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1     AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 12-4.25 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/12-4.25)  (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.25)
7     Sec. 12-4.25. Medical assistance program; vendor
8 participation.
9     (A) The Illinois Department may deny, suspend or terminate
10 the eligibility of any person, firm, corporation, association,
11 agency, institution or other legal entity to participate as a
12 vendor of goods or services to recipients under the medical
13 assistance program under Article V, if after reasonable notice
14 and opportunity for a hearing the Illinois Department finds:
15         (a) Such vendor is not complying with the Department's
16     policy or rules and regulations, or with the terms and
17     conditions prescribed by the Illinois Department in its
18     vendor agreement, which document shall be developed by the
19     Department as a result of negotiations with each vendor
20     category, including physicians, hospitals, long term care
21     facilities, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists and
22     dentists setting forth the terms and conditions applicable
23     to the participation of each vendor group in the program;
24     or
25         (b) Such vendor has failed to keep or make available
26     for inspection, audit or copying, after receiving a written
27     request from the Illinois Department, such records
28     regarding payments claimed for providing services. This
29     section does not require vendors to make available patient
30     records of patients for whom services are not reimbursed
31     under this Code; or
32         (c) Such vendor has failed to furnish any information

 

 

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1     requested by the Department regarding payments for
2     providing goods or services; or
3         (d) Such vendor has knowingly made, or caused to be
4     made, any false statement or representation of a material
5     fact in connection with the administration of the medical
6     assistance program; or
7         (e) Such vendor has furnished goods or services to a
8     recipient which are (1) in excess of his or her needs, (2)
9     harmful to the recipient, or (3) of grossly inferior
10     quality, all of such determinations to be based upon
11     competent medical judgment and evaluations; or
12         (f) The vendor; a person with management
13     responsibility for a vendor; an officer or person owning,
14     either directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
15     stock or other evidences of ownership in a corporate
16     vendor; an owner of a sole proprietorship which is a
17     vendor; or a partner in a partnership which is a vendor,
18     either:
19             (1) was previously terminated from participation
20         in the Illinois medical assistance program, or was
21         terminated from participation in a medical assistance
22         program in another state that is of the same kind as
23         the program of medical assistance provided under
24         Article V of this Code; or
25             (2) was a person with management responsibility
26         for a vendor previously terminated from participation
27         in the Illinois medical assistance program, or
28         terminated from participation in a medical assistance
29         program in another state that is of the same kind as
30         the program of medical assistance provided under
31         Article V of this Code, during the time of conduct
32         which was the basis for that vendor's termination; or
33             (3) was an officer, or person owning, either
34         directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
35         stock or other evidences of ownership in a corporate
36         vendor previously terminated from participation in the

 

 

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1         Illinois medical assistance program, or terminated
2         from participation in a medical assistance program in
3         another state that is of the same kind as the program
4         of medical assistance provided under Article V of this
5         Code, during the time of conduct which was the basis
6         for that vendor's termination; or
7             (4) was an owner of a sole proprietorship or
8         partner of a partnership previously terminated from
9         participation in the Illinois medical assistance
10         program, or terminated from participation in a medical
11         assistance program in another state that is of the same
12         kind as the program of medical assistance provided
13         under Article V of this Code, during the time of
14         conduct which was the basis for that vendor's
15         termination; or
16         (g) The vendor; a person with management
17     responsibility for a vendor; an officer or person owning,
18     either directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
19     stock or other evidences of ownership in a corporate
20     vendor; an owner of a sole proprietorship which is a
21     vendor; or a partner in a partnership which is a vendor,
22     either:
23             (1) has engaged in practices prohibited by
24         applicable federal or State law or regulation relating
25         to the medical assistance program; or
26             (2) was a person with management responsibility
27         for a vendor at the time that such vendor engaged in
28         practices prohibited by applicable federal or State
29         law or regulation relating to the medical assistance
30         program; or
31             (3) was an officer, or person owning, either
32         directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
33         stock or other evidences of ownership in a vendor at
34         the time such vendor engaged in practices prohibited by
35         applicable federal or State law or regulation relating
36         to the medical assistance program; or

