HB0221 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 06133 RPM 46207 b

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning insurance.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding Section 370u as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/370u new)

Sec. 370u. Preferred provider organization hospital. 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.