99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1344

 

Introduced 2/4/2015, by Rep. Greg Harris

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/12-4.49 new

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits the State from accepting any special terms and conditions for federal approval of any Medicaid research and demonstration project waiver proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on June 4, 2014. Requires the State to immediately withdraw all pending Section 1115 research and demonstration project waiver proposals submitted on or after June 4, 2014. Provides that the State shall not submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services any Section 1115 demonstration project waiver proposal without first receiving specific statutory authority detailing the parameters of the proposal prior to its submission for federal approval. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 12-4.49 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.49 new)
7    Sec. 12-4.49. Research and demonstration project waiver
8proposal; prohibition; parameters.
9    (a) The State shall not accept any special terms and
10conditions for federal approval of any research and
11demonstration project waiver proposal submitted to the U.S.
12Department of Health and Human Services on June 4, 2014 under
13Section 1115 of the Social Security Act. The State shall
14immediately withdraw all pending Section 1115 research and
15demonstration project waiver proposals submitted on or after
16June 4, 2014.
17    (b) The State shall not submit to the U.S. Department of
18Health and Human Services any Section 1115 research and
19demonstration project waiver proposal without first receiving
20specific statutory authority detailing the parameters of the
21proposal prior to its submission for federal approval.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.