Section 140.540  Costs Associated With Nursing Home Care Reform Act and Implementing Regulations

a)         Facilities shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses necessarily incurred to comply with regulations promulgated by the Department of Public Health pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Reform Act of 1979 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 111½, pars. 4151-101 et seq.)  The estimates per patient, per day are as follows:

1)         License fees (Division 1, Section 2)                                  –  $.004

2)         Resident advisory council (Division 3, Section 4)            –  $.013

3)         Patient account management (Division 16, Section 6)      –  $.023

4)         Denture Marking                                                                –  $.001

5)         Patient Identification                                                         –  $.001

Total                                                                                   –  $.042

b)         The reimbursement shall be based on the per diem cost estimate for the regulations of 4.2 cents, pro rated for the public aid share.  The public aid share will be determined according to the number of public aid days in the facility between July 28, 1980 and December 31, 1981.  The reimbursement for this time period will be included in the 1981 rate.