Full Text of SB0012 100th General Assembly
SB0012sam003 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Christine Radogno Filed: 3/1/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 12
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 12 on page 10, line | 3 | | 23, by deleting "1,"; and
| 4 | | on page 10, line 23, by deleting "8.7,"; and | 5 | | on page 10, line 24, by changing "14.3" to "29.3"; and | 6 | | by deleting all of pages 11 through 18; and
| 7 | | on page 19, by deleting lines 1 through 15; and
| 8 | | on page 26, by replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:
| 9 | | "lasts more
than 5 scheduled 3 working days for the claimant , | 10 | | weekly compensation as hereinafter provided shall
be paid | 11 | | beginning on the 6th 4th day"; and | 12 | | on page 29, line 20, by changing " $755.22 " to " $775.18 "; and
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| 1 | | on page 45, by replacing lines 16 and 17 with the following:
| 2 | | "fingers, leg, foot , or any toes, or loss under Section 8(d)2 | 3 | | due to accidental injuries to the same part of the spine, such | 4 | | loss or partial loss of any such member or loss under Section | 5 | | 8(d)2 due to accidental injuries to the same part of the spine | 6 | | shall be deducted from any award made"; and | 7 | | on page 45, line 20, by replacing "eye" with "eye or loss under | 8 | | Section 8(d)2 due to accidental injuries to the same part of | 9 | | the spine "; and | 10 | | on page 45, line 22, by inserting immediately following the | 11 | | period the following: | 12 | | " For purposes of this subdivision (e)17 only, "same part of the | 13 | | spine" means: (1) cervical spine and thoracic spine from | 14 | | vertebra C1 through T12 and (2) lumbar and sacral spine and | 15 | | coccyx from vertebra L1 through S5. "; and | 16 | | on page 46, by replacing lines 6 through 21 with the following: | 17 | | "members, and in a subsequent independent accident loses | 18 | | another or suffers the permanent and complete loss of the use | 19 | | of any one of such members the employer for whom the injured | 20 | | employee is working at the time of the last independent | 21 | | accident is liable to pay compensation only for the loss or | 22 | | permanent and complete loss of the use of the member occasioned |
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| 1 | | by the last independent accident."; and
| 2 | | by replacing lines 15 through 25 of page 57 and lines 1 through | 3 | | 22 of page 58 with the following: | 4 | | "(a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in all of | 5 | | its branches preparing a permanent partial disability | 6 | | impairment report shall report the level of impairment in | 7 | | writing. The report shall include an evaluation of medically | 8 | | defined and professionally appropriate measurements of | 9 | | impairment that include, but are not limited to: loss of range | 10 | | of motion; loss of strength; measured atrophy of tissue mass | 11 | | consistent with the injury; and any other measurements that | 12 | | establish the nature and extent of the impairment. The most | 13 | | current edition of the American Medical Association's "Guides | 14 | | to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" shall be used by the | 15 | | physician in determining the level of impairment. A report | 16 | | under this subsection may be waived by joint written agreement | 17 | | of the parties. | 18 | | (b) Where an impairment report pursuant to subsection (a) | 19 | | exists, it must be considered by the Commission in its | 20 | | determination of the level of permanent partial disability. | 21 | | In determining the level of permanent partial disability, | 22 | | the Commission shall base its determination on the reported | 23 | | level of impairment pursuant to subsection (a). In addition to | 24 | | any impairment report submitted, the Commission may, by a | 25 | | preponderance of credible evidence, use the following |
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| 1 | | additional factors to determine disability: (i) the occupation | 2 | | of the injured employee; (ii) the age of the employee at the | 3 | | time of the injury; (iii) the employee's future earning | 4 | | capacity; and (iv) evidence of disability at maximum medical | 5 | | improvement corroborated by objective findings in the treating | 6 | | medical records and independent medical exams. In determining | 7 | | the level of permanent partial disability, the Commission may | 8 | | base its determination on a report of impairment, after | 9 | | considering by a preponderance of credible evidence, the | 10 | | additional factors to determine disability. | 11 | | (c) A report of impairment prepared pursuant to subsection | 12 | | (a) is not required for the arbitrator or Commission to approve | 13 | | a Settlement Contract Lump Sum Petition. | 14 | | (b) In determining the level of permanent partial | 15 | | disability, the Commission shall base its determination on the | 16 | | following factors: (i) the reported level of impairment | 17 | | pursuant to subsection (a); (ii) the occupation of the injured | 18 | | employee; (iii) the age of the employee at the time of the | 19 | | injury; (iv) the employee's future earning capacity; and (v) | 20 | | evidence of disability corroborated by the treating medical | 21 | | records. No single enumerated factor shall be the sole | 22 | | determinant of disability. In determining the level of | 23 | | disability, the relevance and weight of any factors used in | 24 | | addition to the level of impairment as reported by the | 25 | | physician must be explained in a written order. "; and
