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If Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar Jr. has his way, the common practice of detaining patients who are unable to pay their bills upon discharge from hospitals and other medical institutions will be prohibited.


In filing Senate Bill 2234, Villar said the rights of indigent patients must be protected from the medical malpractice of prolonging their confinement until they come up with the money to settle their hospital bills.


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IF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE MANUEL VILLAR JR.

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In filing Senate Bill 2234, Villar said the rights of indigent patients must be protected from the medical malpractice of prolonging their confinement until they come up with the money to settle their hospital bills.


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Villar files bill prohibiting ‘detention’ of hospital patients

By Aurea Calica | August 12, 2002 - 12:00am

Keeping a patient in the hospital too long could soon become illegal. If Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar Jr. has his way, the common practice of detaining patients who are unable to pay their bills upon...

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