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SB2960 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2960

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 85/10.2a new

    Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall use the information published by the Department of Insurance on its Professional Liability Insurance Resource Center web site in establishing financial responsibility requirements with respect to professional liability coverage for physicians with staff privileges at the hospital. Provides that a hospital shall deem any professional liability insurer whose name appears on the web site to be acceptable for meeting the hospital's financial responsibility requirements with respect to professional liability coverage for physicians with staff privileges.


LRB097 18723 DRJ 63958 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2960LRB097 18723 DRJ 63958 b

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 Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
5Section 10.2a as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 85/10.2a new)
7    Sec. 10.2a. Physicians; financial responsibility. A
8hospital shall use the information published by the Department
9of Insurance on its Professional Liability Insurance Resource
10Center web site in establishing financial responsibility
11requirements with respect to professional liability coverage
12for physicians with staff privileges at the hospital. A
13hospital shall deem any professional liability insurer whose
14name appears on the web site to be acceptable for meeting the
15hospital's financial responsibility requirements with respect
16to professional liability coverage for physicians with staff
17privileges.