Bill Text: IL HB3703 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care professional or health care provider shall not contact a collection agency to collect unpaid debt when a patient has a late payment or nonpayment of a medical bill for COVID-19 testing, nor shall the health care professional or health care provider report the late payment or nonpayment to a credit reporting agency. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB3703 Detail]

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3703 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 50/8 new
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care professional or health care provider shall not contact a collection agency to collect unpaid debt when a patient has a late payment or nonpayment of a medical bill for COVID-19 testing, nor shall the health care professional or health care provider report the late payment or nonpayment to a credit reporting agency. Effective immediately.
LRB102 14223 BMS 19575 b
A BILL FOR
HB3703 LRB102 14223 BMS 19575 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
adding Section 8 as follows:
(410 ILCS 50/8 new)
Sec. 8. COVID-19 testing; debt.
(a) In this Section, "health care professional" means a
physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, a
registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered
nurse, emergency medical technician, or other individual
appropriately licensed or registered to provide health care
services.
(b) A health care professional or health care provider
shall not contact a collection agency to collect unpaid debt
when a patient has a late payment or nonpayment of a medical
bill for COVID-19 testing, nor shall the health care
professional or health care provider report the late payment
or nonpayment to a credit reporting agency.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.