Bill Text: IL HB0207 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals that receive a property tax exemption under a provision of the Property Tax Code concerning exemptions related to access to hospital and health care services by low-income and underserved individuals to post the hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the hospital's emergency room.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0207 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0207-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0207 Introduced , by Rep. LaToya Greenwood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 85/6.28 new
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals that receive a property tax exemption under a provision of the Property Tax Code concerning exemptions related to access to hospital and health care services by low-income and underserved individuals to post the hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the hospital's emergency room.
LRB102 10059 CPF 15379 b
A BILL FOR
HB0207 LRB102 10059 CPF 15379 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
Section 6.28 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.28 new)
Sec. 6.28. Posting charity care policy, financial
counselor. A hospital that receives a property tax exemption
under Section 15-86 of the Property Tax Code must post the
hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of
a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the
hospital's emergency room.