Illinois Compiled Statutes 210 Health Facilities and Regulation: Article -

• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fair Patient Billing Act. (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 5
  Purpose; findings. (a) The purpose of this Act is to advance the prompt and accurate payment of health care services through fair and reasonable billing...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 10
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Collection action" means any referral of a bill to a collection agency or law firm to collect payment for...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 15
  Patient notification. (a) Each hospital shall post a sign with the following notice: "You may be eligible for financial assistance under the terms and conditions...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 20
  Bill information. If a hospital bills a patient for health care services, the hospital shall provide with its bill the following information: (1) the date...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 25
  Bill inquiries. (a) A hospital must implement a process for patients to inquire about or dispute a bill. Such process must include a telephone number...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 27
  Application Procedures for Financial Assistance. (a) Applications. The Attorney General shall, by rule, adopt standard provisions to be included in all applications for financial assistance...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 30
  Pursuing collection action. (a) Hospitals and their agents may pursue collection action against an uninsured patient only if the following conditions are met: (1) The...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 35
  Collection limitations. The hospital shall not pursue legal action for non-payment of a hospital bill against uninsured patients who have clearly demonstrated that they have...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 40
  Hospital agents. The hospital must ensure that any external collection agency, law firm, or individual engaged by the hospital to obtain payment of outstanding bills...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 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...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 50
  Notification concerning out-of-network providers. During the admission or as soon as practicable thereafter, the hospital must provide an insured patient with written notice that: (1)...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 55
  Enforcement. (a) The Attorney General is responsible for administering and ensuring compliance with this Act, including the development of any rules necessary for the implementation...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 60
  Limitations. Nothing in this Act shall be used by any private or public payer as a basis for reducing the third-party payer's rates, policies, or...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 70
  Application. (a) This Act applies to all hospitals licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or the University of Illinois Hospital Act. This Act does not...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 75
  Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate hospitals in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. This Section is a limitation...
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 80
  Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act applies to all rules promulgated by the Attorney General under the Act. (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)
• Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. - 210 ILCS 88, Section 999
  Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007. (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015