Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Filed: 3/27/2024
 
 

 
 

 
10300HB3788ham001LRB103 29750 CES 71192 a

1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3788 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3788 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Community Benefits Act is amended by 
5adding Section 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 
 
 
10300HB3788ham001- 2 -LRB103 29750 CES 71192 a

1shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: 
2        (1) The reporting period.
3        (2) Charity care costs consistent with the reporting 
4    requirements in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 
5    20. Charity care costs associated with services provided 
6    in a hospital's emergency department shall be reported as 
7    a subset of total charity care costs. 
8        (3) Total net patient revenue, reported separately by 
9    hospital if the reporting health system includes more than 
10    one hospital.
11        (4) Total community benefits spending. If a hospital 
12    is owned or operated by a health system, total community 
13    benefits spending may be reported as a health system.
14        (5) Data on financial assistance applications 
15    consistent with the reporting requirements in paragraph 
16    (3) of subsection (a) of Section 20, including: 
17            (A) the number of applications submitted to the 
18        hospital, both complete and incomplete;
19            (B) the number of applications approved; and
20            (C) the number of applications denied and the 5 
21        most frequent reasons for denial. 
22        (6) To the extent that race, ethnicity, sex, or 
23    preferred language is collected and available for 
24    financial assistance applications, the data outlined in 
25    paragraph (5) shall be reported by race, ethnicity, sex, 
26    and preferred language. If this data is not provided by 
 
 
10300HB3788ham001- 3 -LRB103 29750 CES 71192 a

1    the patient, the hospital shall indicate this in its 
2    reports. Public reporting of this information shall begin 
3    with the community benefit report filed on or after July 
4    1, 2022. A hospital that files a report without having a 
5    full year of demographic data as required by this Act may 
6    indicate this in its report. 
7    (b) The Attorney General shall provide notice on the 
8Attorney General's website informing the public that, upon 
9request, the Attorney General will provide the annual reports 
10filed with the Attorney General under Section 20. The notice 
11shall include the contact information to submit a request. 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
131, 2025.".