100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2447

 

Introduced 1/30/2018, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-30.6 new

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no later than January 1, 2019, the Auditor General shall initiate a performance audit of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to determine the Department's compliance with certain requirements concerning Medicaid Managed Care Entities. Provides that the determinations shall include, but not be limited to: (i) whether the Department has developed and applied standardized quality performance measures to Medicaid Managed Care Entities; (ii) whether it has developed and implemented algorithms for automatic assignment of Medicaid enrollees into managed care entities; and (iii) whether the standardized quality performance measures and algorithms developed by the Department use measurable quality metrics, are developed and applied according to the statutory criteria, and are adequately documented. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 5-30.6 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-30.6 new)
7    Sec. 5-30.6. Performance audits. No later than January 1,
82019, the Auditor General shall initiate a performance audit of
9the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to determine
10the Department's compliance with the requirements of Section
115-30.3. The determinations shall include, but not be limited
12to: (i) whether the Department has developed and applied
13standardized quality performance measures to Medicaid Managed
14Care Entities; (ii) whether it has developed and implemented
15algorithms for automatic assignment of Medicaid enrollees into
16managed care entities; and (iii) whether the standardized
17quality performance measures and algorithms developed by the
18Department use measurable quality metrics, are developed and
19applied according to the statutory criteria, and are adequately
20documented.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.