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Public Act 099-0100


 

Public Act 0100 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
Public Act 099-0100
 
HB2763 EnrolledLRB099 07782 MLM 27916 b

    AN ACT concerning insurance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding
Section 370b.1 as follows:
 
    (215 ILCS 5/370b.1 new)
    Sec. 370b.1. Surgical assistant payments. Payment for
services rendered by a registered surgical assistant, as
defined in the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered
Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act, who is neither an
employee of an ambulatory surgical treatment center, as defined
in the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, nor an
employee of a hospital shall be paid at the appropriate
non-physician modifier rate if the payor would have made
payment had the same services been provided by a physician.
 
    Section 10. The Registered Surgical Assistant and
Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act is
amended by adding Section 47 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 130/47 new)
    Sec. 47. Payment; surgical assistant. Payment for services
rendered by a registered surgical assistant who is neither an
employee of an ambulatory surgical treatment center, as defined
in the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, nor an
employee of a hospital shall be paid at the appropriate
non-physician modifier rate if the payor would have made
payment had the same services been provided by a physician.

Effective Date: 1/1/2016