Public Act 100-0653
 
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    AN ACT concerning civil law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Health Care Services Lien Act is amended  by 
changing Section 5 as follows:
 



    (770 ILCS 23/5)



    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

    "Health care professional" means any individual in any of 
the following
license
categories: licensed physician, licensed 
dentist,
licensed optometrist, licensed naprapath, licensed

clinical
psychologist, or licensed physical therapist.

    "Health care provider" means any entity in any of the 
following license
categories:
(i) licensed hospital, (ii) 
licensed home health
agency, (iii)
licensed ambulatory 
surgical treatment
center, (iv) ambulatory    surgical   treatment    
facility    accredited    by    one    of   the    following organizations: the 
American   Association   for  the  Accreditation   of  Ambulatory   
Surgical   Facilities; the   Joint   Commission (formerly the Joint 
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations); the 
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program; or the 
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, (v) 
licensed long-term care facilities, or (vi) licensed
emergency 
medical services personnel.
    Public Act 94-403 This amendatory Act of the 94th General 
Assembly applies to causes of action accruing on or after 
January 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-403) its 
effective date.

    The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 
the 100th General Assembly apply to causes of action accruing 
on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
100th General Assembly. 
(Source: P.A. 93-51, eff. 7-1-03; 94-403, eff. 1-1-06.)