Bill Text: IL HB1281 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the furnishing of health care services by a health care professional or health care provider may not be conditioned on the patient providing a credit card number to be kept on file by the health care professional or health care provider. Provides that a violation constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1281 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1281-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2BBBB as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 505/2BBBB new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2BBBB. Use of credit cards when providing health care | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | services. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Health care professional" means a physician, registered | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | professional nurse, or other individual appropriately licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | or registered to provide health care services. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Health care provider" means any physician, hospital | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | facility, facility licensed under the Home Nursing Care Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | long-term care facility as defined in Section 1-113 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Nursing Home Care Act, or other person that is appropriately | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | licensed or registered to provide health care services. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | "Health care provider" does not include independent practice | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | associations or physician-hospital organizations. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Patient" means the individual who is receiving health | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | care services from the health care professional or health care | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | provider and any individual who is the guarantor of the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | payment for such services. |
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1 | (b) The furnishing of health care services by a health | ||||||
2 | care professional or health care provider may not be | ||||||
3 | conditioned on the patient providing a credit card number to | ||||||
4 | be kept on file by the health care professional or health care | ||||||
5 | provider. | ||||||
6 | (c) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful | ||||||
7 | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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