 

 

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1             (4) was an owner of a sole proprietorship or
2         partner of a partnership which was a vendor at the time
3         such vendor engaged in practices prohibited by
4         applicable federal or State law or regulation relating
5         to the medical assistance program; or
6         (h) The direct or indirect ownership of the vendor
7     (including the ownership of a vendor that is a sole
8     proprietorship, a partner's interest in a vendor that is a
9     partnership, or ownership of 5% or more of the shares of
10     stock or other evidences of ownership in a corporate
11     vendor) has been transferred by an individual who is
12     terminated or barred from participating as a vendor to the
13     individual's spouse, child, brother, sister, parent,
14     grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew,
15     cousin, or relative by marriage.
16     (A-5) The Illinois Department may deny, suspend, or
17 terminate the eligibility of any person, firm, corporation,
18 association, agency, institution, or other legal entity to
19 participate as a vendor of goods or services to recipients
20 under the medical assistance program under Article V if, after
21 reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, the Illinois
22 Department finds that the vendor; a person with management
23 responsibility for a vendor; an officer or person owning,
24 either directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
25 stock or other evidences of ownership in a corporate vendor; an
26 owner of a sole proprietorship that is a vendor; or a partner
27 in a partnership that is a vendor has been convicted of a
28 felony offense based on fraud or willful misrepresentation
29 related to any of the following:
30         (1) The medical assistance program under Article V of
31     this Code.
32         (2) A medical assistance program in another state that
33     is of the same kind as the program of medical assistance
34     provided under Article V of this Code.
35         (3) The Medicare program under Title XVIII of the
36     Social Security Act.

 

 

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1         (4) The provision of health care services.
2     (B) The Illinois Department shall deny, suspend or
3 terminate the eligibility of any person, firm, corporation,
4 association, agency, institution or other legal entity to
5 participate as a vendor of goods or services to recipients
6 under the medical assistance program under Article V:
7         (1) if such vendor is not properly licensed;
8         (2) within 30 days of the date when such vendor's
9     professional license, certification or other authorization
10     has been refused renewal or has been revoked, suspended or
11     otherwise terminated; or
12         (3) if such vendor has been convicted of a violation of
13     this Code, as provided in Article VIIIA.
14     (C) Upon termination of a vendor of goods or services from
15 participation in the medical assistance program authorized by
16 this Article, a person with management responsibility for such
17 vendor during the time of any conduct which served as the basis
18 for that vendor's termination is barred from participation in
19 the medical assistance program.
20     Upon termination of a corporate vendor, the officers and
21 persons owning, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the
22 shares of stock or other evidences of ownership in the vendor
23 during the time of any conduct which served as the basis for
24 that vendor's termination are barred from participation in the
25 medical assistance program. A person who owns, directly or
26 indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of stock or other
27 evidences of ownership in a terminated corporate vendor may not
28 transfer his or her ownership interest in that vendor to his or
29 her spouse, child, brother, sister, parent, grandparent,
30 grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, cousin, or relative by
31 marriage.
32     Upon termination of a sole proprietorship or partnership,
33 the owner or partners during the time of any conduct which
34 served as the basis for that vendor's termination are barred
35 from participation in the medical assistance program. The owner
36 of a terminated vendor that is a sole proprietorship, and a

 

 

