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Introduced
02/09/2023
02/09/2023
In Committee
03/10/2023
03/10/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2025
01/08/2025
Introduced Session
103rd General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Requires hospitals to screen patients for health insurance and financial assistance. Prohibits the sale of a patient's medical debt by a hospital. Prohibits hospitals from offering a payment plan to an uninsured patient without first exhausting any discount available to the uninsured patient under the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act and from entering into a payment plan for a bill that is eligible to be discounted by 100% under the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Makes other changes. Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that hospital may not make the availability of a discount and maximum collectible amount contingent upon an uninsured patient's eligibility for specified programs if the patient declines to apply for a public health insurance program on the basis of concern for immigration-related consequences to the patient, which shall not be grounds for the hospital to deny financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy.
AI Summary
This bill:
1. Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act to require hospitals to screen uninsured patients for eligibility in public health insurance programs, hospital financial assistance, and other programs that may help cover their healthcare costs. Hospitals must provide this screening in a culturally competent manner and assist patients in applying for any eligible assistance. The bill also prohibits hospitals from selling an uninsured patient's medical debt.
2. Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act to provide that a hospital cannot make the availability of a discount contingent on an uninsured patient applying for a public health insurance program if the patient declines to do so due to concerns about immigration-related consequences.
3. Makes other changes related to payment plans, collection actions, and enforcement provisions for hospitals that fail to comply with the screening and assistance requirements.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (7)
Robert Peters (D)*,
Cristina Castro (D),
Javier Cervantes (D),
Laura Fine (D),
Ann Gillespie (D),
Rachel Ventura (D),
Karina Villa (D),
Last Action
Session Sine Die (on 01/07/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2080&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103 |
| BillText | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2080.htm |
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