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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3703 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care professional or health care provider shall not contact a collection agency to collect unpaid debt when a patient has a late payment or nonpayment of a medical bill for COVID-19 testing, nor shall the health care professional or health care provider report the late payment or nonpayment to a credit reporting agency. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3703 | | LRB102 14223 BMS 19575 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 Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 50/8 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8. COVID-19 testing; debt. |
| 8 | | (a) In this Section, "health care professional" means a |
| 9 | | physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, a |
| 10 | | registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered |
| 11 | | nurse, emergency medical technician, or other individual |
| 12 | | appropriately licensed or registered to provide health care |
| 13 | | services. |
| 14 | | (b) A health care professional or health care provider |
| 15 | | shall not contact a collection agency to collect unpaid debt |
| 16 | | when a patient has a late payment or nonpayment of a medical |
| 17 | | bill for COVID-19 testing, nor shall the health care |
| 18 | | professional or health care provider report the late payment |
| 19 | | or nonpayment to a credit reporting agency.
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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