HB3262 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3262

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-5.2

from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.2

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall file a report with the General Assembly no later than April 1, 2012 detailing the payment methodology for reimbursement of nursing facility services to be implemented under specified provisions added by Senate Bill 3088 of the 96th General Assembly (in the event that bill becomes law). Effective immediately.

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 5-5.2 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-5.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.2)

Sec. 5-5.2. Payment.

(a) All Skilled Nursing Facilities that are grouped pursuant to Section 5-5.1 of this Act shall receive the same rate of payment for similar services. All Intermediate Care Facilities that are grouped pursuant to Section 5-5.1 of this Act shall receive the same rate of payment for similar services.

(b) It shall be a matter of State policy that the Illinois Department shall utilize a uniform billing cycle throughout the State for the following long-term care providers: skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and intermediate care facilities for persons with a developmental disability. The Illinois Department shall establish billing cycles on a calendar month basis for all long-term care providers no later than July 1, 1992.

(c) In the event that Senate Bill 3088 of the 96th General Assembly becomes law, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall file a report with the General Assembly no later than April 1, 2012 detailing the payment methodology to be implemented under the provisions added to this Section by Senate Bill 3088 of the 96th General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 87-809; 88-380.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.