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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:
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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.
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| | SB3424 | | LRB102 23760 CPF 32951 b |
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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. The hospital shall not |
| 8 | | pursue legal action: |
| 9 | | (1) for non-payment of a hospital bill against |
| 10 | | uninsured patients who have clearly demonstrated that they |
| 11 | | have neither sufficient income nor assets to meet their |
| 12 | | financial obligations provided the patient has complied |
| 13 | | with Section 45 of this Act; or . |
| 14 | | (2) for non-payment of a hospital bill against any |
| 15 | | patient who is actively making payments on the hospital |
| 16 | | bill.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)
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