How Is This Bill Enforced
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"Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.210 ILCS 88/10" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
This section amends the existing definitions section of the Fair Patient Billing Act to add a definition of artificial intelligence by cross-referencing Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. The remaining definitions — including collection action, health care plan, insured patient, medical debt, patient, public health insurance program, reasonable payment plan, screen/screening, and uninsured patient — are carried forward without change from prior law.
1 All hospitals are prohibited from using artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.210 ILCS 88/10 to set or influence health care pricing or billing.
This new section imposes a categorical prohibition on all hospitals using artificial intelligence to set or influence health care pricing or billing. The prohibition is notable for its breadth — it does not limit the ban to AI as the sole or primary pricing mechanism but extends to any use of AI that influences pricing or billing. There is no carve-out for AI used in an advisory capacity with human review, no exception for cost-estimation tools, and no safe harbor for compliance programs. The prohibition applies to all hospitals without qualification.