HB2508 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2508

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Anna Moeller

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-65 new

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, for dates of service on and after January 1, 2026, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse diagnostic testing facilities that provide long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services at a rate not less than 80% of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate for such services. Defines "long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services".

A BILL FOR

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 adding Section 5-65 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-65 new)

Sec. 5-65. Reimbursement rates for long-term electrocardiogram monitoring.

(a) For the purpose of this Section, "long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services" means the provision of external cardiac patch monitoring devices to patients to wear for 48 hours or greater and the interpretation of data gathered by such devices to detect heart arrhythmias that can lead to stroke, cardiac arrest, or other comorbidities or medical complications if not correctly diagnosed.

(b) Subject to federal approval, for dates of service on and after January 1, 2026, the Department shall reimburse diagnostic testing facilities that provide long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services at a rate not less than 80% of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate for such services.