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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 155
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 155 on page 1,
3 line 5, by replacing "Section 7" with "Sections 7 and 8"; and
4 on page 3, immediately below line 15, by inserting the
5 following:
6 "(30 ILCS 540/8 new)
7 Sec. 8. Priority of payment.
8 (a) Definition. As used in this Section, "qualified
9 provider" means a not-for-profit organization that provides
10 non-residential services for the mentally ill or
11 developmentally disabled and is reimbursed or otherwise paid
12 for providing those services by the Illinois Department of
13 Human Services. A "qualified provider" does not include a
14 hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, a
15 long-term care facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
16 Act only with respect to services provided in the licensed
17 facility to residents, or a local governmental unit or
18 university. A "qualified provider" also includes an entity
19 licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
20 Licensure and Certification Act, but only with respect to the
21 services provided for a community-integrated living
22 arrangement. The Department of Human Services shall make the
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1 determination of who is a "qualified provider".
2 (b) Processing by official or agency. Except as provided
3 in subsection (d), a bill or invoice for goods or services
4 furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider and
5 a grant award payment to a qualified provider must be given
6 priority in processing. Any bill or invoice and any grant
7 award payment meeting these criteria that is submitted to an
8 official or agency must be processed and forwarded for
9 payment before any other bill, invoice, or grant award
10 payment is processed or forwarded for payment.
11 (c) Payment by Comptroller. Except as provided in
12 subsection (d), a voucher for payment for goods or services
13 furnished to the State by a qualified provider and a grant
14 award payment to a qualified provider submitted by an
15 official or agency to the Comptroller for payment must be
16 given priority in payment. Any voucher meeting these criteria
17 that is submitted to the Comptroller by an official or agency
18 for payment from a given fund must be paid before any other
19 bill, invoice, or grant award is paid from that fund. If 2 or
20 more vouchers eligible for priority payment are received by
21 the Comptroller in the same day for payment out of the same
22 fund and there is not enough money in the fund to pay them
23 all, then each bill, invoice, or grant award shall be paid in
24 the order in which it is received.
25 (d) The processing and payment of (i) debt service
26 obligations of the State and (ii) payroll obligations of the
27 State shall have priority over the processing and payment of
28 items as required by this Section.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Section and the
30 changes to Section 8 of the State Prompt Payment Act take
31 effect upon becoming law.".