Rep. Robert Rita
Filed: 3/10/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6434
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6434 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 5-5.8a-1 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.8a-1 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-5.8a-1. Long-term care disproportionate share | ||||||
| 8 | adjustment. The Department shall establish a payment | ||||||
| 9 | adjustment program to aid long-term care facilities licensed by | ||||||
| 10 | the Department of Public Health, under the Nursing Home Care | ||||||
| 11 | Act, as skilled care or intermediate care facilities that serve | ||||||
| 12 | a preponderance of Medicaid residents. The program shall be | ||||||
| 13 | referred to as the Long-Term Care Disproportionate Share | ||||||
| 14 | Adjustment Program. Long-term care facilities determined by | ||||||
| 15 | the Department to qualify for the program shall receive an | ||||||
| 16 | add-on adjustment to their nursing component rate, which shall | ||||||
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| 1 | be established by rule no later than December 31, 2010 and | ||||||
| 2 | adjusted annually thereafter.
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.".
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