Long Beach advances ordinance requiring hospitals to report medical debt data
General acute care hospitals in the city would have to report medical debt and financial assistance figures under a new code section.
Hospitals providing general acute care in Long Beach would be required to report data on patient medical debt and the financial assistance they offer. The Health and Human Services Department brought the ordinance to the City Council, which read it a first time and laid it over to the next regular meeting for final reading.
What happens next
Final reading at the next regular City Council meeting
