103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3788
 
Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
210 ILCS 76/23 new

     Amends the Community Benefits Act. Provides that a hospital shall make the annual hospital community benefits plan report submitted to the Attorney General available to the public by publishing the information on the hospital's website. Provides that  information made available to the public shall include specified items. Effective January 1, 2024.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Community Benefits Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 23 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 76/23 new)
7    Sec. 23. Public reports.
8    (a) In order to increase transparency and accessibility of 
9charity care and financial assistance data, a hospital shall 
10make the annual hospital community benefits plan report 
11submitted to the Attorney General under Section 20 available 
12to the public by publishing the information on the hospital's 
13website in the same location where annual reports are posted 
14or on a prominent location on the homepage of the hospital's 
15website. A hospital is not required to post its audited 
16financial statements. Information made available to the public 
17shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: 
18        (1) The reporting period.
19        (2) Charity care costs consistent with the reporting 
20    requirements in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 
21    20. Charity care costs associated with services provided 
22    in a hospital's emergency department shall be reported as 
23    a subset of total charity care costs. 
 
 
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1        (3) Total net patient revenue, reported separately by 
2    hospital if the reporting health system includes more than 
3    one hospital.
4        (4) Total community benefits spending. If a hospital 
5    is owned or operated by a health system, total community 
6    benefits spending may be reported as a health system.
7        (5) Data on financial assistance applications 
8    consistent with the reporting requirements in paragraph 
9    (3) of subsection (a) of Section 20, including: 
10            (A) the number of applications submitted to the 
11        hospital, both complete and incomplete;
12            (B) the number of applications approved; and
13            (C) the number of applications denied and the 5 
14        most frequent reasons for denial. 
15        (6) To the extent that race, ethnicity, sex, or 
16    preferred language is collected and available for 
17    financial assistance applications, the data outlined in 
18    paragraph (5) shall be reported by race, ethnicity, sex, 
19    and preferred language. If this data is not provided by 
20    the patient, the hospital shall indicate this in its 
21    reports. Public reporting of this information shall begin 
22    with the community benefit report filed on or after July 
23    1, 2022. A hospital that files a report without having a 
24    full year of demographic data as required by this Act may 
25    indicate this in its report. 
26    (b) The Attorney General shall provide notice on the 
 
 
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1Attorney General's website informing the public that, upon 
2request, the Attorney General will provide the annual reports 
3filed with the Attorney General under Section 20. The notice 
4shall include the contact information to submit a request. 
 
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
61, 2024.