Section 250.750  Medical Forensic Services for Sexual Assault Survivors

a)         All hospitals providing emergency services shall render care to victims of sexual assault.  The care shall be in accordance with 77 Ill. Adm. Code 545.55 (Treatment and Transfer of Pediatric Sexual Assault Survivors), 77 Ill. Adm. Code 545.60 (Treatment of Sexual Assault Survivors), 77 Ill. Adm. Code 545.63 (Treatment Hospital with Pediatric Transfer), and 77 Ill. Adm. Code 545.65 (Transfer of Sexual Assault Survivors).

b)         A hospital may fulfill its obligation to provide medical forensic services to sexual assault victims by participating in an areawide plan for emergency service in accordance with 77 Ill. Adm. Code 545.50 (Areawide Sexual Assault Treatment Plans).

c)         Pursuant to, but not limited to, Sections 7 and 7.5 of the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, a hospital shall not seek payment from a sexual assault survivor who presents at a hospital for medical forensic services.  If the Department becomes aware that a sexual assault survivor has been billed for treatment, the Department will refer the matter to the Office of the Attorney General for enforcement.

d)         The hospital shall provide a sexual assault survivor with a sexual assault services voucher.  For the purposes of this Section, a sexual assault services voucher is a document generated by a hospital at the time the sexual assault survivor receives outpatient medical forensic services that may be used to seek payment for any ambulance services, medical forensic services, laboratory services, pharmacy services, and follow-up healthcare provided as a result of the sexual assault.  (Section 1a of the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act)

(Source:  Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 18379, effective October 29, 2020)