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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4454 Introduced 1/20/2026, by Rep. Amy Briel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 110 ILCS 330/11 new | | 210 ILCS 85/11.11 new | |
| Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, before transporting a patient to a hospital facility, the hospital must inform the patient of the costs associated with transportation to the facility. Provides that a hospital must also conspicuously list on the hospital's publicly accessible website the cost of transporting a patient to a hospital facility. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act to require the University of Illinois Hospital to comply with those requirements. |
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| | HB4454 | | LRB104 16733 BAB 30140 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 11 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 330/11 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11. Transportation cost transparency. The University |
| 8 | | of Illinois Hospital shall comply with Section 11.11 of the |
| 9 | | Hospital Licensing Act.
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| 10 | | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
| 11 | | adding Section 11.11 as follows:
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| 12 | | (210 ILCS 85/11.11 new) |
| 13 | | Sec. 11.11. Transportation cost transparency. Before |
| 14 | | transporting a patient to a hospital facility, the hospital |
| 15 | | must inform the patient of the costs associated with |
| 16 | | transportation to the facility. A hospital must also |
| 17 | | conspicuously list on the hospital's publicly accessible |
| 18 | | website the cost of transporting a patient to a hospital |
| 19 | | facility. |