Bill Amendment: IL HB3955 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: HOSPITALS-ER COPAYMENT
Status: 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0213 [HB3955 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3955-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: HOSPITALS-ER COPAYMENT
Status: 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0213 [HB3955 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3955-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3955
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3955 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 8h as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 330/8h new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 8h. Emergency room treatment; delay of treatment | ||||||
8 | prohibition. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the | ||||||
9 | contrary, the University of Illinois Hospital, in accordance | ||||||
10 | with Section 1395dd(a) and 1395dd(b) of the Social Security | ||||||
11 | Act, shall not delay provisions of a required appropriate | ||||||
12 | medical screening examination or further medical examination | ||||||
13 | and treatment for a patient in a University of Illinois | ||||||
14 | Hospital emergency room in order to inquire about the | ||||||
15 | individual's method of payment or insurance status.
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1 | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||
2 | adding Section 6.34 as follows:
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3 | (210 ILCS 85/6.34 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 6.34. Emergency room treatment; delay of treatment | ||||||
5 | prohibition. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the | ||||||
6 | contrary, a hospital licensed under this Act, in accordance | ||||||
7 | with Section 1395dd(a) and 1395dd(b) of the Social Security | ||||||
8 | Act, shall not delay provisions of a required appropriate | ||||||
9 | medical screening examination or further medical examination | ||||||
10 | and treatment for a patient in a hospital's emergency room in | ||||||
11 | order to inquire about the individual's method of payment or | ||||||
12 | insurance status. ".
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