101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5503

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2WWW new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person may not require a debtor to establish an automatic payment from a bank account, credit card, debit card, or other form of automatic payment as a condition of entering into a payment plan with respect to a medical bill.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB5503LRB101 17449 JLS 66858 b

1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2WWW as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2WWW new)
7    Sec. 2WWW. Medical bills; no automatic payments.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "automatic payment plan" means
9an arrangement under which a debtor authorizes a periodic,
10recurring payment from a checking account, credit card, debit
11card, or other form of payment without an additional
12authorization by the debtor.
13    (b) No person may require, as a condition of entering into
14a payment plan for the payment of debt incurred for the
15provision of medical services or products, that the debtor
16enter into or establish an automatic payment plan.
17    (c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful
18practice within the meaning of this Act.