Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5158

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to make a new rate determination for all facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care for Under Age 22 facilities. Provides that the amount of the payment rate shall be prospectively established annually on the basis of historical, financial, and statistical data reflecting actual costs from prior years beginning with the most recent cost reports on file with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for fiscal year 2011, which shall be applied to the current rate year and updated for inflation, except that the capital cost element for newly constructed facilities shall be based upon projected budgets. The annually established payment rate shall take effect on July 1 in 2012 and subsequent years. Effective immediately.

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