Bill Text: IL HB2617 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Health Care Services Lien Act. Provides that notice must be provided, in the same manner as a notice of a judgment, award, settlement, or compromise would be provided, to a lien holder by an injured person or his or her authorized representative when a case is dismissed or a judgment is entered against the injured person.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2617 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2617-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Health Care Services Lien Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (770 ILCS 23/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Notice of judgment or award or dismissal . | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A judgment, award, settlement, or
compromise secured by | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | or on behalf of an injured person may not be satisfied
without | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the
injured person or his or her authorized representative | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | first giving notice of
the judgment,
award, settlement, or | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | compromise to the health care professional or health care
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13 | provider
that rendered a service in the treatment, care, or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | maintenance of the injured
person and that has served a lien | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | notice pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
10.
The notice | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | shall be in writing and served upon the lien holder
or, in the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | case of a lien holder
operated entirely
by a unit of local | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | government, upon the individual
or entity authorized to
receive | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | service
under Section 2-211 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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20 | (b) Notice must be provided to a lien holder by the injured | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | person or his or her authorized representative when a case is | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | dismissed or a judgment is entered against the injured person. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | The notice shall be in writing and served on the lien holder in |
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1 | the same manner as provided under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
2 | Section. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 93-51, eff. 7-1-03.)
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