Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 3/21/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1027 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1027  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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    "Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended  by 
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adding Section 8-1212 as follows:
 
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    (735 ILCS 5/8-1212  new)
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    Sec. 8-1212. Bills for services rendered.
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    (a) A rebuttable presumption of the amount and 
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reasonableness of a bill for services rendered may be 
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established by a copy of the bill, showing the original charges 
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with evidence of payments made or benefits conferred by 
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collateral sources redacted, certified under the signature of 
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the secretary, clerk, or other keeper of the same.
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    (b) A party attempting to rebut the presumption of 
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reasonableness shall not be allowed to present evidence of 
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payments made or benefits conferred by collateral sources.

 


 






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    (c) This Section applies to actions commenced or pending on 
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or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th 
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General Assembly.


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".