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1 partner in a terminated vendor that is a partnership, may not
2 transfer his or her ownership or partnership interest in that
3 vendor to his or her spouse, child, brother, sister, parent,
4 grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, cousin,
5 or relative by marriage.
6     Rules adopted by the Illinois Department to implement these
7 provisions shall specifically include a definition of the term
8 "management responsibility" as used in this Section. Such
9 definition shall include, but not be limited to, typical job
10 titles, and duties and descriptions which will be considered as
11 within the definition of individuals with management
12 responsibility for a provider.
13     (D) If a vendor has been suspended from the medical
14 assistance program under Article V of the Code, the Director
15 may require that such vendor correct any deficiencies which
16 served as the basis for the suspension. The Director shall
17 specify in the suspension order a specific period of time,
18 which shall not exceed one year from the date of the order,
19 during which a suspended vendor shall not be eligible to
20 participate. At the conclusion of the period of suspension the
21 Director shall reinstate such vendor, unless he finds that such
22 vendor has not corrected deficiencies upon which the suspension
23 was based.
24     If a vendor has been terminated from the medical assistance
25 program under Article V, such vendor shall be barred from
26 participation for at least one year, except that if a vendor
27 has been terminated based on a conviction of a violation of
28 Article VIIIA or a conviction of a felony based on fraud or a
29 willful misrepresentation related to (i) the medical
30 assistance program under Article V, (ii) a medical assistance
31 program in another state that is of the kind provided under
32 Article V, (iii) the Medicare program under Title XVIII of the
33 Social Security Act, or (iv) the provision of health care
34 services, then the vendor shall be barred from participation
35 for 5 years or for the length of the vendor's sentence for that
36 conviction, whichever is longer. At the end of one year a

 

 

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1 vendor who has been terminated may apply for reinstatement to
2 the program. Upon proper application to be reinstated such
3 vendor may be deemed eligible by the Director providing that
4 such vendor meets the requirements for eligibility under this
5 Code. If such vendor is deemed not eligible for reinstatement,
6 he shall be barred from again applying for reinstatement for
7 one year from the date his application for reinstatement is
8 denied.
9     A vendor whose termination from participation in the
10 Illinois medical assistance program under Article V was based
11 solely on an action by a governmental entity other than the
12 Illinois Department may, upon reinstatement by that
13 governmental entity or upon reversal of the termination, apply
14 for rescission of the termination from participation in the
15 Illinois medical assistance program. Upon proper application
16 for rescission, the vendor may be deemed eligible by the
17 Director if the vendor meets the requirements for eligibility
18 under this Code.
19     If a vendor has been terminated and reinstated to the
20 medical assistance program under Article V and the vendor is
21 terminated a second or subsequent time from the medical
22 assistance program, the vendor shall be barred from
23 participation for at least 2 years, except that if a vendor has
24 been terminated a second time based on a conviction of a
25 violation of Article VIIIA or a conviction of a felony based on
26 fraud or a willful misrepresentation related to (i) the medical
27 assistance program under Article V, (ii) a medical assistance
28 program in another state that is of the kind provided under
29 Article V, (iii) the Medicare program under Title XVIII of the
30 Social Security Act, or (iv) the provision of health care
31 services, then the vendor shall be barred from participation
32 for life. At the end of 2 years, a vendor who has been
33 terminated may apply for reinstatement to the program. Upon
34 application to be reinstated, the vendor may be deemed eligible
35 if the vendor meets the requirements for eligibility under this
36 Code. If the vendor is deemed not eligible for reinstatement,

 

 

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1 the vendor shall be barred from again applying for
2 reinstatement for 2 years from the date the vendor's
3 application for reinstatement is denied.
4     (E) The Illinois Department may recover money improperly or
5 erroneously paid, or overpayments, either by setoff, crediting
6 against future billings or by requiring direct repayment to the
7 Illinois Department.
8     If the Department of Public Aid establishes through an
9 administrative hearing that the overpayments resulted from the
10 vendor or alternate payee willfully making, or causing to be
11 made, a false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact
12 in connection with billings and payments under the medical
13 assistance program under Article V, the Department may recover
14 interest on the amount of the overpayments at the rate of 5%
15 per annum. For purposes of this paragraph, "willfully" means
16 that a person makes a statement or representation with actual
17 knowledge that it was false, or makes a statement or
18 representation with knowledge of facts or information that
19 would cause one to be aware that the statement or
20 representation was false when made.
21     (F) The Illinois Department may withhold payments to any
22 vendor or alternate payee during the pendency of any proceeding
23 under this Section. The Illinois Department shall state by rule
24 with as much specificity as practicable the conditions under
25 which payments will not be withheld during the pendency of any
26 proceeding under this Section. Payments may be denied for bills
27 submitted with service dates occurring during the pendency of a
28 proceeding where the final administrative decision is to
29 terminate eligibility to participate in the medical assistance
30 program. The Illinois Department shall state by rule with as
31 much specificity as practicable the conditions under which
32 payments will not be denied for such bills. The Department of
33 Public Aid shall state by rule a process and criteria by which
34 a vendor or alternate payee may request full or partial release
35 of payments withheld under this subsection. The Department must
36 complete a proceeding under this Section in a timely manner.

