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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3959 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to pay the DCFS per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stays at free-standing psychiatric hospitals or hospitals with a pediatric or adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit, removes language making the provision operative only through July 1, 2023.
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| | SB3959 | | LRB102 24134 KTG 33360 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-5.07 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.07) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-5.07. Inpatient psychiatric stay; DCFS per diem |
| 8 | | rate. The Department of Children and Family Services shall pay |
| 9 | | the DCFS per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stay at a |
| 10 | | free-standing psychiatric hospital or a hospital with a |
| 11 | | pediatric or adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit effective |
| 12 | | the 11th day when a child is in the hospital beyond medical |
| 13 | | necessity, and the parent or caregiver has denied the child |
| 14 | | access to the home and has refused or failed to make provisions |
| 15 | | for another living arrangement for the child or the child's |
| 16 | | discharge is being delayed due to a pending inquiry or |
| 17 | | investigation by the Department of Children and Family |
| 18 | | Services. If any portion of a hospital stay is reimbursed |
| 19 | | under this Section, the hospital stay shall not be eligible |
| 20 | | for payment under the provisions of Section 14-13 of this |
| 21 | | Code. This Section is inoperative on and after July 1, 2021. |
| 22 | | Notwithstanding the provision of Public Act 101-209 stating |
| 23 | | that this Section is inoperative on and
after July 1, 2020, |