91st General Assembly
Status of HB1118
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   LOPEZ-ACEVEDO.

   410 ILCS 50/3             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403                       

        Amends  the  Medical  Patient  Rights  Act.   Provides  that   an      
   insurance    company  or heath service corporation cannot deny payment      
   for  inpatient admissions on the grounds that  it  was  not  contacted      
   before  the  patient  was  admitted,  unless  there  was no attempt to      
   contact  the  company  or  corporation.   Provides  that  no  contract      
   between an insurance company or  health  service  corporation  with  a      
   health  care    provider  can  include  an inducement to deny, reduce,      
   limit,  or    delay  specific  medically  necessary  and   appropriate      
   treatment  for  a   specific patient or group of patients with similar      
   medical  conditions.                                                        
   99-02-11  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-02-11  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   99-02-17  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               HEALTH CARE           
   99-02-22  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 ACEVEDO               
   99-03-05  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   01-01-09  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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