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210 ILCS 70/1 (2026)

No hospital, physician, dentist or other provider of professional health care licensed under the laws of this State may refuse to provide needed emergency treatment to any person whose life would be threatened in the absence of such treatment, because of that person's inability to pay therefor, nor because of the source of any payment promised therefor

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(210 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6151)
    Sec. 1. No hospital, physician, dentist or other provider of professional health care licensed under the laws of this State may refuse to provide needed emergency treatment to any person whose life would be threatened in the absence of such treatment, because of that person's inability to pay therefor, nor because of the source of any payment promised therefor.
(Source: P.A. 83-723.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1996–2015 · leading case: Berlin v. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Ctr., 688 N.E.2d 106 (Ill. 1997).
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Berlin v. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Ctr., 688 N.E.2d 106 (Ill. 1997). · cites it 4× “(West 1994)) requires "[e]very hospital * * * which provides general medical and surgical hospital services" to also provide emergency services.”
Provena Covenant Med. Ctr. v. Dep't of Revenue, 925 N.E.2d 1131 (Ill. 2010). · cites it 2× “That is so as a matter of both state (210 ILCS 80/1 (West 2002); see also 210 ILCS 70/1 (West 2002)) and federal (42 U.”
Midwest Emergency Assocs.-Elgin, Ltd. v. Harmony Health Plan of Illinois, Inc., 888 N.E.2d 694 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “” 210 ILCS 70/1 (West 2006). Federal law likewise requires healthcare providers to perform “necessary stabilizing treatment for emergency medical conditions” regardless of a patient’s inability to pay for such services.”
Berlin v. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Ctr., 664 N.E.2d 337 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “In so holding, we do not decide (because the issue is not before us under the circumstances of this case) whether hospitals—to the extent they are statutorily required to provide emergency treatment for life-threatening injuries by the Emergency Medical Treatment Act (see 210…”
Johnson v. Bishof, 2015 IL App (1st) 131122 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “"Where emergency room services are offered, a certain level of health care is required to be provided to every person who seeks treatment there.”
Johnson v. Bishof, 2015 IL App (1st) 131122 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “That is so as a matter of both state (210 ILCS 80/1 (West 2002); see also 210 ILCS 70/1 (West 2002)) and federal (42 U.”
Midwest Emergency Assocs.-Elgin Ltd. (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “" 210 ILCS 70/1 (West 2006). Federal law likewise requires healthcare providers to perform "necessary stabilizing treatment for emergency medical conditions" regardless of a patient's inability to pay for such services.”
Berlin v. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Ctr. (Ill. 1997). · cites it 2× “(West 1994)) requires “[e]very hospital *** which provides general medical and surgical hospital services ” to also provide emergency services.”
Johnson v. Bishof, 2015 IL App (1st) 131122 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “"Where emergency room services are offered, a certain level of health care is required to be provided to every person who seeks treatment there.”
Provena Covenant Med. Ctr. v. Dep't of Revenue (Ill. 2010). “That is so as a matter of both state (210 ILCS 80/1 (West 2002); see also 210 ILCS 70/1 (West 2002)) and federal (42 U.”
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