Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
Filed: 3/24/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 616
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 616 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (30 ILCS 540/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.
This Act applies to any State official or agency | ||||||
| 8 | authorized to
provide for payment from State funds, by virtue | ||||||
| 9 | of any appropriation of the
General Assembly, for goods or | ||||||
| 10 | services furnished to the State.
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| 11 | For purposes of this Act, "goods or
services furnished to | ||||||
| 12 | the State" include but are not limited to (i) covered health
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| 13 | care provided to eligible members and their covered dependents | ||||||
| 14 | in accordance
with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of | ||||||
| 15 | 1971, including coverage
through a physician-owned health | ||||||
| 16 | maintenance organization under Section 6.1 of
that Act, and | ||||||
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| 1 | (ii) goods and services furnished by a qualified provider. For | ||||||
| 2 | the purposes of this Section, "qualified provider" means an
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| 3 | organization that provides non-residential services for the | ||||||
| 4 | elderly or for the prevention, intervention, or treatment of | ||||||
| 5 | mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism, or | ||||||
| 6 | substance abuse. A "qualified provider" also includes an entity | ||||||
| 7 | licensed under the
Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | ||||||
| 8 | Licensure and Certification Act.
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| 9 | For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official | ||||||
| 10 | or agency" is
defined as the Director or Chief Executive or his | ||||||
| 11 | designee of that State
agency or department or facility of such | ||||||
| 12 | agency or department.
With respect to covered health care | ||||||
| 13 | provided to eligible members and
their dependents in accordance | ||||||
| 14 | with the State Employees Group Insurance Act
of 1971, | ||||||
| 15 | "appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
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| 16 | administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
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| 17 | As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who | ||||||
| 18 | is eligible for
health benefits under the State Employees Group | ||||||
| 19 | Insurance Act of 1971, and
"member" and "dependent" have the | ||||||
| 20 | meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
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| 21 | As used in this Act, "a proper bill or invoice" means a | ||||||
| 22 | bill or invoice
that
includes the
information necessary for | ||||||
| 23 | processing the payment as may be specified by a State
agency | ||||||
| 24 | and in rules adopted in accordance with this Act.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 91-266, eff. 7-23-99; 92-384, eff. 7-1-02.)
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 2 | becoming law.".
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