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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5259
Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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305 ILCS 5/5-5.4d new |
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305 ILCS 5/5-5.4e new |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing
Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled facilities, or facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living
increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or
Social Security Administration payments, the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the Medicaid per diem
rate paid to those facilities by an amount equal to the total amount of the increase in
Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security
Administration payments. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5259 |
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LRB095 16397 DRJ 42422 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| adding Sections 5-5.4d and 5-5.4e as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4d new) |
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| Sec. 5-5.4d. ICF/DD; pass-through of SSI or Social Security |
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| increase. For facilities licensed by the Department of Public |
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| Health under the Nursing
Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for |
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| the Developmentally Disabled facilities, in any calendar year |
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| in which there is a cost-of-living
increase in federal |
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| Supplemental Security Income benefits or
Social Security |
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| Administration payments, the Department of
Healthcare and |
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| Family Services shall increase the per diem
rate paid to those |
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| facilities under this Article by an amount equal to the total |
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| amount of the increase in
Supplemental Security Income benefits |
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| or Social Security
Administration payments.
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4e new) |
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| Sec. 5-5.4e. CILA; pass-through of SSI or Social Security |
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| increase. For facilities licensed by the Department of Human |
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| Services under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements |
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| Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which |