HB2944 - 104th General Assembly

MEDICAID-EXTENDED HOSP STAYS
Last Action
3/21/2025 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Sponsors
Rep. Ryan Spain
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for an extended hospital stay beyond medical necessity due to multiple failed attempts to place an emergency room patient who presented for dementia or other long-term care needs into a nursing or other long-term care facility, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse the hospital at a rate calculated to cover the entire hospital stay if (i) the hospital presents documentation, as prescribed by the Department, of multiple unsuccessful attempts to place the patient in a nursing or other long-term care facility and (ii) if each nursing or long-term care facility the hospital solicited for placement gave a substantially similar reason for denying the patient admission.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
2/05/2025 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain
2/06/2025 House First Reading
2/06/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee
3/04/2025 House Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
3/21/2025 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/22/2025 House Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Ryan Spain