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HB2220 Engrossed                     LRB093 07406 DRJ 07570 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to 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 5B-2 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/5B-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2)
 7        Sec. 5B-2.  Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
 8        (a)  For the privilege of engaging in the  occupation  of
 9    long-term  care  provider,  an  assessment is imposed on upon
10    each long-term  care  provider  for  the  State  fiscal  year
11    beginning  on July 1, 1992 and ending on June 30, 1993, in an
12    amount equal to $6.30 times the number of occupied  bed  days
13    for the most recent calendar year ending before the beginning
14    of  that  State fiscal year. Notwithstanding any provision of
15    any other Act to  the  contrary,  this  assessment  shall  be
16    construed as a tax, but may not be added to the charges of an
17    individual's  nursing home care that is paid for in whole, or
18    in part, by  a  federal,  State,  or  combined  federal-state
19    medical  care  program,  except  those  individuals receiving
20    Medicare Part B benefits solely.
21        (b)  Nothing in this amendatory  Act  of  1992  shall  be
22    construed  to  authorize  any home rule unit or other unit of
23    local government to license for revenue or impose  a  tax  or
24    assessment upon long-term care providers or the occupation of
25    long-term  care  provider, or a tax or assessment measured by
26    the income or earnings or occupied bed days  of  a  long-term
27    care provider.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-861.)