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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2080 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, on and after July 1, 2023, the reimbursement rates paid to providers of private duty nursing services for medically fragile and technology dependent children shall be 40% higher than the reimbursement rates in effect for nursing services on June 30, 2023. Effective July 1, 2023.
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| | HB2080 | | LRB103 05145 KTG 50160 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 5-2b as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-2b) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-2b. Medically fragile and technology dependent |
| 8 | | children eligibility and program; provider reimbursement |
| 9 | | rates. |
| 10 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law except as |
| 11 | | provided in Section 5-30a, on and after September 1, 2012, |
| 12 | | subject to federal approval, medical assistance under this |
| 13 | | Article shall be available to children who qualify as persons |
| 14 | | with a disability, as defined under the federal Supplemental |
| 15 | | Security Income program and who are medically fragile and |
| 16 | | technology dependent. The program shall allow eligible |
| 17 | | children to receive the medical assistance provided under this |
| 18 | | Article in the community and must maximize, to the fullest |
| 19 | | extent permissible under federal law, federal reimbursement |
| 20 | | and family cost-sharing, including co-pays, premiums, or any |
| 21 | | other family contributions, except that the Department shall |
| 22 | | be permitted to incentivize the utilization of selected |
| 23 | | services through the use of cost-sharing adjustments. The |