HB4749 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4749

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Deb Conroy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 50/3.5 new

Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that it is the policy of this State that managed care companies or third-party payers shall not mandate that health care professionals use a specific electronic medical records software system in order to provide or bill for services to patients. Prohibits specified insurance policies, plans, or arrangements for the purchase of health care, payment for health care, or reimbursement for health care, or an agency of the State or of any municipality, county, district, or other political subdivision of the State, from discriminating with respect to the provision of, or contracts for, health care or related services against a health care professional on the basis of that health care professional's utilization of a specific electronic medical records software system.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:

(410 ILCS 50/3.5 new)

Sec. 3.5. Electronic medical record software.

(a) It is the policy of this State that managed care companies or third-party payers shall not mandate that health care professionals use a specific electronic medical records software system in order to provide or bill for services to patients.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following shall not discriminate with respect to the provision of, or contracts for, health care or related services against a health care professional on the basis of that health care professional's utilization of a specific electronic medical records software system:

(1) a health care service plan;

(2) a managed health care plan;

(3) a health maintenance organization plan;

(4) a preferred provider plan;

(5) a managed competition plan;

(6) a policy of disability insurance;

(7) a self-insured employer welfare benefit plan;

(8) a health insurance purchasing cooperative;

(9) any other insurance policy, plan, or arrangement for the purchase of health care, payment for health care, or reimbursement for health care; or

(10) an agency of the State or of any municipality, county, district, or other political subdivision of the State.