(210 ILCS 88/45)
Sec. 45. Patient responsibilities.
(a) To receive the protection and benefits of this Act, a patient responsible for paying a hospital bill must act reasonably and cooperate in good faith with the hospital by providing the hospital with all of the reasonably requested financial and other relevant information and documentation needed to determine the patient's eligibility under the hospital's financial assistance policy and reasonable payment plan options to qualified patients within 30 days of a request for such information.
(b) To receive the protection and benefits of this Act, a patient responsible for paying a hospital bill shall communicate to the hospital any material change in the patient's financial situation that may affect the patient's ability to abide by the provisions of an agreed upon reasonable payment plan or qualification for financial assistance within 30 days of the change.
(Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)
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