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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 Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by 
5adding Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 50/10 new)
7    Sec. 10. Notice of separate service. 
8    (a) Every medical office, health care clinic, group 
9practice, or other organizational structure for a licensed 
10professional to provide health care services shall:
11        (1) provide, either by physical or electronic means, 
12    notice stating in substantially similar form: "During a 
13    preventive or wellness visit, if acute complaints or 
14    chronic problems which require additional evaluation are 
15    discussed, you may be billed for multiple services, 
16    including a separate office visit charge, billing for 
17    diagnostic testing or follow-up, or both. This separate 
18    billing is in line with standard billing guidelines. If 
19    you have any questions about your bill or this notice, 
20    please contact (insert contact information, including a 
21    phone number, for health care clinic billing 
22    department)."; and
23        (2) make, except in an emergency treatment situation, 
 
 
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1    a good faith effort to obtain written acknowledgment of 
2    receipt of the notice described in paragraph (1). 
3    (b) This Section does not apply to health care providers.