Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Filed: 5/16/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 653

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 653 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5adding Section 368g as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/368g new)
7    Sec. 368g. Time-based billing.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "CPT code" means the medical
9billing code set contained in the most recent version of the
10Current Procedural Terminology code book published by the
11American Medical Association.
12    (b) A health care plan requiring a health care provider to
13use a time-based CPT code to bill for health care services
14shall not apply a time measurement standard that results in
15fewer units billed than allowed by the CPT code book, except as
16required by federal law for federally-funded patients.
 

 

 

10100SB0653ham001- 2 -LRB101 04246 RPS 60710 a

1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".