Bill Text: IL HB3740 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3740 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3740-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 6.28 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 85/6.28 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 6.28. Financial counselor referral. A hospital that | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | receives a property tax exemption under Section 15-86 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Property Tax Code must refer patients who receive treatment at | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the hospital's emergency room to a financial counselor before | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the patient is discharged.
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