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Rep. Robert Rita
Filed: 3/10/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6434
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6434 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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| adding Section 5-5.8a-1 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.8a-1 new) |
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| Sec. 5-5.8a-1. Long-term care disproportionate share |
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| adjustment. The Department shall establish a payment |
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| adjustment program to aid long-term care facilities licensed by |
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| the Department of Public Health, under the Nursing Home Care |
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| Act, as skilled care or intermediate care facilities that serve |
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| a preponderance of Medicaid residents. The program shall be |
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| referred to as the Long-Term Care Disproportionate Share |
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| Adjustment Program. Long-term care facilities determined by |
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| the Department to qualify for the program shall receive an |
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| add-on adjustment to their nursing component rate, which shall |