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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals, require hospitals to bill an injured person's health insurance and only seek compensation from health insurance unless certain circumstances apply, clarifying hospital lien provisions, Sec. 27-12-25 added; Sec. 35-11-371 am'd."
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description: "Hospitals, require hospitals to bill an injured person's health insurance and only seek compensation from health insurance unless certain circumstances apply, clarifying hospital lien provisions, Sec. 27-12-25 added; Sec. 35-11-371 am'd."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2021rs"
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identifier: "HB 279"
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citation: "Alabama HB 279 (2021rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hospitals"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e24fa79c-d32d-49c3-888c-ad05e2540c05"
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source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB279"
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source_hash: "8f855e3ce44b21c2725fada6114ce53e4a9db9133b7ac4679f3195c65aea9690"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama HB 279 (2021rs) — Hospitals, require hospitals to bill an injured person's health insurance and only seek compensation from health insurance unless certain circumstances apply, clarifying hospital lien provisions, Sec. 27-12-25 added; Sec. 35-11-371 am'd.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB279-int.pdf)
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2. **Amd/Sub 209917-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209917-2.pdf)
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3. **Amd/Sub 213167-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213167-3.pdf)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB279-eng.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB279-enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1075 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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- Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1074 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 672 — **81–1** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 673 — **85–1** (pass) · lower
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- Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 996 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Faulkner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Insurance Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 672 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 673 `passage`
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- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
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- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1074 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1075 `passage`
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- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
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- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 996 `passage`
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- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
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- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
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- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-379. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:11 a.m. on April 29, 2021. `executive-receipt`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e24fa79c-d32d-49c3-888c-ad05e2540c05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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