Public Act 0119 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0653 Enrolled LRB101 04246 JRG 49254 b

Public Act 101-0119

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding Section 368g as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/368g new)

Sec. 368g. Time-based billing.

(a) As used in this Section, "CPT code" means the medical billing code set contained in the most recent version of the Current Procedural Terminology code book published by the American Medical Association.

(b) A health care plan requiring a health care provider to use a time-based CPT code to bill for health care services shall not apply a time measurement standard that results in fewer units billed than allowed by the CPT code book, except as required by federal law for federally-funded patients.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.