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF RECEIPT.
Section 48-309 - DELIVERY OF CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF SERVICES.
Section 48-310 - CONTRACTED SERVICE.
Section 48-311 - ENFORCEMENT AND CIVIL PENALTIES.
Section 48-312 - NON-EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTIONS.
Section 48-313 - TIME EXTENSION FOR SERVICES PROVIDED PRIOR TO A CERTAIN DATE.
Section 48-314 - SEVERABILITY.
Section 48-315 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING APPLICABILITY.