Public Act 096-0444
 		





HB0416 Enrolled
LRB096 03643 DRJ 13671 b






    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 5B-4 as follows:
 



    (305 ILCS 5/5B-4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-4)



    Sec. 5B-4. Payment of assessment; penalty. 

    (a) The assessment imposed by Section 5B-2 for a State

fiscal year shall be due and payable in quarterly installments,

each equalling one-fourth of the assessment for the year, on

September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of the year.

The Illinois Department may provide that county nursing homes 
directed and
maintained pursuant to Section 5-1005 of the 
Counties Code may meet their
assessment obligation by 
certifying to the Illinois Department that county
expenditures 
have been obligated for the operation of the county nursing

home in an amount at least equal to the amount of the 
assessment.

    (b) The Illinois Department is authorized to establish

delayed payment schedules for long-term care providers that are

unable to make installment payments when due under this Section

due to financial difficulties, as determined by the Illinois

Department.

    (c) If a long-term care provider fails to pay the full

amount of an installment when due (including any extensions

granted under subsection (b)), there shall, unless waived by 
the
Illinois Department for reasonable cause, be added to the

assessment imposed by Section 5B-2 for the State fiscal year a

penalty assessment equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the amount 
of
the installment not paid on or before the due date plus 5% 
of the
portion thereof remaining unpaid on the last day of each 
month
thereafter or (ii) 100% of the installment amount not 
paid on or
before the due date.  For purposes of this 
subsection, payments
will be credited first to unpaid 
installment amounts (rather than
to penalty or interest), 
beginning with the most delinquent
installments. Payment 
cycles of longer than 60 days shall be one factor the Director 
takes into account in granting a waiver under this Section. 

    (d) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1993 shall be 
construed to prevent
the Illinois Department from collecting 
all amounts due under this Article
pursuant to an assessment 
imposed before the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 
1993.

(Source: P.A. 87-861; 88-88.)


 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.