Bengal Assembly passes Clinical Establishment Bill for transparency in hospital billing

The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed the West Bengal Clinical Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2025, aiming to bring more transparency in billing by private hospitals. The bill mandates that all hospitals prominently display fixed rates and package charges at a conspicuous place within the facility.

The bill, which got the house's nod on the seventh day of the ongoing Monsoon Session, will now go to Governor C.V. Ananda Bose for assent before it becomes a law, news agency IANS reported.

As the Bill was presented in the house, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, participating in the debate, claimed that the issue of the safety of the female doctors, female nurses, female patients and female security staff had not been addressed in the said bill.

The proposed legislation mandates that all clinical establishments must “prominently display fixed rates and package charges at a conspicuous place within the facility” and “maintain electronic medical records for each patient through approved software.” The Bill is still under review and has not yet been admitted by Speaker Biman Banerjee for debate or passage, reports PTI.

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Bengal Assembly passes Clinical Establishment Bill for transparent hospital billing