SB3959 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3959

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-5.07

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to pay the DCFS per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stays at free-standing psychiatric hospitals or hospitals with a pediatric or adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit, removes language making the provision operative only through July 1, 2023.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 5-5.07 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-5.07)

Sec. 5-5.07. Inpatient psychiatric stay; DCFS per diem rate. The Department of Children and Family Services shall pay the DCFS per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stay at a free-standing psychiatric hospital or a hospital with a pediatric or adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit effective the 11th day when a child is in the hospital beyond medical necessity, and the parent or caregiver has denied the child access to the home and has refused or failed to make provisions for another living arrangement for the child or the child's discharge is being delayed due to a pending inquiry or investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services. If any portion of a hospital stay is reimbursed under this Section, the hospital stay shall not be eligible for payment under the provisions of Section 14-13 of this Code. This Section is inoperative on and after July 1, 2021. Notwithstanding the provision of Public Act 101-209 stating that this Section is inoperative on and after July 1, 2020, this Section is operative from July 1, 2020 through July 1, 2023.

(Source: Reenacted by P.A. 101-15, eff. 6-14-19; reenacted by P.A. 101-209, eff. 8-5-19; P.A. 101-655, eff. 3-12-21; 102-201, eff. 7-30-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)