102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3976

 

Introduced 3/4/2021, 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

 

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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"
9means an arrangement under which a debtor authorizes a
10periodic, recurring payment from a checking account, credit
11card, debit card, or other form of payment without an
12additional authorization 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.