Bill Text: IL HB3487 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0117 [HB3487 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3487-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0117 [HB3487 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3487-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 University of Illinois Hospital Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 6.7 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 330/6.7 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 6.7. Health insurance marketplace notices. The | ||||||
8 | University of Illinois Hospital shall post, in each facility | ||||||
9 | that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location | ||||||
10 | in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in | ||||||
11 | health insurance through the Illinois health insurance | ||||||
12 | marketplace in accordance with Sections 1311 and 1321 of the | ||||||
13 | federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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14 | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||
15 | changing Section 6.14c as follows:
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16 | (210 ILCS 85/6.14c)
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17 | Sec. 6.14c. Posting of information. Every hospital shall | ||||||
18 | conspicuously post
for display in an
area of its offices | ||||||
19 | accessible to patients, employees, and visitors the
following:
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20 | (1) its current license;
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21 | (2) a description, provided by the Department, of |
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1 | complaint
procedures established under this Act and the | ||||||
2 | name, address, and
telephone number of a person authorized | ||||||
3 | by the Department to receive
complaints;
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4 | (3) a list of any orders pertaining to the hospital | ||||||
5 | issued by the
Department during the past year and any court | ||||||
6 | orders reviewing such Department
orders issued during the | ||||||
7 | past year; and
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8 | (4) a list of the material available for public | ||||||
9 | inspection under
Section 6.14d.
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10 | Each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an | ||||||
11 | emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the | ||||||
12 | emergency room with information about how to enroll in health | ||||||
13 | insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace in | ||||||
14 | accordance with Sections 1311 and 1321 of the federal Patient | ||||||
15 | Protection and Affordable Care Act. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 91-242, eff. 1-1-00.)
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