SB1630sam002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 3/15/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1630

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1630 on page 3, immediately below line 25, by inserting:

"(i) This Section does not prohibit a referring physician who takes a patient specimen from charging a patient or a payer an acquisition or processing charge when:

(a) the charge is limited to actual costs incurred for specimen collection and transportation; and

(b) the charge is separately coded or denoted as a service distinct from the performance of the anatomic pathology service, in conformance with the coding policies of the American Medical Association.

(j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a referring physician from sending a patient's specimen to any laboratory providing anatomic pathology services.

(k) This Section does not apply to facilities licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or the University of Illinois Hospital Act or clinical laboratories owned, operated by, or operated within facilities licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or the University of Illinois Hospital Act, when billing for inpatient services or outpatient services from those facilities. "; and

on page 6, immediately below line 22, by inserting:

"(i) This Section does not prohibit a referring physician who takes a patient specimen from charging a patient or a payer an acquisition or processing charge when:

(a) the charge is limited to actual costs incurred for specimen collection and transportation; and

(b) the charge is separately coded or denoted as a service distinct from the performance of the anatomic pathology service, in conformance with the coding policies of the American Medical Association.

(j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a referring physician from sending a patient's specimen to any laboratory providing anatomic pathology services.".