 

 

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1     (F-5) The Illinois Department may temporarily withhold
2 payments to a vendor or alternate payee if any of the following
3 individuals have been indicted or otherwise charged under a law
4 of the United States or this or any other state with a felony
5 offense that is based on alleged fraud or willful
6 misrepresentation on the part of the individual related to (i)
7 the medical assistance program under Article V of this Code,
8 (ii) a medical assistance program provided in another state
9 which is of the kind provided under Article V of this Code,
10 (iii) the Medicare program under Title XVIII of the Social
11 Security Act, or (iv) the provision of health care services:
12         (1) If the vendor or alternate payee is a corporation:
13     an officer of the corporation or an individual who owns,
14     either directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
15     stock or other evidence of ownership of the corporation.
16         (2) If the vendor is a sole proprietorship: the owner
17     of the sole proprietorship.
18         (3) If the vendor or alternate payee is a partnership:
19     a partner in the partnership.
20         (4) If the vendor or alternate payee is any other
21     business entity authorized by law to transact business in
22     this State: an officer of the entity or an individual who
23     owns, either directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the
24     evidences of ownership of the entity.
25     If the Illinois Department withholds payments to a vendor
26 or alternate payee under this subsection, the Department shall
27 not release those payments to the vendor or alternate payee
28 while any criminal proceeding related to the indictment or
29 charge is pending unless the Department determines that there
30 is good cause to release the payments before completion of the
31 proceeding. If the indictment or charge results in the
32 individual's conviction, the Illinois Department shall retain
33 all withheld payments, which shall be considered forfeited to
34 the Department. If the indictment or charge does not result in
35 the individual's conviction, the Illinois Department shall
36 release to the vendor or alternate payee all withheld payments.

 

 

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1     (G) The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as now
2 or hereafter amended, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
3 shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial
4 review of final administrative decisions of the Illinois
5 Department under this Section. The term "administrative
6 decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
7 Procedure.
8     (G-5) Non-emergency transportation.
9         (1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
10     Section, for non-emergency transportation vendors, the
11     Department may terminate the vendor from participation in
12     the medical assistance program prior to an evidentiary
13     hearing but after reasonable notice and opportunity to
14     respond as established by the Department by rule.
15         (2) Vendors of non-emergency medical transportation
16     services, as defined by the Department by rule, shall
17     submit to a fingerprint-based criminal background check on
18     current and future information available in the State
19     system and current information available through the
20     Federal Bureau of Investigation's system by submitting all
21     necessary fees and information in the form and manner
22     prescribed by the Department of State Police. The following
23     individuals shall be subject to the check:
24             (A) In the case of a vendor that is a corporation,
25         every shareholder who owns, directly or indirectly, 5%
26         or more of the outstanding shares of the corporation.
27             (B) In the case of a vendor that is a partnership,
28         every partner.
29             (C) In the case of a vendor that is a sole
30         proprietorship, the sole proprietor.
31             (D) Each officer or manager of the vendor.
32         Each such vendor shall be responsible for payment of
33     the cost of the criminal background check.
34         (3) Vendors of non-emergency medical transportation
35     services may be required to post a surety bond. The
36     Department shall establish, by rule, the criteria and

 

 

