Public Act 0673 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4698 Enrolled LRB104 17664 AAS 31095 b

Public Act 104-0673

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:

(410 ILCS 50/10 new)

Sec. 10. Notice of separate service.

(a) Every medical office, health care clinic, group practice, or other organizational structure for a licensed professional to provide health care services shall:

(1) provide, either by physical or electronic means, notice stating in substantially similar form: "During a preventive or wellness visit, if acute complaints or chronic problems which require additional evaluation are discussed, you may be billed for multiple services, including a separate office visit charge, billing for diagnostic testing or follow-up, or both. This separate billing is in line with standard billing guidelines. If you have any questions about your bill or this notice, please contact (insert contact information, including a phone number, for health care clinic billing department)."; and

(2) make, except in an emergency treatment situation, a good faith effort to obtain written acknowledgment of receipt of the notice described in paragraph (1).

(b) This Section does not apply to health care providers.