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210 ILCS 88/20

(210 ILCS 88/20)

Sec. 20.

Bill information.

If a hospital bills a patient for health care services, the hospital shall provide with its bill the following information:

(1) the date or dates that health

care services were provided to the patient;

(2) a brief description of the

hospital services;

(3) the amount owed for hospital

services;

(4) hospital contact information for

addressing billing inquiries;

(5) a statement regarding how an

uninsured patient may apply for consideration under the hospital's financial assistance policy on or with each hospital bill sent to an uninsured patient; and

(6) notice that the patient may obtain

an itemized bill upon request.

If a hospital bills a patient, then the hospital must provide an itemized statement of charges for the inpatient and outpatient services rendered by the hospital upon receiving a request from the patient.

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