Bill Text: IL HB5645 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a hospital or a hospital's agent may not aggressively pursue debt collection for non-payment of a hospital bill against a patient with an annual household income of $51,000 or less by garnishing wages, seizing moneys from tax returns, or pursuing an action that may result in foreclosure on the patient's home.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5645 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5645-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 35 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 88/35)
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7 | Sec. 35. Collection limitations. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The hospital shall not pursue legal action for | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | non-payment of a hospital bill against uninsured patients who | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | have clearly demonstrated that they have neither sufficient | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | income nor assets to meet their financial obligations provided | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the patient has complied with Section 45 of this Act.
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13 | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | hospital or a hospital's agent may not aggressively pursue debt | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | collection for non-payment of a hospital bill against a patient | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | with an annual household income of $51,000 or less by: | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (1) garnishing wages; | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) seizing moneys from tax returns; or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (3) pursuing an action that may result in foreclosure | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | on the patient's home. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)
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