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| 1 | | on page 61, by inserting after line 7 the following: | 2 | | The provisions of this subsection (a), other than this | 3 | | sentence, are inoperative after August 31, 2017. | 4 | | on page 64, by inserting after line 18 the following: | 5 | | The provisions of this subsection (a-1), other than this | 6 | | sentence, are inoperative after August 31, 2017. | 7 | | (a-1.5) The following provisions apply to procedures, | 8 | | treatments, services, products, and supplies covered under | 9 | | this Act and rendered or to be rendered on or after September | 10 | | 1, 2017: | 11 | | (1) In this Section: | 12 | | "CPT code" means each Current Procedural Terminology | 13 | | code, for each geographic region specified in subsection | 14 | | (b) of this Section, included on the most recent medical | 15 | | fee schedule established by the Commission pursuant to this | 16 | | Section. | 17 | | "DRG code" means each current diagnosis related group | 18 | | code, for each geographic region specified in subsection | 19 | | (b) of this Section, included on the most recent medical | 20 | | fee schedule established by the Commission pursuant to this | 21 | | Section. | 22 | | "Geozip" means a three-digit zip code based on data | 23 | | similarities, geographical similarities, and frequencies. | 24 | | "Health care services" means those CPT and DRG codes | 25 | | for procedures, treatments, products, services or supplies |
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| 1 | | for hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, emergency | 2 | | room, ambulatory surgical treatment centers, accredited | 3 | | ambulatory surgical treatment facilities, and professional | 4 | | services. It does not include codes classified as | 5 | | healthcare common procedure coding systems or dental. | 6 | | "Medicare maximum fee" means, for each CPT and DRG | 7 | | code, the current maximum fee for that CPT or DRG code | 8 | | allowed to be charged by the Centers for Medicare and | 9 | | Medicaid Services for Medicare patients in that geographic | 10 | | region. The Medicare maximum fee shall be the greater of | 11 | | (i) the current maximum fee allowed to be charged by the | 12 | | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for Medicare | 13 | | patients in the geographic region or (ii) the maximum fee | 14 | | charged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | 15 | | for Medicare patients in the geographic region on January | 16 | | 1, 2017. | 17 | | "Medicare percentage amount" means, for each CPT and | 18 | | DRG code, the workers' compensation maximum fee as a | 19 | | percentage of the Medicare maximum fee. | 20 | | "Workers' compensation maximum fee" means, for each | 21 | | CPT and DRG code, the current maximum fee allowed to be | 22 | | charged under the medical fee schedule established by the | 23 | | Commission for that CPT or DRG code in that geographic | 24 | | region. | 25 | | (2) The Commission shall establish and maintain fee | 26 | | schedules for procedures, treatments, products, services, |
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| 1 | | or supplies for hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, | 2 | | emergency room, ambulatory surgical treatment centers, | 3 | | accredited ambulatory surgical treatment facilities, | 4 | | prescriptions filled and dispensed outside of a licensed | 5 | | pharmacy, dental services, and professional services. | 6 | | These fee schedule amounts shall be grouped into geographic | 7 | | regions in the following manner: | 8 | | (A) Four regions for non-hospital fee schedule | 9 | | amounts shall be utilized: | 10 | | (i) Cook County; | 11 | | (ii) DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Will Counties; | 12 | | (iii) Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, | 13 | | Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Randolph, | 14 | | St. Clair, and Washington Counties; and | 15 | | (iv) All other counties of the State. | 16 | | (B) Fourteen regions for hospital fee schedule | 17 | | amounts shall be utilized: | 18 | | (i) Cook, DuPage, Will, Kane, McHenry, DeKalb, | 19 | | Kendall, and Grundy Counties; | 20 | | (ii) Kankakee County; | 21 | | (iii) Madison, St. Clair, Macoupin, Clinton, | 22 | | Monroe, Jersey, Bond, and Calhoun Counties; | 23 | | (iv) Winnebago and Boone Counties; | 24 | | (v) Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, and | 25 | | Stark Counties; | 26 | | (vi) Champaign, Piatt, and Ford Counties; |
