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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5503 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person may not require a debtor to establish an automatic payment from a bank account, credit card, debit card, or other form of automatic payment as a condition of entering into a payment plan with respect to a medical bill.
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| | HB5503 | | LRB101 17449 JLS 66858 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2WWW as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2WWW new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2WWW. Medical bills; no automatic payments. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "automatic payment plan" means |
| 9 | | an arrangement under which a debtor authorizes a periodic, |
| 10 | | recurring payment from a checking account, credit card, debit |
| 11 | | card, or other form of payment without an additional |
| 12 | | authorization by the debtor. |
| 13 | | (b) No person may require, as a condition of entering into |
| 14 | | a payment plan for the payment of debt incurred for the |
| 15 | | provision of medical services or products, that the debtor |
| 16 | | enter into or establish an automatic payment plan. |
| 17 | | (c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful |
| 18 | | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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