Bill Text: IL SB1820 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall prescribe, by rule, standards for hospital bills and statements of account. Provides that at a minimum, the standards shall require hospitals to indicate on bills and statements of account the actual cost to the hospital of items being charged to the patient.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1820 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1820-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1820 Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Michael Noland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 85/6.03 new
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall prescribe, by rule, standards for hospital bills and statements of account. Provides that at a minimum, the standards shall require hospitals to indicate on bills and statements of account the actual cost to the hospital of items being charged to the patient.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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 Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
Section 6.03 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.03 new)
Sec. 6.03. Patient bills and statements of account. The
Department shall prescribe, by rule, standards for hospital
bills and statements of account. At a minimum, the standards
shall require hospitals to indicate on bills and statements of
account the actual cost to the hospital of items being charged
to the patient.