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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5370 Introduced 1/31/2022___________, by SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for dates of service on and after July 1, 2022, all Illinois and out-of-state cost reporting hospitals designated as Children's Specialty Hospitals by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services as of January 1, 2022 must be paid a base per diem rate for inpatient general acute services and rehabilitation services no less than $2,500 per day. Defines "base rate" to mean the per diem rate in effect before adding any additional rate add-ons for disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments, Medicaid percentage adjustments, or Medicaid High Volume Adjustments. Effective July 1, 2022.
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| | HB5370 | | LRB102 25307 KTG 34580 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 5-5.05d as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.05d new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-5.05d. Rate parity for Children's Specialty |
| 8 | | Hospitals. For dates of service on and after July 1, 2022, all |
| 9 | | Illinois and out-of-state cost reporting hospitals designated |
| 10 | | as Children's Specialty Hospitals by the Department as of |
| 11 | | January 1, 2022 must be paid a base per diem rate for inpatient |
| 12 | | general acute services and rehabilitation services no less |
| 13 | | than $2,500 per day. As used in this Section, "base rate" means |
| 14 | | the per diem rate in effect before adding any additional rate |
| 15 | | add-ons for disproportionate share hospital adjustment |
| 16 | | payments, Medicaid percentage adjustments, or Medicaid High |
| 17 | | Volume Adjustments.
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
| 19 | | 2022.
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