No ER Fee Disclosure Duty Created By Consumer Laws, California Supreme Court Says

( December 23, 2024, 2:11 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court on Dec. 23 ruled against a patient and in favor of health care providers by finding that beyond existing statutory and regulatory requirements, California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) do not impose an additional duty on providers to disclose emergency room fees to patients, resolving an issue on which a “split of authority” existed in California....