Public Act 100-0549
 
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    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended  by 
changing Section 1 as follows:
 



    (30 ILCS 540/1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)



    Sec. 1. 
This Act applies to any State official or agency 
authorized to
provide for payment from State funds, by virtue 
of any appropriation of the
General Assembly, for goods or 
services furnished to the State.

    For purposes of this Act, "goods or
services furnished to 
the State" include but are not limited to (i) covered health

care provided to eligible members and their covered dependents 
in accordance
with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 
1971, including coverage
through a physician-owned health 
maintenance organization under Section 6.1 of
that Act, and 
(ii) prevention, intervention, or treatment services and 
supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental 
health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, 
rehabilitation services, and early intervention services 
provided by a vendor, and (iii) prevention, intervention, or 
treatment services and supports for youth provided by a vendor 
by virtue of a contractual grant agreement. For the purposes of 
items item (ii) and (iii), a vendor includes but is not limited 
to sellers of goods and services, including community-based 
organizations that are licensed to provide prevention, 
intervention, or treatment services and supports for persons 
with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and substance 
abuse problems, or that provides prevention, intervention, or 
treatment services and supports for youth. 

    For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official 
or agency" is
defined as the Director or Chief Executive or his 
designee of that State
agency or department or facility of such 
agency or department.
With respect to covered health care 
provided to eligible members and
their dependents in accordance 
with the State Employees Group Insurance Act
of 1971, 
"appropriate State official or agency" also includes an

administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.

    As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who 
is eligible for
health benefits under the State Employees Group 
Insurance Act of 1971, and
"member" and "dependent" have the 
meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.

    As used in this Act, "a proper bill or invoice" means a 
bill or invoice, including, but not limited to, an invoice 
issued under a contractual grant agreement,
that
includes the

information necessary for processing the payment as may be 
specified by a State
agency and in rules adopted in accordance 
with this Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-802, eff. 1-1-10.)