97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0221

 

Introduced 01/21/11, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/370u new

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a physician or other health care professional who provides services through a hospital that is a member of a preferred provider organization to an insured person who is admitted to the hospital and participates in the preferred provider organization may not use any fee schedule other than that set forth by the insurer for the preferred provider organization.


LRB097 06133 RPM 46207 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0221LRB097 06133 RPM 46207 b

1    AN ACT concerning insurance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding
5Section 370u as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/370u new)
7    Sec. 370u. Preferred provider organization hospital. A
8physician or other health care professional who provides
9services through a hospital that is a member of a preferred
10provider organization to an insured person who is admitted to
11the hospital and participates in the preferred provider
12organization may not use any fee schedule other than that set
13forth by the insurer for the preferred provider organization.