Bill Text: IL HB3487 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0117 [HB3487 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3487-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 101-0117 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | ||||
amended by adding Section 6.7 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 330/6.7 new) | ||||
Sec. 6.7. Health insurance marketplace notices. The | ||||
University of Illinois Hospital shall post, in each facility | ||||
that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location | ||||
in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in | ||||
health insurance through the Illinois health insurance | ||||
marketplace in accordance with Sections 1311 and 1321 of the | ||||
federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 6.14c as follows:
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(210 ILCS 85/6.14c)
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Sec. 6.14c. Posting of information. Every hospital shall | ||||
conspicuously post
for display in an
area of its offices | ||||
accessible to patients, employees, and visitors the
following:
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(1) its current license;
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(2) a description, provided by the Department, of | ||||
complaint
procedures established under this Act and the | ||
name, address, and
telephone number of a person authorized | ||
by the Department to receive
complaints;
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(3) a list of any orders pertaining to the hospital | ||
issued by the
Department during the past year and any court | ||
orders reviewing such Department
orders issued during the | ||
past year; and
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(4) a list of the material available for public | ||
inspection under
Section 6.14d.
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Each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an | ||
emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the | ||
emergency room with information about how to enroll in health | ||
insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace in | ||
accordance with Sections 1311 and 1321 of the federal Patient | ||
Protection and Affordable Care Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 91-242, eff. 1-1-00.)
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