Bill Text: IL HB2501 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals that receive a property tax exemption under a provision of the Property Tax Code concerning exemptions related to access to hospital and health care services by low-income and underserved individuals to post the hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the hospital's emergency room.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB2501 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2501-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2501 Introduced , by Rep. Norma Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 85/6.34 new
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals that receive a property tax exemption under a provision of the Property Tax Code concerning exemptions related to access to hospital and health care services by low-income and underserved individuals to post the hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the hospital's emergency room.
LRB103 26699 CPF 53062 b
A BILL FOR
HB2501 LRB103 26699 CPF 53062 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
Section 6.34 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.34 new)
Sec. 6.34. Posting charity care policy, financial
counselor. A hospital that receives a property tax exemption
under Section 15-86 of the Property Tax Code must post the
hospital's charity care policy and the contact information of
a financial counselor in a reasonably viewable area in the
hospital's emergency room.