Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 10, 2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2512




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2512, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by 
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adding Section 8 as
follows:


 
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    (30 ILCS 540/8 new)

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    Sec. 8. Priority of payment.

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    (a) Definition. As used in this Section, "qualified 
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provider" means an
organization that provides non-residential 
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services for the elderly or for the prevention, intervention, 
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or treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities, 
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alcoholism or substance abuse.  A "qualified provider" also 
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includes an entity licensed under the
Community-Integrated 
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Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and a 
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facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act.
A "qualified 
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provider" does not
include
a hospital licensed under the 
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Hospital Licensing
Act or a
local governmental unit or 
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university. The Department of Human Services, in cooperation 
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with the Department on Aging and the Department of Public Aid, 
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shall make the determination of who is a
"qualified
provider".

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    (b) Processing by official or agency. Except as provided in 
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subsection (c),
a bill or invoice for goods or
services

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furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider
and a 
 


 






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grant award payment to a qualified provider
must
be given

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priority in processing. Any bill or invoice and any grant award 
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payment meeting
these criteria that is
submitted to an
official 
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or agency must be processed and forwarded for payment before

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any other bill, invoice,
or grant award payment
is
processed or 
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forwarded for payment.

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    (c) A properly prepared voucher request to the Office of 
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the Comptroller for payment to a qualified provider, as defined 
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in this Section, shall be given priority by the Comptroller for 
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processing and warrant issuance after debt service obligations 
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and payroll obligations of the State have been met unless the 
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Comptroller deems that other obligations of the State must be 
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satisfied prior to these categories of payment.  If  at any time 
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the Comptroller determines that there are insufficient funds 
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available to process priority payments as required under this 
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Section, then vouchers shall be processed and paid out in a 
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first-in, first-out manner as corresponding funds become 
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available.


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