(215 ILCS 5/155.19) (from Ch. 73, par. 767.19)
Sec. 155.19. All claims filed after December 31, 1976 with any insurer
and all suits filed after December 31, 1976 in any court in this State,
alleging liability on the part of any physician, hospital or other health
care provider for medically related injuries, shall be reported to the
Director
of Insurance in such form and under such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed by the
Director. The
Director shall maintain complete and accurate
records of all such claims and suits including their nature, amount, disposition
and other information as he may deem useful or desirable in observing and
reporting on health care provider liability trends in this State. The Director
shall release to appropriate disciplinary and licensing agencies any such
data or information which may assist such agencies in
improving the quality of health care or which may be useful to such agencies
for the purpose of professional discipline.
With due regard for appropriate maintenance of the confidentiality thereof,
the
Director
may
release
from time to time to the Governor, the General
Assembly and the general public statistical reports based on such data and information.
The
Director may promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-426, eff. 8-4-23.) |