Bill Text: IL HB3856 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Removes language providing that a hospital shall provide an itemized bill upon request. Provides instead that the hospital shall provide notice that the patient will be given an itemized statement of charges for inpatient and outpatient services rendered by the hospital unless the patient chooses to opt out of receiving such statement. Allows the itemized statement to be provided in an electronic format. Requires the information regarding the patient's choice to opt out to be prominent, clearly labeled, and provided to the patient before signing any documents relating to itemized billing. Prohibits a patient from being under the influence of any anesthetic or drug that inhibits mental performance when given the documents. Provides that the hospital's failure to comply with the requirements constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a corresponding change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [HB3856 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3856-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3856 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 88/20
815 ILCS 505/2Z from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z
Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Removes language providing that a hospital shall provide an itemized bill upon request. Provides instead that the hospital shall provide notice that the patient will be given an itemized statement of charges for inpatient and outpatient services rendered by the hospital unless the patient chooses to opt out of receiving such statement. Allows the itemized statement to be provided in an electronic format. Requires the information regarding the patient's choice to opt out to be prominent, clearly labeled, and provided to the patient before signing any documents relating to itemized billing. Prohibits a patient from being under the influence of any anesthetic or drug that inhibits mental performance when given the documents. Provides that the hospital's failure to comply with the requirements constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a corresponding change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by
changing Section 20 as follows:
(210 ILCS 88/20)
Sec. 20. Bill information. If a hospital bills a patient
for health care services, the hospital shall provide with its
bill the following information:
(1) the date or dates that health care services were
provided to the patient;
(2) a brief description of the hospital services;
(3) the amount owed for hospital services;
(4) hospital contact information for addressing
billing inquiries;
(5) a statement regarding how an uninsured patient may
apply for consideration under the hospital's financial
assistance policy on or with each hospital bill sent to an
uninsured patient; and
(6) notice that the patient will be given an itemized
statement of charges for inpatient and outpatient services
rendered by the hospital unless the patient chooses to opt
out of receiving such a statement may obtain an itemized

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bill upon request.
If a hospital bills a patient, then the hospital must
provide an itemized statement of charges for the inpatient and
outpatient services rendered by the hospital unless the
patient opts out of receiving such a statement upon receiving
a request from the patient. The itemized statement of charges
may be provided in an electronic format at the discretion of
the hospital unless the patient requests a physical copy of
the statement of charges, which shall be provided upon
request.
Information regarding the patient's choice to opt out
shall be prominent, clearly labeled, and provided to the
patient before signing any documents relating to itemized
billing. The patient shall not be under the influence of any
anesthetic or drug that inhibits mental performance when given
the documents.
The hospital's failure to comply with the requirements of
this Section constitutes an unlawful practice under the
Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)
Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who

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knowingly violates the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive
Collision Repair Act, the Home Repair and Remodeling Act, the
Dance Studio Act, the Physical Fitness Services Act, the
Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act, the Illinois Union
Label Act, the Installment Sales Contract Act, the Job
Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer Protection Act, the
Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act, the Credit Services
Organizations Act, the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act, the
Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection Act, the Telephone
Solicitations Act, the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act,
the Cemetery Oversight Act, the Cemetery Care Act, the Safe
and Hygienic Bed Act, the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales
Act, the High Risk Home Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act,
the Predatory Loan Prevention Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud
Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Tax
Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use
Tax Act, the Electronic Mail Act, the Internet Caller
Identification Act, paragraph (6) of subsection (k) of Section
6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Section 11-1431, 18d-115,
18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, 18d-150, or 18d-153 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the Residential Real Property
Disclosure Act, the Automatic Contract Renewal Act, the
Reverse Mortgage Act, Section 25 of the Youth Mental Health
Protection Act, the Personal Information Protection Act, or
the Student Online Personal Protection Act, or Section 20 of
the Fair Patient Billing Act commits an unlawful practice

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within the meaning of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-315, eff. 8-24-17; 100-416, eff. 1-1-18;
100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-658, eff. 3-23-21.)