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91_SB0645
LRB9105748ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act by adding
2 Section 6.19.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
6 adding Section 6.19 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 85/6.19 new)
8 Sec. 6.19. Records charge. No hospital shall charge
9 more than a $15 handling fee and 35 cents per page for copies
10 of a patient's medical records made on a standard commercial
11 photocopy machine. A hospital may charge for the reasonable
12 cost of duplication of materials that cannot be copied or
13 duplicated on a standard commercial photocopy machine.
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.