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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2617 Introduced 2/21/2013, by Rep. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Health Care Services Lien Act. Provides that notice must be provided, in the same manner as a notice of a judgment, award, settlement, or compromise would be provided, to a lien holder by an injured person or his or her authorized representative when a case is dismissed or a judgment is entered against the injured person.
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| | HB2617 | | LRB098 04026 HEP 34046 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Services Lien Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (770 ILCS 23/15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15. Notice of judgment or award or dismissal. |
| 8 | | (a) A judgment, award, settlement, or
compromise secured by |
| 9 | | or on behalf of an injured person may not be satisfied
without |
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injured person or his or her authorized representative |
| 11 | | first giving notice of
the judgment,
award, settlement, or |
| 12 | | compromise to the health care professional or health care
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| 13 | | provider
that rendered a service in the treatment, care, or |
| 14 | | maintenance of the injured
person and that has served a lien |
| 15 | | notice pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
10.
The notice |
| 16 | | shall be in writing and served upon the lien holder
or, in the |
| 17 | | case of a lien holder
operated entirely
by a unit of local |
| 18 | | government, upon the individual
or entity authorized to
receive |
| 19 | | service
under Section 2-211 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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| 20 | | (b) Notice must be provided to a lien holder by the injured |
| 21 | | person or his or her authorized representative when a case is |
| 22 | | dismissed or a judgment is entered against the injured person. |
| 23 | | The notice shall be in writing and served on the lien holder in |