Bill Text: IL HB5347 | 2019-2020 | 101st 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 refer patients who receive treatment at the hospital's emergency room to a financial counselor before the patient is discharged.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5347 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5347-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5347 Introduced , by Rep. Jawaharial Williams SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 85/6.28 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 refer patients who receive treatment at the hospital's emergency room to a financial counselor before the patient is discharged.
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A BILL FOR
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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 6.28 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.28 new)
Sec. 6.28. Financial counselor referral. A hospital that
receives a property tax exemption under Section 15-86 of the
Property Tax Code must refer patients who receive treatment at
the hospital's emergency room to a financial counselor before
the patient is discharged.