Executive Committee
Filed: 2/25/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 614




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 614 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 5-5.4a as follows:
 



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    (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4a)



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    Sec. 5-5.4a. 
Intermediate Care Facility for the 
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Developmentally
Disabled; bed reserve payments.

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    The The Department of Public Aid shall promulgate rules by 
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October 1, 1993
which establish a policy of bed reserve 
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payments to Intermediate Care
Facilities for the 
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Developmentally Disabled which addresses the needs of

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residents of Intermediate Care Facilities for the 
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Developmentally Disabled
(ICF/DD) and their families.

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    (a) When a resident of an Intermediate Care Facility for 
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the
Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD) is absent from the ICF/DD 
 


 






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in which he or
she is a resident for purposes of physician 
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authorized
in-patient admission to a hospital, the 
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Department's rules shall, at a minimum,
provide (1) bed reserve 
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payments at a daily rate which is 100%
of the client's current 
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per diem rate, for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive days; 
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(2) bed reserve payments at a
daily rate which is 75% of a 
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client's current per diem rate, for a period
which exceeds 10 
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consecutive days but does not exceed 30 consecutive days; and 
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(3) bed reserve payments at a daily rate which
is 50% of a 
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client's current per diem rate for a period which exceeds 
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thirty
consecutive days but does not exceed 45 consecutive 
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days.

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    (b) When a resident of an Intermediate Care Facility for 
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the
Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD) is absent from the ICF/DD 
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in which he or
she is a resident for purposes of a home visit 
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with a family
member the Department's rules shall, at a 
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minimum, provide (1) bed reserve
payments at a rate which is 
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100% of a client's current per diem rate, for a
period not 
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exceeding 10 days per State fiscal year; and (2) bed
reserve 
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payments at a rate which is 75% of a client's current per diem 
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rate,
for a period which exceeds 10 days per State fiscal year 
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but does
not exceed 30 days per State fiscal year.

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    (c) No Department rule regarding bed reserve payments shall 
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require an
ICF/DD to have a specified percentage of total 
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facility occupancy as a
requirement for receiving bed reserve 
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payments.

 


 






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    This Section 5-5.4a shall not apply to any State operated 
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facilities.

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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)".