Bill Text: IL HB3460 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that, except for billing purposes, a hospital may not inquire about a patient's financial status. Provides that a hospital may not treat a patient in a different manner based solely on his or her financial status.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3460 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3460-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3460 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 330/8d new
210 ILCS 85/6.28 new
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that, except for billing purposes, a hospital may not inquire about a patient's financial status. Provides that a hospital may not treat a patient in a different manner based solely on his or her financial status.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
amended by adding Section 8d as follows:
(110 ILCS 330/8d new)
Sec. 8d. Financial status of patients. Except for billing
purposes, the University of Illinois Hospital may not inquire
about a patient's financial status. The University of Illinois
Hospital may not treat a patient in a different manner based
solely on his or her financial status.
Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
adding Section 6.28 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.28 new)
Sec. 6.28. Financial status of patients. Except for
billing purposes, a hospital may not inquire about a patient's
financial status. A hospital may not treat a patient in a
different manner based solely on his or her financial status.