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1     requirements for determining when a surety bond must be
2     posted and the value of the bond.
3         (4) The Department, or its agents, may refuse to accept
4     requests for non-emergency transportation authorizations,
5     including prior-approval and post-approval requests, for a
6     specific non-emergency transportation vendor if:
7             (A) the Department has initiated a notice of
8         termination of the vendor from participation in the
9         medical assistance program; or
10             (B) the Department has issued notification of its
11         withholding of payments pursuant to subsection (F-5)
12         of this Section; or
13             (C) the Department has issued a notification of its
14         withholding of payments due to reliable evidence of
15         fraud or willful misrepresentation pending
16         investigation.
17     (H) Nothing contained in this Code shall in any way limit
18 or otherwise impair the authority or power of any State agency
19 responsible for licensing of vendors.
20     (I) Based on a finding of noncompliance on the part of a
21 nursing home with any requirement for certification under Title
22 XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395 et
23 seq. or 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396 et seq.), the Illinois Department
24 may impose one or more of the following remedies after notice
25 to the facility:
26         (1) Termination of the provider agreement.
27         (2) Temporary management.
28         (3) Denial of payment for new admissions.
29         (4) Civil money penalties.
30         (5) Closure of the facility in emergency situations or
31     transfer of residents, or both.
32         (6) State monitoring.
33         (7) Denial of all payments when the Health Care Finance
34     Administration has imposed this sanction.
35     The Illinois Department shall by rule establish criteria
36 governing continued payments to a nursing facility subsequent

 

 

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1 to termination of the facility's provider agreement if, in the
2 sole discretion of the Illinois Department, circumstances
3 affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the facility's
4 residents require those continued payments. The Illinois
5 Department may condition those continued payments on the
6 appointment of temporary management, sale of the facility to
7 new owners or operators, or other arrangements that the
8 Illinois Department determines best serve the needs of the
9 facility's residents.
10     Except in the case of a facility that has a right to a
11 hearing on the finding of noncompliance before an agency of the
12 federal government, a facility may request a hearing before a
13 State agency on any finding of noncompliance within 60 days
14 after the notice of the intent to impose a remedy. Except in
15 the case of civil money penalties, a request for a hearing
16 shall not delay imposition of the penalty. The choice of
17 remedies is not appealable at a hearing. The level of
18 noncompliance may be challenged only in the case of a civil
19 money penalty. The Illinois Department shall provide by rule
20 for the State agency that will conduct the evidentiary
21 hearings.
22     The Illinois Department may collect interest on unpaid
23 civil money penalties.
24     The Illinois Department may adopt all rules necessary to
25 implement this subsection (I).
26     (J) The Illinois Department, by rule, may permit individual
27 practitioners to designate that Department payments that may be
28 due the practitioner be made to an alternate payee or alternate
29 payees.
30         (a) Such alternate payee or alternate payees shall be
31     required to register as an alternate payee in the Medical
32     Assistance Program with the Illinois Department.
33         (b) If a practitioner designates an alternate payee,
34     the alternate payee and practitioner shall be jointly and
35     severally liable to the Department for payments made to the
36     alternate payee. Pursuant to subsection (E) of this

 

 

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1     Section, any Department action to recover money or
2     overpayments from an alternate payee shall be subject to an
3     administrative hearing.
4         (c) Registration as an alternate payee or alternate
5     payees in the Illinois Medical Assistance Program shall be
6     conditional. At any time, the Illinois Department may deny
7     or cancel any alternate payee's registration in the
8     Illinois Medical Assistance Program without cause. Any
9     such denial or cancellation is not subject to an
10     administrative hearing.
11         (d) The Illinois Department may seek a revocation of
12     any alternate payee, and all owners, officers, and
13     individuals with management responsibility for such
14     alternate payee shall be permanently prohibited from
15     participating as an owner, an officer, or an individual
16     with management responsibility with an alternate payee in
17     the Illinois Medical Assistance Program, if after
18     reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing the
19     Illinois Department finds that:
20             (1) the alternate payee is not complying with the
21         Department's policy or rules and regulations, or with
22         the terms and conditions prescribed by the Illinois
23         Department in its alternate payee registration
24         agreement; or
25             (2) the alternate payee has failed to keep or make
26         available for inspection, audit, or copying, after
27         receiving a written request from the Illinois
28         Department, such records regarding payments claimed as
29         an alternate payee; or
30             (3) the alternate payee has failed to furnish any
31         information requested by the Illinois Department
32         regarding payments claimed as an alternate payee; or
33             (4) the alternate payee has knowingly made, or
34         caused to be made, any false statement or
35         representation of a material fact in connection with
36         the administration of the Illinois Medical Assistance

 

 

