HB3976 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

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

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2WWW as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2WWW new)

Sec. 2WWW. Medical bills; no automatic payments.

(a) As used in this Section, "automatic payment plan" means an arrangement under which a debtor authorizes a periodic, recurring payment from a checking account, credit card, debit card, or other form of payment without an additional authorization by the debtor.

(b) No person may require, as a condition of entering into a payment plan for the payment of debt incurred for the provision of medical services or products, that the debtor enter into or establish an automatic payment plan.

(c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.