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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2442 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital shall not charge or bill a patient whose household income is not greater than 138% of the federal poverty level.
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| | SB2442 | | LRB103 29154 CPF 55540 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 Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 35 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 88/35)
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| 7 | | Sec. 35. Collection limitations. |
| 8 | | (a) The hospital shall not pursue legal action for |
| 9 | | non-payment of a hospital bill against uninsured patients who |
| 10 | | have clearly demonstrated that they have neither sufficient |
| 11 | | income nor assets to meet their financial obligations provided |
| 12 | | the patient has complied with Section 45 of this Act.
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| 13 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital |
| 14 | | shall not charge or bill a patient whose household income is |
| 15 | | not greater than 138% of the poverty guidelines updated |
| 16 | | periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of |
| 17 | | Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. |
| 18 | | 9902(2).
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)
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