HB4331 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning business. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2MMMM. Telehealth billing transparency. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "facility", "health | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | care professional", and "telehealth services" have the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | meanings set forth in Section 5 of the Telehealth Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (b) A facility or health care professional that offers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | telehealth services shall not bill or charge a person, group | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | or individual policy of accident and health insurance, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | managed care plan for any services or care not rendered during | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | a telehealth visit, including, but not limited to, exams that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | are not possible to perform on a patient at a remote location, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | such as taking measurements of a patient's blood pressure, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | temperature, height, or weight. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (c) A violation of this Section is an unlawful practice | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | within the meaning of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
