815 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 505/2B.3. Deceptive sale or promotion of health-related cash discount cards: Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1961
Deceptive sale or promotion of health-related cash discount cards. It is an unlawful practice for any person to sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise distribute any card or other purchasing mechanism or device that purports …
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815 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 505/2VVV. Deceptive marketing, advertising, and sale of mental health disorder and substance use disorder treatment: Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2019
It is an unlawful practice for any person to engage in misleading or false advertising or promotion that misrepresents the need to seek mental health disorder or substance use disorder treatment outside of the State …
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815 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 505/3. Attorney general; general powers: Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1961
The attorney general shall enforce this article.
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815 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 510/1 through 510/7: Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1966
Statutes include what constitutes a deceptive trade practice and provides for injunctive relief for those damaged by a deceptive trade practice.
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820 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 305/29.2. Insurance oversight: Workers’ Compensation Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2011
The department of insurance must submit and publish an annual report about the workers’ compensation system, including things such as advisory organization premium rate for workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois for the previous year and …
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820 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 305/8.1a. Preferred provider programs: Workers’ Compensation Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2011
Employers can use a preferred provider program for their workers’ compensation programs.
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820 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 305/8.2. Fee schedule: Workers’ Compensation Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2005
Statute regulates medical fee schedules and requires the Commission to establish and maintain fee schedules for health care services. If the Commission finds that there is a significant limitation on access to quality health care, …
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820 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 305/8.3. Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board: Workers’ Compensation Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2005
Statute creates a Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board which has duties including advising the Commission on establishment of fees for medical services and accessibility of medical treatment.
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820 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 305/8.7. Utilization review programs: Workers’ Compensation Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2005
No person may conduct a utilization review program for workers’ compensation services in this State unless once every 2 years the person registers the utilization review program with the Department of Insurance and certifies compliance …
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820 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 90/1 through 90/10: Illinois Freedom to Work Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2017
Prohibits non-competes in contracts with workers making less than $13 per hour, which is unlikely to apply to physicians.
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A 00144 – New York
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Requires health insurers to accept payments for coverage of health care from third parties.
A 00172 – New York
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Redefines “small group” for the purposes of certain provisions.
A 00237 (see companion bill S 00803) – New York
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Relates to price gouging; defines unconscionably excessive price for the purposes of prohibiting price gouging during abnormal disruption of the market.
A 00250 (see companion bill S 00344) – New York
Introduced: 2015 Status: Inactive / Dead
TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH CARE FEES: would require health care providers to advise patients, in writing, prior to performing any health care services, the fee the patient will be charged for each service in the event …
A 00264 (see companion bill S 01371) – New York
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Establishes patient protections from excessive hospital emergency charges; includes hospital charges, including hospital charges for inpatient services which follow an emergency room visit.
A 00264 (see companion bill S 01371) – New York
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Establishes patient protections from excessive hospital emergency charges; includes hospital charges, including hospital charges for inpatient services which follow an emergency room visit.