HB4585 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4585

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Rep. William Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-5.20

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that "federally qualified health center" also means a health care practitioner in an individual or group practice as set forth under the federal Social Security Act. Effective July 1, 2012.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 5-5.20 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-5.20)

Sec. 5-5.20. Clinic payments. For services provided by federally qualified health centers as defined in Section 1905 (l)(2)(B) of the federal Social Security Act, on or after April 1, 1989, and as long as required by federal law, the Illinois Department shall reimburse those health centers for those services according to a prospective cost-reimbursement methodology. For purposes of this Section, "federally qualified health center" also means a health care practitioner in an individual or group practice as set forth in Section 1902(a)(37) of the federal Social Security Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-38, eff. 1-1-96.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.