SB0951ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

Filed: 3/23/2006

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 951

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 951 on page 17, line 9, by replacing "reliable evidence" with "evidence, received from State or federal law enforcement or federal oversight agencies or from the results of a preliminary Department audit and determined by the Department to be credible,"; and

on page 17, line 13, after the period, by inserting the following: "The Department shall by rule define what constitutes "credible" evidence for purposes of this subsection."; and

on page 17, line 15, after the period, by inserting the following: "A provider or alternate payee may request a reconsideration of payment withholding, and the Department must grant such a request. The Department shall state by rule a process and criteria by which a provider or alternate payee may request full or partial release of payments withheld under this subsection. This request may be made at any time after the Department first withholds such payments."; and

on page 17, line 32, by replacing "consideration" with "reconsideration of the withholding"; and

on page 17, between lines 33 and 34, by inserting the following:

"(5) Inform the provider or alternate payee that a written request may be made to the Illinois Department for full or partial release of withheld payments and that such requests may be made at any time after the Department first withholds such payments."; and

on page 18, between lines 9 and 10, by inserting the following:

"(3) The withholding of payments for a period of 3 years.".