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Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
Filed: 3/24/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 616
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 616 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 540/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
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| Sec. 1.
This Act applies to any State official or agency |
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| authorized to
provide for payment from State funds, by virtue |
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| of any appropriation of the
General Assembly, for goods or |
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| services furnished to the State.
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| For purposes of this Act, "goods or
services furnished to |
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| the State" include but are not limited to (i) covered health
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| care provided to eligible members and their covered dependents |
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| in accordance
with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of |
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| 1971, including coverage
through a physician-owned health |
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| maintenance organization under Section 6.1 of
that Act, and |
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| (ii) goods and services furnished by a qualified provider. For |
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| the purposes of this Section, "qualified provider" means an
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| organization that provides non-residential services for the |
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| elderly or for the prevention, intervention, or treatment of |
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| mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism, or |
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| substance abuse. A "qualified provider" also includes an entity |
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| licensed under the
Community-Integrated Living Arrangements |
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| Licensure and Certification Act.
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| For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official |
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| or agency" is
defined as the Director or Chief Executive or his |
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| designee of that State
agency or department or facility of such |
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| agency or department.
With respect to covered health care |
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| provided to eligible members and
their dependents in accordance |
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| with the State Employees Group Insurance Act
of 1971, |
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| "appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
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| administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
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| As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who |
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| is eligible for
health benefits under the State Employees Group |
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| Insurance Act of 1971, and
"member" and "dependent" have the |
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| meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
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| As used in this Act, "a proper bill or invoice" means a |
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| bill or invoice
that
includes the
information necessary for |
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| processing the payment as may be specified by a State
agency |
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| and in rules adopted in accordance with this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-266, eff. 7-23-99; 92-384, eff. 7-1-02.)
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