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| 1 | | (vii) Rock Island, Henry, and Mercer Counties; | 2 | | (viii) Sangamon and Menard Counties; | 3 | | (ix) McLean County; | 4 | | (x) Lake County; | 5 | | (xi) Macon County; | 6 | | (xii) Vermilion County; | 7 | | (xiii) Alexander County; and | 8 | | (xiv) All other counties of the State. | 9 | | If a geozip overlaps into one or more of the regions | 10 | | set forth in this Section, then the Commission shall | 11 | | average or repeat the charges and fees in a geozip in order | 12 | | to designate charges and fees for each region. | 13 | | (3) The initial workers' compensation maximum fee for | 14 | | each CPT and DRG code as of September 1, 2017 shall be | 15 | | determined as follows: | 16 | | (A) Within 45 days after the effective date of this | 17 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the | 18 | | Commission shall determine the Medicare percentage | 19 | | amount for each CPT and DRG code using the most recent | 20 | | data available. | 21 | | CPT or DRG codes which have a value, but are not | 22 | | covered expenses under Medicare, are still compensable | 23 | | under the medical fee schedule according to the rate | 24 | | described in Section (B). | 25 | | (B) Within 30 days after the Commission makes the | 26 | | determinations required by subdivision (3)(A) of this |
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| 1 | | subsection (a-1.5), the Commission shall determine an | 2 | | adjustment to be made to the workers' compensation | 3 | | maximum fee for each CPT and DRG code as follows: | 4 | | (i) If the Medicare percentage amount for that | 5 | | CPT or DRG code is equal to or less than 125%, then | 6 | | the workers' compensation maximum fee for that CPT | 7 | | or DRG code shall be adjusted so that it equals | 8 | | 125% the most recent Medicare maximum fee for that | 9 | | CPT or DRG code. | 10 | | (ii) If the Medicare percentage amount for | 11 | | that CPT or DRG code is greater than 125% but less | 12 | | than 150%, then the workers' compensation maximum | 13 | | fee for that CPT or DRG code shall not be adjusted. | 14 | | (iii) If the Medicare percentage amount for | 15 | | that CPT or DRG code is greater than 150% but less | 16 | | than or equal to 225%, then the workers' | 17 | | compensation maximum fee for that CPT or DRG code | 18 | | shall be adjusted so that it equals the greater of | 19 | | (I) 150% of the most recent Medicare maximum fee | 20 | | for that CPT or DRG code or (II) 80% of the most | 21 | | recent workers' compensation maximum amount for | 22 | | that CPT or DRG code. | 23 | | (iv) If the Medicare percentage amount for | 24 | | that CPT or DRG code is greater than 225% but less | 25 | | than or equal to 428.57%, then the workers' | 26 | | compensation maximum fee for that CPT or DRG code |
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| 1 | | shall be adjusted so that it equals the greater of | 2 | | (I) 191.25% of the most recent Medicare maximum fee | 3 | | for that CPT or DRG code or (II) 70% of the most | 4 | | recent workers' compensation maximum amount for | 5 | | that CPT or DRG code. | 6 | | (v) If the Medicare percentage amount for that | 7 | | CPT or DRG code is greater than 428.57%, then the | 8 | | workers' compensation maximum fee for that CPT or | 9 | | DRG code shall be adjusted so that it equals 275% | 10 | | of the most recent Medicare maximum fee for that | 11 | | CPT or DRG code. | 12 | | The Commission shall promptly publish the | 13 | | adjustments determined pursuant to this subdivision | 14 | | (3)(B) on its website. | 15 | | (C) The initial workers' compensation maximum fee | 16 | | for each CPT and DRG code as of September 1, 2017 shall | 17 | | be equal to the workers' compensation maximum fee for | 18 | | that code as determined and adjusted pursuant to | 19 | | subdivision (3)(B) of this subsection, subject to any | 20 | | further adjustments pursuant to subdivision (5) of | 21 | | this subsection. | 22 | | (4) The Commission, as of September 1, 2018 and | 23 | | September 1 of each year thereafter, shall adjust the | 24 | | workers' compensation maximum fee for each CPT or DRG code | 25 | | to exactly half of the most recent annual increase in the | 26 | | Consumer Price Index-U. |