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1         Program; or
2             (5) the alternate payee, a person with management
3         responsibility for an alternate payee, an officer or
4         person owning, either directly or indirectly, 5% or
5         more of the shares of stock or other evidences of
6         ownership in a corporate alternate payee, or a partner
7         in a partnership which is an alternate payee:
8                 (a) was previously terminated from
9             participation as a vendor in the Illinois Medical
10             Assistance Program, or was previously revoked as
11             an alternate payee in the Illinois Medical
12             Assistance Program, or was terminated from
13             participation as a vendor in a medical assistance
14             program in another state that is of the same kind
15             as the program of medical assistance provided
16             under Article V of this Code; or
17                 (b) was a person with management
18             responsibility for a vendor previously terminated
19             from participation as a vendor in the Illinois
20             Medical Assistance Program, or was previously
21             revoked as an alternate payee in the Illinois
22             Medical Assistance Program, or was terminated from
23             participation as a vendor in a medical assistance
24             program in another state that is of the same kind
25             as the program of medical assistance provided
26             under Article V of this Code, during the time of
27             conduct which was the basis for that vendor's
28             termination or alternate payee's revocation; or
29                 (c) was an officer, or person owning, either
30             directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
31             stock or other evidences of ownership in a
32             corporate vendor previously terminated from
33             participation as a vendor in the Illinois Medical
34             Assistance Program, or was previously revoked as
35             an alternate payee in the Illinois Medical
36             Assistance Program, or was terminated from

 

 

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1             participation as a vendor in a medical assistance
2             program in another state that is of the same kind
3             as the program of medical assistance provided
4             under Article V of this Code, during the time of
5             conduct which was the basis for that vendor's
6             termination; or
7                 (d) was an owner of a sole proprietorship or
8             partner in a partnership previously terminated
9             from participation as a vendor in the Illinois
10             Medical Assistance Program, or was previously
11             revoked as an alternate payee in the Illinois
12             Medical Assistance Program, or was terminated from
13             participation as a vendor in a medical assistance
14             program in another state that is of the same kind
15             as the program of medical assistance provided
16             under Article V of this Code, during the time of
17             conduct which was the basis for that vendor's
18             termination or alternate payee's revocation; or
19             (6) the alternate payee, a person with management
20         responsibility for an alternate payee, an officer or
21         person owning, either directly or indirectly, 5% or
22         more of the shares of stock or other evidences of
23         ownership in a corporate alternate payee, or a partner
24         in a partnership which is an alternate payee:
25                 (a) has engaged in conduct prohibited by
26             applicable federal or State law or regulation
27             relating to the Illinois Medical Assistance
28             Program; or
29                 (b) was a person with management
30             responsibility for a vendor or alternate payee at
31             the time that the vendor or alternate payee engaged
32             in practices prohibited by applicable federal or
33             State law or regulation relating to the Illinois
34             Medical Assistance Program; or
35                 (c) was an officer, or person owning, either
36             directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of

 

 

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1             stock or other evidences of ownership in a vendor
2             or alternate payee at the time such vendor or
3             alternate payee engaged in practices prohibited by
4             applicable federal or State law or regulation
5             relating to the Illinois Medical Assistance
6             Program; or
7                 (d) was an owner of a sole proprietorship or
8             partner in a partnership which was a vendor or
9             alternate payee at the time such vendor or
10             alternate payee engaged in practices prohibited by
11             applicable federal or State law or regulation
12             relating to the Illinois Medical Assistance
13             Program; or
14             (7) the direct or indirect ownership of the vendor
15         or alternate payee (including the ownership of a vendor
16         or alternate payee that is a partner's interest in a
17         vendor or alternate payee, or ownership of 5% or more
18         of the shares of stock or other evidences of ownership
19         in a corporate vendor or alternate payee) has been
20         transferred by an individual who is terminated or
21         barred from participating as a vendor or is prohibited
22         or revoked as an alternate payee to the individual's
23         spouse, child, brother, sister, parent, grandparent,
24         grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, cousin, or
25         relative by marriage.
26 (Source: P.A. 92-327, eff. 1-1-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02;
27 92-789, eff 8-6-02.)