91st General Assembly
Summary of HB0143
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House Sponsors:
FLOWERS-HARRIS-FEIGENHOLTZ-SCOTT-ACEVEDO, O'BRIEN, 
   KENNER AND SCHOENBERG.

Senate Sponsors:
MADIGAN,L

Short description: 
MEDICAID-PAY FOR EPIDURALS                                                 

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Hospital Licensing Act.  Provides that no hospital may      
   promulgate policies or implement practices  that  determine  differing      
   standards of obstetrical care based upon a patient's source of payment      
   or  ability  to pay for medical services and requires each hospital to      
   provide a copy of its written policy reflecting this to the Department      
   of Public Health and to post written notices of  this  policy  in  the      
   obstetrical  admitting  areas of the hospital by July 1, 1999.  Amends      
   the Medical Practice Act of 1987.  Provides  that  the  Department  of      
   Professional Regulation may discipline a person licensed under the Act      
   for denying or threatening to withhold pain management services from a      
   woman  in active labor, based upon that patient's source of payment or      
   ability to pay for medical services.  Amends the Illinois  Public  Aid      
   Code.   Provides  that  the  Department  of  Public  Aid shall provide      
   reimbursement to medical providers for epidural anesthesia services in      
   accordance  with  the  guidelines   of   the   American   College   of      
   Obstetricians and Gynecologists.  Effective Immediately.                    
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Removes provision that the written policy statement  regarding  a      
   hospital's  standards  for  obstetrical  care shall be provided to the      
   Department of Public Health.                                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Replaces the amendatory language in the Illinois Public Aid  Code      
   with  a  provision  that  the  Department  of Public Aid shall provide      
   reimbursement to medical providers for  epidural  anesthesia  services      
   when ordered by the attending practitioner at the time of delivery.         
          FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Dept. of Professional Regulation)              
          Future revenues or costs cannot be estimated at this time.           
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1, 2 (Dept. of Public Aid)                         
          The Department estimates that this legislation has no fiscal         
          impact.                                                              
          STATE MANDATES NOTE, H-AM 1, 2                                       
          (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)                            
          The legislation creates both a local government organization         
          and structure mandate for which no State reimbursement is re-        
          quired, and a service mandate for which reimbursement of 50%         
          to 100% of the increased cost to units of local government is        
          required.                                                            
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          225 ILCS 60/22                                                       
        Removes the changes to the Medical Practice Act of 1987 from  the      
   bill.                                                                       
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 01-01-09

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   3     SENATE -   0


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