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1 | AN ACT concerning pricing.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Hospital Discriminatory Pricing Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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7 | "Health care services" means any ambulatory or inpatient | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | services or pharmaceuticals provided by a hospital to a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | patient. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Hospital" means any facility or institution required to be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | licensed pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act or the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | University of Illinois Hospital Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Uninsured patient" means a patient who is not covered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | under a policy of health insurance and is not a beneficiary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | under a public or private health insurance, health benefit, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | other health coverage program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Section 10. Uninsured patients.
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18 | (a) No hospital that has provided health care services to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | an uninsured patient may collect from the uninsured patient | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | more than the Medicare reimbursement rate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (b) Each hospital bill, invoice, or other summary of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | charges shall prominently state that "IF YOU ARE UNINSURED, YOU |
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1 | ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY MORE THAN THE MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT | ||||||
2 | RATE. For the services you received, this rate is:....".
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3 | The bill, invoice, or other summary of charges shall | ||||||
4 | include the appropriate Medicare reimbursement rate for | ||||||
5 | services rendered after the statement.
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6 | Section 15. Reports to the Department of Public Health. The | ||||||
7 | Office of the Attorney General shall provide copies of any | ||||||
8 | complaints filed by patients under this Act to the Department | ||||||
9 | of Public Health.
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10 | Section 20. Civil remedies. | ||||||
11 | (a) A violation of any of the provisions of this Act | ||||||
12 | constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and | ||||||
13 | Deceptive Business Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and | ||||||
14 | authority granted to the Attorney General or State's Attorney | ||||||
15 | by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act | ||||||
16 | shall be available to him or her for the enforcement of this | ||||||
17 | Act.
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18 | (b) A consumer who suffers loss by reason of any violation | ||||||
19 | of any provision of this Act may bring a civil action in | ||||||
20 | accordance with the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
21 | Practices Act to enforce that provision. All remedies and | ||||||
22 | rights granted to a consumer by the Consumer Fraud and | ||||||
23 | Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be available to the | ||||||
24 | consumer bringing such an action. The remedies and rights |
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1 | provided for in this Act are not exclusive, but cumulative, and | ||||||
2 | all other applicable claims including, but not limited to, | ||||||
3 | those brought under the doctrine of equitable mortgage are | ||||||
4 | specifically preserved.
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5 | Section 80. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
6 | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
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7 | (815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
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8 | Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly | ||||||
9 | violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision | ||||||
10 | Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance | ||||||
11 | Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing | ||||||
12 | Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label | ||||||
13 | Act,
the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer | ||||||
14 | Protection Act,
the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
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15 | the Credit Services Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone | ||||||
16 | Dialers Act,
the Hospital Discriminatory Pricing Act, the | ||||||
17 | Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection Act,
the Telephone | ||||||
18 | Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act,
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19 | the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and Hygienic Bed Act,
the | ||||||
20 | Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the High Risk Home Loan Act, the | ||||||
21 | Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Act, | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
Cigarette Tax Act, | ||||||
23 | the Payday Loan Reform Act, subsection
(a) or (b) of Section | ||||||
24 | 3-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
Mail Act, |
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1 | paragraph (6)
of
subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the Residential Real | ||||||
3 | Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic Contract Renewal Act, or | ||||||
4 | the Personal Information Protection Act commits an unlawful | ||||||
5 | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04; 93-950, eff. 1-1-05; 94-13, | ||||||
7 | eff. 12-6-05; 94-36, eff. 1-1-06; 94-280, eff. 1-1-06; 94-292, | ||||||
8 | eff. 1-1-06; 94-822, eff. 1-1-07.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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