Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 10/10/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 921 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 921  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 5C-2 as follows:
 



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    (305 ILCS 5/5C-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5C-2)



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    Sec. 5C-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax. 

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    (a) For the privilege of engaging in the occupation of 
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developmentally
disabled care provider, an assessment is 
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imposed upon each developmentally
disabled care provider in an 
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amount equal to 6%, or the maximum allowed under federal 
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regulation, whichever is less, of its adjusted
gross 
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developmentally disabled care revenue for the prior State 
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fiscal
year. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to 
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the contrary, this
assessment shall be construed as a tax, but 
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may not be added to the charges
of an individual's nursing home 
 


 






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care that is paid for in whole, or in part,
by a federal, 
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State, or combined federal-state medical care program, except

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those individuals receiving Medicare Part B benefits solely.

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    (b) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be 
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construed
to authorize any home rule unit or other unit of 
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local government to license
for revenue or impose a tax or 
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assessment upon a developmentally disabled care
provider or the 
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occupation of developmentally disabled care provider, or a tax

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or assessment measured by the income or earnings of a 
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developmentally disabled
care provider.

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(Source: P.A. 88-88; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)

 

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