Bill Text: IL HB0207 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 6.28 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 85/6.28 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 6.28. Posting charity care policy, financial | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | counselor. A hospital that receives a property tax exemption | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | under Section 15-86 of the Property Tax Code must post the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | hospital's emergency room.
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