SB0951sam002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

Filed: 2/27/2006

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 951

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 951, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 1, on page 5, between lines 15 and 16, by inserting the following:

"(A-10) The Illinois Department may deny, suspend, or terminate the eligibility of any person, firm, corporation, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity to participate as a vendor of goods or services to recipients under the medical assistance program under Article V if, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, the Illinois Department finds that (i) the vendor, (ii) a person with management responsibility for a vendor, (iii) an officer or person owning, either directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of stock or other evidences of ownership in a corporate vendor, (iv) an owner of a sole proprietorship that is a vendor, or (v) a partner in a partnership that is a vendor has been convicted of a felony offense related to any of the following:

(1) Murder.

(2) A Class X felony under the Criminal Code of 1961.".