SB3424 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3424

Introduced 1/18/2022, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 88/35

Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not pursue legal action for non-payment of a hospital bill against any patient who is actively making payments on the hospital bill.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

(210 ILCS 88/35)

Sec. 35. Collection limitations. The hospital shall not pursue legal action:

(1) for non-payment of a hospital bill against uninsured patients who have clearly demonstrated that they have neither sufficient income nor assets to meet their financial obligations provided the patient has complied with Section 45 of this Act; or .

(2) for non-payment of a hospital bill against any patient who is actively making payments on the hospital bill.

(Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)