HB4110 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 08597 RPS 28760 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4110

Introduced , by Rep. Esther Golar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Health Care Cost Estimate Act. Provides that if a person is provided outpatient services by a medical facility, then before that person is discharged from the medical facility, the medical facility must provide that person with an estimate of his or her out-of-pocket costs for the outpatient services and, if applicable, an estimate of the amount covered by his or her insurance policy. Defines "medical facility" and "outpatient services".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Health Care Cost Estimate Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Medical facility" means any public or private facility that provides, on an outpatient basis, preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, convalescent, rehabilitation, or mental health services.

"Outpatient services" means any preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, convalescent, rehabilitation, or mental health service provided on an outpatient basis.

Section 10. Cost estimate for outpatient services. If a person is provided outpatient services by a medical facility, then before that person is discharged from the medical facility, the medical facility must provide that person with an estimate of his or her out-of-pocket costs for the outpatient services and, if applicable, an estimate of the amount covered by his or her insurance policy.