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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 5B-4 as follows:
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| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/5B-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 5B-4. Payment of assessment; penalty.
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| 8 | (a) The assessment imposed by Section 5B-2 for a State
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| 9 | fiscal year shall be due and payable in quarterly installments,
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| 10 | each equalling one-fourth of the assessment for the year, on
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| 11 | September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of the year.
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| 12 | The Illinois Department may provide that county nursing homes | ||||||
| 13 | directed and
maintained pursuant to Section 5-1005 of the | ||||||
| 14 | Counties Code may meet their
assessment obligation by | ||||||
| 15 | certifying to the Illinois Department that county
expenditures | ||||||
| 16 | have been obligated for the operation of the county nursing
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| 17 | home in an amount at least equal to the amount of the | ||||||
| 18 | assessment.
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| 19 | (b) The Illinois Department is authorized to establish
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| 20 | delayed payment schedules for long-term care providers that are
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| 21 | unable to make installment payments when due under this Section
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| 22 | due to financial difficulties, as determined by the Illinois
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| 23 | Department.
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| 1 | (c) If a long-term care provider fails to pay the full
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| 2 | amount of an installment when due (including any extensions
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| 3 | granted under subsection (b)), there shall, unless waived by | ||||||
| 4 | the
Illinois Department for reasonable cause, be added to the
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| 5 | assessment imposed by Section 5B-2 for the State fiscal year a
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| 6 | penalty assessment equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the amount | ||||||
| 7 | of
the installment not paid on or before the due date plus 5% | ||||||
| 8 | of the
portion thereof remaining unpaid on the last day of each | ||||||
| 9 | month
thereafter or (ii) 100% of the installment amount not | ||||||
| 10 | paid on or
before the due date. For purposes of this | ||||||
| 11 | subsection, payments
will be credited first to unpaid | ||||||
| 12 | installment amounts (rather than
to penalty or interest), | ||||||
| 13 | beginning with the most delinquent
installments. Payment | ||||||
| 14 | cycles of longer than 60 days shall be one factor the Director | ||||||
| 15 | takes into account in granting a waiver under this Section.
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| 16 | (d) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1993 shall be | ||||||
| 17 | construed to prevent
the Illinois Department from collecting | ||||||
| 18 | all amounts due under this Article
pursuant to an assessment | ||||||
| 19 | imposed before the effective date of this amendatory
Act of | ||||||
| 20 | 1993.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 87-861; 88-88.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law. | ||||||