Chapter 210 — HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION

(210 ILCS 87/17) Sec. 17. Plan of correction; penalty. If the Department finds that a health facility is in violation of this Act, the health facility may submit to the Department, for its approval, a plan of correction. If a health facility violates an approved plan of correctio…

(210 ILCS 87/18) Sec. 18. Rules. The Department shall adopt any rules necessary for the administration and enforcement of this Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department under this Act. (Source: P.A. 93-…

(210 ILCS 87/19) Sec. 19. Administrative Review Law. The Administrative Review Law shall apply to and govern all proceedings for judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department under this Act. (Source: P.A. 93-564, eff. 1-1-04.)

(210 ILCS 87/5) Sec. 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds and declares that Illinois is becoming a land of people whose languages and cultures give the state a global quality. The Legislature further finds and declares that access to basic health care services is t…

(210 ILCS 88/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fair Patient Billing Act. (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)

(210 ILCS 88/10) Sec. 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 services from a patient or a patient's guarantor for hospital services. "Health care plan" means a health insuran…

(210 ILCS 88/12) Sec. 12. Facility fee disclosure. If a hospital charges a facility fee for outpatient services separate and distinct from a professional fee, then the hospital shall develop a policy to inform patients as soon as reasonably practicable that they may be subject to…

(210 ILCS 88/15) Sec. 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 the hospital offers to qualified patients. For more information contact [hospital financial …

(210 ILCS 88/16) Sec. 16. Screening patients for health insurance and financial assistance. (a) All hospitals shall screen each uninsured patient, upon the uninsured patient's agreement, at the earliest reasonable moment for potential eligibility for both: (1) public health insur…

(210 ILCS 88/20) Sec. 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 or dates that health care services were provided to the patient; (2) a brief description of the hos…

(210 ILCS 88/25) Sec. 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 for billing inquiries and disputes and may include any of the following options: (1) a toll-free telepho…

(210 ILCS 88/27) Sec. 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 no later than June 30, 2013. On or before January 1, 2013, a sta…

(210 ILCS 88/30) Sec. 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 hospital has complied with the screening requirements set forth in Section 16 and appli…

(210 ILCS 88/35) Sec. 35. Collection limitations. (a) The hospital shall not pursue legal action for non-payment of a hospital bill against uninsured patients who have clearly demonstrated that they have neither sufficient income nor assets to meet their financial obligations pro…

(210 ILCS 88/40) Sec. 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 for hospital services agrees in writing to comply with the collections provisions of thi…

(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 in the screening process by providing the hospital with a…

(210 ILCS 88/5) Sec. 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 and collection practices of hospitals. (b) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Medical debts are the c…

(210 ILCS 88/50) Sec. 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) the patient may receive separate bills for services provided by health…

(210 ILCS 88/55) Sec. 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 and enforcement of this Act. (b) The Attorney General shall develop and …

(210 ILCS 88/60) Sec. 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 usual and customary charges for any health care service. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as imposing …

(210 ILCS 88/70) Sec. 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 apply to a hospital that does not charge for its services. (b) The obligations of hospitals under t…

(210 ILCS 88/75) Sec. 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 under subsection (i) of Section 6 of the Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by …

(210 ILCS 88/80) Sec. 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.)

(210 ILCS 88/999) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007. (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.)

(210 ILCS 89/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. (Source: P.A. 95-965, eff. 12-22-08.)

