HB2512ham002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 10, 2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2512

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2512, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by adding Section 8 as follows:

(30 ILCS 540/8 new)

Sec. 8. Priority of payment.

(a) Definition. As used in this Section, "qualified provider" means an organization that provides non-residential services for the elderly or for the prevention, intervention, or treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or substance abuse. A "qualified provider" also includes an entity licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act. A "qualified provider" does not include a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or a local governmental unit or university. The Department of Human Services, in cooperation with the Department on Aging and the Department of Public Aid, shall make the determination of who is a "qualified provider".

(b) Processing by official or agency. Except as provided in subsection (c), a bill or invoice for goods or services furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider and a grant award payment to a qualified provider must be given priority in processing. Any bill or invoice and any grant award payment meeting these criteria that is submitted to an official or agency must be processed and forwarded for payment before any other bill, invoice, or grant award payment is processed or forwarded for payment.

(c) A properly prepared voucher request to the Office of the Comptroller for payment to a qualified provider, as defined in this Section, shall be given priority by the Comptroller for processing and warrant issuance after debt service obligations and payroll obligations of the State have been met unless the Comptroller deems that other obligations of the State must be satisfied prior to these categories of payment. If at any time the Comptroller determines that there are insufficient funds available to process priority payments as required under this Section, then vouchers shall be processed and paid out in a first-in, first-out manner as corresponding funds become available.

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