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91_SB0507

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend certain Acts in relation to liens.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Hospital Lien Act is amended  by  changing
 5    Sections 1 and 2 as follows:

 6        (770 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 82, par. 97)
 7        (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 89-404,
 8    which has been held unconstitutional)
 9        Sec.  1.  Lien  created; notice required.  Every hospital
10    rendering service in the treatment, care and maintenance,  of
11    such  injured  person  shall have a lien upon all such claims
12    and causes of action of the injured person for the amount  of
13    its  reasonable  charges at ward rates in such hospital up to
14    the date of payment of such damages.
15        No judgment, award, settlement or compromise  secured  by
16    or  on behalf of an injured person shall be satisfied without
17    the injured person or his or  her  authorized  representative
18    first  giving  the  hospital that rendered the service in the
19    treatment, care, and maintenance of the injured person notice
20    of the  judgment,  award,  settlement,  or  compromise.   The
21    hospital  shall  have a period of 30 calendar days to perfect
22    and satisfy its lien.  The notice shall  be  in  writing  and
23    served  upon the hospital's registered agent or, in the event
24    of  a  hospital  operated  entirely  by  a  unit   of   local
25    government,  upon  the  individual  or  entity  authorized to
26    receive service pursuant to Section  2-211  of  the  Code  of
27    Civil Procedure.
28        Provided,  however,  that  the  total amount of all liens
29    under this Act hereunder shall not exceed  one-third  of  the
30    verdict,  judgment,  award, settlement, or compromise secured
31    by or on behalf of the sum paid or due to said injured person
 
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 1    on his or her said claim or right  of  action,  and  provided
 2    further,  that  the  said  lien  shall  in addition include a
 3    notice in writing containing the  name  and  address  of  the
 4    injured  person, the date of the injury, the name and address
 5    of the hospital, and the name of  the  party  alleged  to  be
 6    liable  to  make  compensation to such injured person for the
 7    injuries received.  The lien notice, shall be served on  both
 8    the  injured  person and the party against whom such claim or
 9    right of action exists.
10        Service shall be made by registered or certified mail  or
11    in person.
12    (Source:  P.A.  89-280,  eff.  1-1-96;  parts of 89-626, eff.
13    8-9-96, not derived from 89-404.)

14        (770 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 82, par. 98)
15        (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 89-404,
16    which has been held unconstitutional)
17        Sec. 2. The lien of the such  hospital  shall,  from  and
18    after  the  time  of service of the lien above stated notice,
19    attach to  any  verdict,  judgment,  award,   settlement,  or
20    compromise secured by or on behalf of the injured person.  If
21    the verdict, judgment, award, settlement, or compromise is to
22    be  paid  over time  by means of an annuity or otherwise, any
23    lien under this Act shall be satisfied by the party obligated
24    to compensate  the  injured  person  to  the  fullest  extent
25    permitted  by  Section  1  prior  to the establishment of the
26    annuity or other  extended  payment  mechanism.  or  judgment
27    secured  in  any  action  by  the  injured party based on the
28    negligent or wrongful act, and to any money or property which
29    may be recovered by compromise settlement, or in  any  action
30    brought  by  such  injured person on account of such claim or
31    right of action.  In case of death of the injured person, the
32    lien shall attach to any  money  or  property  which  may  be
33    recovered  by  compromise  settlement or action on account of
 
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 1    injuries not resulting in the death of the injured person, or
 2    to any verdict or judgment  in  any  action  brought  by  the
 3    estate of the injured person against any other person for the
 4    recovery  of  damages on account of injuries not resulting in
 5    the death of the injured person.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-280, eff. 1-1-96.)

 7        Section 10.   The  Physicians  Lien  Act  is  amended  by
 8    changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:

 9        (770 ILCS 80/1) (from Ch. 82, par. 101.1)
10        Sec. 1. Every licensed physician practicing in this State
11    who  renders services by way of treatment to injured persons,
12    except services rendered under the provisions of the Workers'
13    Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational  Diseases  Act,
14    shall have a lien upon all claims and causes of action of the
15    injured person for the amount of his reasonable charges up to
16    the date of payment of such damages.
17        No  verdict,  judgment,  award, settlement, or compromise
18    secured by or  on  behalf  of  an  injured  person  shall  be
19    satisfied without the injured person or his or her authorized
20    representative  first  giving  the physician who rendered the
21    service in  the  treatment,  care,  and  maintenance  of  the
22    injured  person  notice  of  the  verdict,  judgment,  award,
23    settlement, or compromise.  The physician shall have a period
24    of  30  calendar days to perfect and satisfy his or her lien.
25    The notice shall be in writing and served upon the physician.
26    
27        Provided, however, that the total  amount  of  all  liens
28    under this Act hereunder shall not exceed 1/3 of the verdict,
29    judgment,  award,  settlement, or compromise secured by or on
30    behalf of sum paid or due to the injured person on his or her
31     the claim or right of action, and provided further, that the
32    lien shall in addition include a notice in writing containing
 
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 1    the name and address of the injured person, the date  of  the
 2    injury,  the  name  and  address  of  the  licensed physician
 3    practicing in this State, and the name of the  party  alleged
 4    to  be liable to make compensation to the such injured person
 5    for the injuries received.  The lien, which notice  shall  be
 6    served  on both the injured person and the party against whom
 7    such claim or right of action exists.
 8        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,  payment
 9    in good faith to any person other than the physician claiming
10    or asserting such lien prior to the service of such notice of
11    lien  shall,  to  the  extent  of the payment so made, bar or
12    prevent the creation of an enforceable lien.
13        Service shall be made by registered or certified mail  or
14    in person.
15    (Source: P.A. 81-992.)

16        (770 ILCS 80/2) (from Ch. 82, par. 101.2)
17        Sec.  2.   The  lien  of  the any such licensed physician
18    practicing in this State shall, from and after  the  time  of
19    service  of the lien aforesaid notice, attach to any verdict,
20    judgment, award, settlement, or compromise secured by  or  on
21    behalf  of  the  injured  person.   If the verdict, judgment,
22    award, settlement, or compromise is to be paid over  time  by
23    means  of  an  annuity  or otherwise, any lien under this Act
24    shall be satisfied by the party obligated to  compensate  the
25    injured  person  to the fullest extent permitted by Section 1
26    prior to the establishment of the annuity or  other  extended
27    payment  mechanism. or order secured in any suit or action by
28    the injured party based on the negligent or wrongful act, and
29    to any money or property which may be recovered by compromise
30    settlement, or in any suit or action brought by such  injured
31    person  on account of such claim or right of action.  In case
32    of death of the injured person, the lien shall attach to  any
33    money  or  property  which  may  be  recovered  by compromise
 
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 1    settlement,  suit  or  action  on  account  of  injuries  not
 2    resulting in the death of  the  injured  person,  or  to  any
 3    verdict,  judgment  or order in any suit or action brought by
 4    the estate of the injured person against any other person for
 5    the recovery of damages on account of injuries not  resulting
 6    in the death of the injured person.
 7    (Source: P.A. 79-1358.)

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