Bill Text: IL SB1630 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Provides that a clinical laboratory or physician that provides anatomic pathology services for patients in this State shall present or cause to be presented a claim, bill, or demand for payment for these services only to specified people. Provides that the clinical laboratory or physician shall not charge, bill, or otherwise solicit payment for anatomic pathology services unless the services were rendered personally by the clinical laboratory or physician or under the clinical laboratory's or physician's direct supervision. Defines "anatomic pathology services". Makes other changes. Effective December 31, 2013.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1127 [SB1630 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1630-Amended.html

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Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 3/4/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1630
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1630 on page 3,
immediately below line 25, by inserting:
"(i) This Section does not prohibit a referring physician
who takes a patient specimen from charging a patient or a payer
an acquisition or processing charge when:
(a) the charge is limited to actual costs incurred for
specimen collection and transportation;
(b) the charge is separately coded or denoted as a
service distinct from the performance of the anatomic
pathology service, in conformance with the coding policies
of the American Medical Association; and
(c) the patient, if billed, is notified in advance of
the charge.
(j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
a referring physician from sending a patient's specimen to any
laboratory providing anatomic pathology services."; and

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on page 6, immediately below line 22, by inserting:
"(i) This Section does not prohibit a referring physician
who takes a patient specimen from charging a patient or a payer
an acquisition or processing charge when:
(a) the charge is limited to actual costs incurred for
specimen collection and transportation;
(b) the charge is separately coded or denoted as a
service distinct from the performance of the anatomic
pathology service, in conformance with the coding policies
of the American Medical Association; and
(c) the patient, if billed, is notified in advance of
the charge.
(j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
a referring physician from sending a patient's specimen to any
laboratory providing anatomic pathology services.".