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HB0207 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0207

 

Introduced 1/22/2021, by Rep. LaToya Greenwood

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 85/6.28 new

    Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals that receive a property tax exemption under a provision of the Property Tax Code concerning exemptions related to access to hospital and health care services by low-income and underserved individuals to post the hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the hospital's emergency room.


LRB102 10059 CPF 15379 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0207LRB102 10059 CPF 15379 b

1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
5Section 6.28 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 85/6.28 new)
7    Sec. 6.28. Posting charity care policy, financial
8counselor. A hospital that receives a property tax exemption
9under Section 15-86 of the Property Tax Code must post the
10hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of
11a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the
12hospital's emergency room.