103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2442

 

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Mike Simmons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 88/35

    Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital shall not charge or bill a patient whose household income is not greater than 138% of the federal poverty level.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by
5changing Section 35 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 88/35)
7    Sec. 35. Collection limitations.
8    (a) The hospital shall not pursue legal action for
9non-payment of a hospital bill against uninsured patients who
10have clearly demonstrated that they have neither sufficient
11income nor assets to meet their financial obligations provided
12the patient has complied with Section 45 of this Act.
13    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital
14shall not charge or bill a patient whose household income is
15not greater than 138% of the poverty guidelines updated
16periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of
17Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C.
189902(2).
19(Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)