Bill Text: IL SB3424 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not pursue legal action for non-payment of a hospital bill against any patient who is actively making payments on the hospital bill.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-18 - Referred to Assignments [SB3424 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3424-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3424 Introduced 1/18/2022, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 88/35
Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not pursue legal action for non-payment of a hospital bill against any patient who is actively making payments on the hospital bill.
LRB102 23760 CPF 32951 b
A BILL FOR
SB3424 LRB102 23760 CPF 32951 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by
changing Section 35 as follows:
(210 ILCS 88/35)
Sec. 35. Collection limitations. The hospital shall not
pursue legal action:
(1) for non-payment of a hospital bill against
uninsured patients who have clearly demonstrated that they
have neither sufficient income nor assets to meet their
financial obligations provided the patient has complied
with Section 45 of this Act; or .
(2) for non-payment of a hospital bill against any
patient who is actively making payments on the hospital
bill.
(Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)