94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1949


 
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Kevin A. McCarthy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













110 ILCS 330/5
  from Ch. 23, par. 1375







    Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act.  Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning charges for hospital services.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning education.

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


 
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    Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is 
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amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



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    (110 ILCS 330/5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 1375)



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    Sec. 5. The
The University may establish and collect 
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charges for hospital
services rendered in the University of 
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Illinois Hospital or in connection
with a University health 
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care program.  However, with
respect to health care professional 
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services rendered in connection with
a University health care 
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program at the University
of Illinois Hospital or elsewhere by 
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the
Doctors of Medicine, the Doctors of Dentistry, or other 
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health
care
professionals who are members of the University

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faculty,
charges for such professional services shall not be 
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established or
collected by the University or the University of 
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Illinois Hospital but may
be by said members of said faculty 
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who render such services under a
plan or plans organized and 
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administered by them. All such charges shall be
deposited in a 
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special fund or funds in the treasury of the University. The

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billing, collecting and disbursing of any such fund shall 
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remain
exclusively under the supervision and control of such 
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faculty under a
plan or plans established by them for the 
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general benefit and support of
University programs and 
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activities related to the health professions, provided
no 
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charges may be
made or collected until such plan has been 
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approved by the University.
However, no person shall make or 
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collect a personal or professional
charge for his own account 
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for treating, caring for or nursing a
patient in the University 
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of Illinois Hospital
(other than health care professional 
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services provided at the University of
Illinois Hospital by

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non-salaried
adjunct
University faculty who are licensed 
 


 






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dentists or physicians licensed to
practice medicine in all its 
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branches
members)
or in connection with a
University
health 
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care program. Nothing herein shall prevent the University from 
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approving
a plan under which any such fund in the University 
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treasury may be utilized
in paying the University salaries of 
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such faculty members, or from assisting
in the billing and 
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collection of professional charges if all University
costs in 
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connection therewith are paid from the charges so collected.
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(Source: P.A. 91-206, eff. 7-20-99; 92-760, eff. 8-2-02.)