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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1425
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1425 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 5.786 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5.786. The Electronic Health Record Incentive Fund. | ||||||
| 8 | Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
| 9 | adding Section 12-10.6a as follows: | ||||||
| 10 | (305 ILCS 5/12-10.6a new) | ||||||
| 11 | Sec. 12-10.6a. The Electronic Health Record Incentive | ||||||
| 12 | Fund. | ||||||
| 13 | (a) The Electronic Health Record Incentive Fund is a | ||||||
| 14 | special fund created in the State treasury. All federal moneys | ||||||
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| 1 | received by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
| 2 | for payments to qualifying health care providers to encourage | ||||||
| 3 | the adoption and use of certified electronic health records | ||||||
| 4 | technology pursuant to paragraph 1903(t)(1) of the Social | ||||||
| 5 | Security Act, shall be deposited into the Fund. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) Disbursements from the Fund shall be made at the | ||||||
| 7 | direction of the Director of Healthcare and Family Services to | ||||||
| 8 | qualifying health care providers, in amounts established under | ||||||
| 9 | applicable federal regulation (42 CFR 495 et seq.), in order to | ||||||
| 10 | encourage the adoption and use of certified electronic health | ||||||
| 11 | records technology.
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.".
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