Bill Amendment: IL HB4331 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: CONSUMER-TELEHEALTH BILLING

Status: 2026-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4331 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4331-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Amy Briel

Filed: 3/13/2026

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4331
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4331 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by
changing Section 55 and by adding Section 21 as follows:
(210 ILCS 88/21 new)
Sec. 21. Telehealth billing transparency.
(a) For the purpose of this Section, "telehealth services"
has the meaning given to that term in Section 5 of the
Telehealth Act.
(b) A hospital that offers telehealth services shall not
bill or charge a person, group or individual policy of
accident and health insurance, or managed care plan for any
services or care not rendered during a telehealth visit,
including, but not limited to, exams that are not possible to
perform on a patient at a remote location, such as taking

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measurements of a patient's blood pressure, temperature,
height, or weight.
(210 ILCS 88/55)
Sec. 55. Enforcement.
(a) The Attorney General is responsible for administering
and ensuring compliance with this Act, including the
development of any rules necessary for the implementation and
enforcement of this Act.
(b) The Attorney General shall develop and implement a
process for receiving and handling complaints from individuals
or hospitals regarding possible violations of this Act.
(c) The Attorney General may conduct any investigation
deemed necessary regarding possible violations of this Act by
any hospital including, without limitation, the issuance of
subpoenas to: (i) require the hospital to file a statement or
report or answer interrogatories in writing as to all
information relevant to the alleged violations; (ii) examine
under oath any person who possesses knowledge or information
directly related to the alleged violations; and (iii) examine
any record, book, document, account, or paper necessary to
investigate the alleged violation.
(d) If the Attorney General determines that there is a
reason to believe that any hospital has violated the Act, the
Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the People
of the State against the hospital to obtain temporary,

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preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief for any act,
policy, or practice by the hospital that violates this Act.
Before bringing such an action, the Attorney General may
permit the hospital to submit a Correction Plan for the
Attorney General's approval.
(e) This Section applies if:
(i) a court orders a party to make payments to the
Attorney General and the payments are to be used for the
operations of the Office of the Attorney General; or
(ii) a party agrees in a Correction Plan under this
Act, to make payments to the Attorney General for the
operations of the Office of the Attorney General.
(f) Moneys paid under any of the conditions described in
(e) shall be deposited into the Attorney General Court Ordered
and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund. Moneys in the
Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the
performance of any function pertaining to the exercise of the
duties to the Attorney General including, but not limited to,
enforcement of any law of this State and conducting public
education programs; however, any moneys in the Fund that are
required by the court to be used for a particular purpose shall
be used for that purpose.
(g) The Attorney General may seek the assessment of one or
more of the following civil monetary penalties in any action
filed under this Act where the hospital knowingly violates the
Act:

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(1) For violations, involving a pattern or practice,
of not providing the information to patients under
Sections 12, 15, 20, 25, and 50, the civil monetary
penalty shall not exceed $500 per violation.
(2) For violations involving the failure to engage in
or refrain from certain activities under Sections 21, 30,
35, and 40, the civil monetary penalty shall not exceed
$1,000 $1000 per violation.
(h) In the event a court grants a final order of relief
against any hospital for a violation of this Act, the Attorney
General may, after all appeal rights have been exhausted,
refer the hospital to the Illinois Department of Public Health
for possible adverse licensure action under the Hospital
Licensing Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-181, eff. 1-1-26.)".