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HB2400 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2400

 

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 540/1   from Ch. 127, par. 132.401

    Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Includes within the definition of "goods or services", prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, and early intervention services provided by a vendor, which includes but is not limited to a licensed community-based provider but does not include a licensed hospital, a unit of local government, or a university. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 540/1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
7     Sec. 1. This Act applies to any State official or agency
8 authorized to provide for payment from State funds, by virtue
9 of any appropriation of the General Assembly, for goods or
10 services furnished to the State.
11     For purposes of this Act, "goods or services furnished to
12 the State" include but are not limited to (i) covered health
13 care provided to eligible members and their covered dependents
14 in accordance with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of
15 1971, including coverage through a physician-owned health
16 maintenance organization under Section 6.1 of that Act, and
17 (ii) prevention, intervention, or treatment services and
18 supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental
19 health services, alcohol and substance abuse services,
20 rehabilitation services, and early intervention services
21 provided by a vendor. For the purposes of item (ii), a vendor
22 includes but is not limited to sellers of goods and services,
23 including community-based organizations that are licensed to

 

 

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1 provide prevention, intervention, or treatment services and
2 supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental
3 illness, and substance abuse problems, but does not include a
4 hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, a unit of
5 local government, or a university.
6     For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official
7 or agency" is defined as the Director or Chief Executive or his
8 designee of that State agency or department or facility of such
9 agency or department. With respect to covered health care
10 provided to eligible members and their dependents in accordance
11 with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971,
12 "appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
13 administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
14     As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who
15 is eligible for health benefits under the State Employees Group
16 Insurance Act of 1971, and "member" and "dependent" have the
17 meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
18     As used in this Act, "a proper bill or invoice" means a
19 bill or invoice that includes the information necessary for
20 processing the payment as may be specified by a State agency
21 and in rules adopted in accordance with this Act.
22 (Source: P.A. 91-266, eff. 7-23-99; 92-384, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.