(210 ILCS 89/10) Sec. 10. Uninsured patient discounts. (a) Eligibility. (1) A hospital, other than a rural hospital or Critical Access Hospital, shall provide a discount from its charges to any uninsured patient who applies for a discount and has family income of not more than 60…

(210 ILCS 89/15) Sec. 15. Patient responsibility. (a) Hospitals may make the availability of a discount and the maximum collectible amount under this Act contingent upon the uninsured patient first applying for coverage under public health insurance programs, such as Medicare, Me…

(210 ILCS 89/20) Sec. 20. Exemptions and limitations. (a) Hospitals that do not charge for their services are exempt from the provisions of this Act. (b) Nothing in this Act shall be used by any private or public health care insurer or plan as a basis for reducing its payment or …

(210 ILCS 89/25) Sec. 25. 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 and enforcement of this Act. (b) The Attorney General shall develop and …

(210 ILCS 89/30) Sec. 30. 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 under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home…

(210 ILCS 89/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Community health center" means a federally qualified health center as defined in Section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the federal Social Security Act or a federally qualified health center look-alike. "Cost to charge ratio" means the…

(210 ILCS 89/90) Sec. 90. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-965, eff. 9-23-08; text omitted.)

(210 ILCS 89/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law, except that Sections 1 through 30 take effect 90 days after becoming law. (Source: P.A. 95-965, eff. 9-23-08.)

(210 ILCS 90/0.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 157-10) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the X-Ray Retention Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(210 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 157-11) Sec. 1. Hospitals which produce photographs of the human anatomy by the X-ray or roentgen process on the request of licensed physicians for use by them in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient's illness or condition shall retain s…

(210 ILCS 91/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Contact and Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. (Source: P.A. 104-46, eff. 1-1-26.)

(210 ILCS 91/10) Sec. 10. Opportunity to designate an emergency contact and a caregiver. (a) Following the patient's admission into the hospital as an inpatient, a hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legal representative with an opportunity to des…

(210 ILCS 91/14) Sec. 14. Notice to designated emergency contact. If a patient has authorized the hospital to share protected health information with an emergency contact that is not the patient's legal representative and the patient's legal representative does not object, a hosp…

(210 ILCS 91/15) Sec. 15. Notice to designated caregiver. A hospital shall notify a patient's designated caregiver of the patient's discharge or transfer to another hospital or facility licensed by the Department of Public Health as soon as possible prior to the patient's actual …

(210 ILCS 91/20) Sec. 20. Instruction to designated caregiver. (a) As soon as possible prior to a patient's discharge from a hospital to the patient's residence, the hospital shall consult with the designated caregiver and issue a discharge plan that describes a patient's after c…

(210 ILCS 91/25) Sec. 25. Non-interference with health care directives. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid health care directive or valid power of attorney. (Source: P.A. 99-222, eff. 1-27-16.)

(210 ILCS 91/30) Sec. 30. No private right of action. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital affiliate, a hospital employee, or a consultant or contractor with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship solely…

(210 ILCS 91/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "After care" means clinical assistance to a patient provided by a caregiver in the patient's residence following the patient's discharge from an inpatient hospital stay that is related to the patient's condition at the tim…

(210 ILCS 91/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 180 days after becoming law. (Source: P.A. 99-222, eff. 1-27-16.)

(210 ILCS 95/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 761) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Campground Licensing and Recreational Area Act." (Source: P.A. 84-650.)

(210 ILCS 95/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 770) Sec. 10. The licensee shall maintain a register containing a record of all recreational vehicles and persons using the campground as may be required by the Department. The Department and all other law enforcement officers shall have t…

(210 ILCS 95/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 771) Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the owners, licensees and occupants of recreational areas and campgrounds to give the Department free access to such premises at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection. (Source: P.A. 84-650…

(210 ILCS 95/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 772) Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of every occupant of a recreational area or campground to give the owner, operator or licensee thereof or his agent or employees access to any part of such area or its premises at reasonable times for the…

(210 ILCS 95/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 773) Sec. 13. Whenever the Department determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any provision of this Act or the rules and regulations issued hereunder, the Department shall give notice of s…

(210 ILCS 95/14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 774) Sec. 14. The Department shall in any proceeding to suspend, revoke or refuse to issue a permit or license, first serve or cause to be served upon the owner, applicant, permit holder or licensee a written notice specifying the way or w…