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1 | AN ACT concerning arbitration.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Health Care Arbitration Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 8 and 9 as follows:
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6 | (710 ILCS 15/8) (from Ch. 10, par. 208)
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7 | Sec. 8. Conditions. Every health care arbitration | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | agreement shall be
subject to the following conditions:
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9 | (a) The agreement is not a condition to the rendering of | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | health care services
by any party and the agreement has been | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | executed by the recipient of health
care services at the | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | inception of or during the term of provision of services
for a | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | specific cause by either a health care provider or a hospital; | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | and
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15 | (b) The agreement is a separate instrument complete in | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | itself and not
a part of any other contract or instrument; and
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17 | (c) The agreement may not limit, impair, or waive any | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | substantive rights
or defenses of any party, including the | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | statute of limitations; and
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20 | (d) The agreement shall not limit, impair, or waive the | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | procedural rights
to be heard, to present material evidence, to | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | cross-examine witnesses, and
to be represented by an attorney, | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | or other procedural rights of due process
of any party.
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24 | (e) As a part of the discharge planning process the patient | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | or, if appropriate,
members of his family must be given a copy | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | of the health care arbitration
agreement previously executed by | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | or for the patient and shall re-affirm
it. Failure to comply | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | with this provision during the discharge planning
process shall | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | void the health care arbitration agreement.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 80-1012.)
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31 | (710 ILCS 15/9) (from Ch. 10, par. 209)
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1 | Sec. 9. Mandatory Provisions.
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2 | (a) Every health care arbitration agreement
shall be | ||||||
3 | clearly captioned "Health Care Arbitration Agreement".
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4 | (b) Every health care arbitration agreement in relation to | ||||||
5 | health care
services rendered during hospitalization shall | ||||||
6 | specify the date of commencement
of hospitalization. Every | ||||||
7 | health care arbitration agreement in relation
to health care | ||||||
8 | services not rendered during hospitalization shall state
the | ||||||
9 | specific cause for which the services are provided.
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10 | (c) Every health care arbitration agreement may be | ||||||
11 | cancelled by any
signatory (1) within 60 days of its execution | ||||||
12 | or within 60 days of the date of
the patient's discharge from | ||||||
13 | the hospital, or last date of treatment, whichever is later, as | ||||||
14 | to an
agreement
in relation to health care services rendered | ||||||
15 | during hospitalization, provided,
that if executed other than | ||||||
16 | at the time of discharge of the patient from
the hospital, the | ||||||
17 | health care arbitration agreement be reaffirmed at the
time of | ||||||
18 | the discharge planning process in the same manner as provided | ||||||
19 | for
in the execution of the original agreement; or (2) within | ||||||
20 | 60 days of the
date of its execution, or the last date of | ||||||
21 | treatment by the health care
provider, whichever is later, as | ||||||
22 | to an agreement in relation to health care
services not | ||||||
23 | rendered during hospitalization. Provided, that no health
care | ||||||
24 | arbitration agreement shall be valid after 10
2 years from
the | ||||||
25 | date of
its execution. An employee of a hospital or health care | ||||||
26 | provider who is
not a signatory to an agreement may cancel such | ||||||
27 | agreement as to himself
until 30 days following his | ||||||
28 | notification that he is a party to a dispute
or issue on which | ||||||
29 | arbitration has been demanded pursuant to such agreement.
If | ||||||
30 | any person executing a health care arbitration agreement dies | ||||||
31 | before
the period of cancellation as outlined above, the | ||||||
32 | personal representative
of the decedent shall have the right to | ||||||
33 | cancel the health care arbitration
agreement within 60 days of | ||||||
34 | the date of his appointment as the legal
representative
of the | ||||||
35 | decedent's estate. Provided, that if no legal representative is
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36 | appointed within 6 months of the death of said decedent the |
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1 | next of kin
of such decedent shall have the right to cancel the | ||||||
2 | health care arbitration
agreement within 8 months from the date | ||||||
3 | of death.
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4 | (d) Every health care arbitration agreement shall
contain | ||||||
5 | immediately above the signature lines, in upper case type in | ||||||
6 | printed
letters of at least 3/16 inch height, a caption and | ||||||
7 | paragraphs as follows:
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8 | "AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE HEALTH CARE
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9 | NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS
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10 | NOTICE TO PATIENT
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11 | YOU CANNOT BE REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO | ||||||
12 | RECEIVE TREATMENT.
BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR RIGHT TO | ||||||
13 | TRIAL BY A JURY OR A JUDGE IN
A COURT WILL BE BARRED AS TO | ||||||
14 | ANY DISPUTE RELATING TO INJURIES THAT MAY RESULT
FROM | ||||||
15 | NEGLIGENCE DURING YOUR TREATMENT OR CARE, AND WILL BE | ||||||
16 | REPLACED BY AN
ARBITRATION PROCEDURE.
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17 | THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE CANCELLED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF SIGNING | ||||||
18 | OR 60 DAYS AFTER
YOUR HOSPITAL DISCHARGE OR 60 DAYS AFTER | ||||||
19 | YOUR LAST HEALTH CARE SERVICE
MEDICAL TREATMENT IN
RELATION | ||||||
20 | TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES NOT RENDERED DURING | ||||||
21 | HOSPITALIZATION.
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22 | THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ANY CLAIMS WHICH MAY ARISE OUT | ||||||
23 | OF YOUR HEALTH
CARE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO A PANEL OF | ||||||
24 | ARBITRATORS, RATHER THAN TO A COURT
FOR DETERMINATION. THIS | ||||||
25 | AGREEMENT REQUIRES ALL PARTIES SIGNING IT TO ABIDE
BY THE | ||||||
26 | DECISION OF THE ARBITRATION PANEL."
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27 | (e) an executed copy of the AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE HEALTH | ||||||
28 | CARE CLAIMS
and any reaffirmation of that agreement as required | ||||||
29 | by this Act shall be
given to the patient during the time of | ||||||
30 | the discharge planning process or
at the time of discharge | ||||||
31 | after last date of treatment .
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32 | (Source: P.A. 91-156, eff. 1-1-00.)
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