95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5259

 

Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-5.4d new
305 ILCS 5/5-5.4e new

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled facilities, or facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the Medicaid per diem rate paid to those facilities by an amount equal to the total amount of the increase in Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 adding Sections 5-5.4d and 5-5.4e as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4d new)
7     Sec. 5-5.4d. ICF/DD; pass-through of SSI or Social Security
8 increase. For facilities licensed by the Department of Public
9 Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for
10 the Developmentally Disabled facilities, in any calendar year
11 in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal
12 Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security
13 Administration payments, the Department of Healthcare and
14 Family Services shall increase the per diem rate paid to those
15 facilities under this Article by an amount equal to the total
16 amount of the increase in Supplemental Security Income benefits
17 or Social Security Administration payments.
 
18     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4e new)
19     Sec. 5-5.4e. CILA; pass-through of SSI or Social Security
20 increase. For facilities licensed by the Department of Human
21 Services under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
22 Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which

 

 

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1 there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental
2 Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration
3 payments, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
4 shall increase the per diem rate paid to those facilities under
5 this Article by an amount equal to the total amount of the
6 increase in Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social
7 Security Administration payments.
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.