Sen. John M. Sullivan
Filed: 4/28/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5331




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5331 as follows:


 
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on page 4, by inserting immediately below line 11 the 
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following:
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    "Notwithstanding the payment principles in subsection (b) 
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of this Section, the Department shall develop the Illinois 
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Medicaid Ambulance Fee Schedule using the ground mileage 
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payment rate, as defined by the Centers for Medicare and 
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Medicaid Services, and no other mileage rates which act as 
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enhancements to the ground mileage rate, whether permanent or 
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temporary, shall be recognized by the Department."; and 
 
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on page 4, by replacing lines 23 through 26 with "traveled."; 
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and
 
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on page 5, by replacing lines 1 through 3 with "When a ground"; 
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on page 6, by inserting immediately below line 18 the 
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following:
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    "(g-5) Nothing in this Section prohibits the Department 
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from setting payment rates for State ground ambulance services 
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providers by administrative rule pending the availability of 
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appropriations dedicated to rate increases provided under 
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subsections (c) and (h) of this Section."; and
 
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on page 7, line 5, by replacing "(a) through" with "(c) and".