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| 1 | | (5) A person who believes that the workers' | 2 | | compensation maximum fee for a CPT or DRG code, as | 3 | | otherwise determined pursuant to this subsection, creates | 4 | | or would create upon implementation a significant | 5 | | limitation on access to quality health care in either a | 6 | | specific field of health care services or a specific | 7 | | geographic limitation on access to health care may petition | 8 | | the Commission to modify the workers' compensation maximum | 9 | | fee for that CPT or DRG code so as to not create that | 10 | | significant limitation. | 11 | | The petitioner bears the burden of demonstrating, by a | 12 | | preponderance of the credible evidence, that the workers' | 13 | | compensation maximum fee that would otherwise apply would | 14 | | create a significant limitation on access to quality health | 15 | | care in either a specific field of health care services or | 16 | | a specific geographic limitation on access to health care. | 17 | | Petitions shall be made publicly available. Such credible | 18 | | evidence shall include empirical data demonstrating a | 19 | | significant limitation on access to quality health care. | 20 | | Other interested persons may file comments or responses to | 21 | | a petition within 30 days of the filing of a petition. | 22 | | The Commission shall take final action on each petition | 23 | | within 180 days of filing. The Commission may, but is not | 24 | | required to, seek the recommendation of the Medical Fee | 25 | | Advisory Board to assist with this determination. If the | 26 | | Commission grants the petition, the Commission shall |
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| 1 | | further increase the workers' compensation maximum fee for | 2 | | that CPT or DRG code by the amount minimally necessary to | 3 | | avoid creating a significant limitation on access to | 4 | | quality health care in either a specific field of health | 5 | | care services or a specific geographic limitation on access | 6 | | to health care. The increased workers' compensation | 7 | | maximum fee shall take effect upon entry of the | 8 | | Commission's final action. "; and | 9 | | on page 64, line 24, by inserting after the period the | 10 | | following: | 11 | | The provisions of this subsection (a-2), other than this | 12 | | sentence, are inoperative after August 31, 2017. | 13 | | by deleting lines 25 and 26 of page 64 and all of page 65; and
| 14 | | on page 66, by replacing lines 1 through 15 with the following: | 15 | | " (a-3) Prescriptions, other than custom compound | 16 | | medications, filled and dispensed outside of a licensed | 17 | | pharmacy shall be subject to a fee schedule that shall not | 18 | | exceed the Average Wholesale Price (AWP) plus a dispensing fee | 19 | | of $4.18. AWP or its equivalent as registered by the National | 20 | | Drug Code shall be set forth for that drug on that date as | 21 | | published in Medi-Span. Custom compound medications are | 22 | | governed by subsection (a-4). | 23 | | (a-4) As used in this Section: |
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| 1 | | "Custom compound medication" means a customized medication | 2 | | prescribed or ordered by a duly licensed prescriber for the | 3 | | specific patient that is prepared in a pharmacy by a licensed | 4 | | pharmacist in response to a licensed prescriber's prescription | 5 | | or order by combining, mixing, or altering of ingredients, but | 6 | | not reconstituting, to meet the unique needs of an individual | 7 | | patient. A custom compound medication does not include a drug | 8 | | reconstituted pursuant to a manufacturer's direction nor does | 9 | | it include the sole act of tablet splitting or crushing, | 10 | | capsule opening, or the addition of a flavoring agent to | 11 | | enhance palatability. | 12 | | A custom compound medication shall be approved for payment | 13 | | only if the custom compound medication meets all of the | 14 | | following standards: | 15 | | (1) there is no readily available commercially | 16 | | manufactured therapeutically equivalent product; | 17 | | (2) no other Food and Drug Administration-approved | 18 | | alternative drug or combination of readily available drugs | 19 | | is appropriate for the patient; | 20 | | (3) the active ingredients of the custom compound | 21 | | medication each have a National Drug Code (NDC) number, are | 22 | | components of drugs approved by the Food and Drug | 23 | | Administration, and the active ingredients in the custom | 24 | | compound medication are being used to treat conditions for | 25 | | which the component drugs have been approved for use by the | 26 | | Food and Drug Administration; |
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| 1 | | (4) no component of the custom compound medication has | 2 | | been withdrawn or removed from the market for safety | 3 | | reasons; and | 4 | | (5) the prescriber is able to demonstrate to the payer | 5 | | that the custom compound medication is reasonable and | 6 | | necessary. | 7 | | The Average Wholesale Price (AWP) for the specific amount | 8 | | of each component, as identified by its National Drug Code | 9 | | (NDC) from the original labeler, shall be used to determine the | 10 | | maximum reimbursement of a custom compound medication meeting | 11 | | the standards of subsection (a-5). A single dispensing fee for | 12 | | a custom compound medication shall be based on the actual costs | 13 | | of preparing and dispensing the custom compound medication as | 14 | | determined by the Commission. The dispensing fee for a custom | 15 | | compound medication shall be billed with code WC 700-C. | 16 | | This Section is subject to the other provisions of this Act | 17 | | including, but not limited to, Section 8.7. | 18 | | The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of | 19 | | the 100th General Assembly apply to compounding medications | 20 | | provided on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 21 | | of the 100th General Assembly. | 22 | | (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | 23 | | on or before March 1, 2018 and on or before March 1 of each | 24 | | subsequent year, the Commission must investigate all | 25 | | procedures, treatments, and services covered under this Act for | 26 | | ambulatory surgical treatment centers and accredited |
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| 1 | | ambulatory surgical treatment facilities and establish fee | 2 | | schedule amounts for procedures, treatments, and services for | 3 | | which fee schedule amounts have not been established. The | 4 | | Commission must adopt, in a timely and ongoing manner, all | 5 | | rules necessary to ensure that its responsibilities under this | 6 | | subsection are carried out. | 7 | | (a-3) Prescriptions filled and dispensed outside of a | 8 | | licensed pharmacy shall be subject to a fee schedule that shall | 9 | | not exceed the Average Wholesale Price (AWP) plus a dispensing | 10 | | fee of $4.18. AWP or its equivalent as registered by the | 11 | | National Drug Code shall be set forth for that drug on that | 12 | | date as published in Medispan. "; and | 13 | | by deleting lines 22 through 25 of page 73, all of pages 74 | 14 | | through 80, and lines 1 through 12 of page 81; and | 15 | | by deleting lines 18 through 25 of page 86, all of pages 87 and | 16 | | 88, and lines 1 through 7 of page 89; and | 17 | | by replacing lines 20 through 26 of page 92 and lines 1 through | 18 | | 23 of page 93 with the following: | 19 | | "Whether the employee is working or not, if the employee is | 20 | | not receiving or has not received medical, surgical, or | 21 | | hospital services or other services or compensation as provided | 22 | | in paragraph (a) of Section 8, or compensation as provided in | 23 | | paragraph (b) of Section 8, or if the employer has refused or |
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| 1 | | failed to respond to a written request for authorization of | 2 | | medical care and treatment, the employee may at any time | 3 | | petition for an expedited hearing by an Arbitrator on the issue | 4 | | of whether or not he or she is entitled to receive payment of | 5 | | the services or compensation or authorization of medical care . | 6 | | Provided the employer continues to pay compensation pursuant to | 7 | | paragraph (b) of Section 8, the employer may at any time | 8 | | petition for an expedited hearing on the issue of whether or | 9 | | not the employee is entitled to receive medical, surgical, or | 10 | | hospital services or other services or compensation as provided | 11 | | in paragraph (a) of Section 8, whether or not the employee is | 12 | | entitled to authorization of medical care and treatment, or | 13 | | compensation as provided in paragraph (b) of Section 8. When an | 14 | | employer has petitioned for an expedited hearing, the employer | 15 | | shall continue to pay compensation as provided in paragraph (b) | 16 | | of Section 8 unless the arbitrator renders a decision that the | 17 | | employee is not entitled to the benefits that are the subject | 18 | | of the expedited hearing or unless the employee's treating | 19 | | physician has released the employee to return to work at his or | 20 | | her regular job with the employer or the employee actually | 21 | | returns to work at any other job. If the arbitrator renders a | 22 | | decision that the employee is not entitled to the benefits or | 23 | | medical care that is are the subject of the expedited hearing, | 24 | | a petition for review filed by the employee shall receive the | 25 | | same priority as if the employee had filed a petition for an | 26 | | expedited hearing by an Arbitrator. Neither party shall be |
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| 1 | | entitled to an expedited hearing when the employee has returned | 2 | | to work and the sole issue in dispute amounts to less than 12 | 3 | | weeks of unpaid compensation pursuant to paragraph (b) of | 4 | | Section 8."; and | 5 | | on page 113, by replacing lines 7 through 18 with the | 6 | | following: | 7 | | "(k) In a case where there has been any unreasonable or | 8 | | vexatious delay
of payment or intentional underpayment of | 9 | | compensation, or proceedings
have been instituted or carried on | 10 | | by the one liable to pay the
compensation, which do not present | 11 | | a real controversy, but are merely
frivolous or for delay, then | 12 | | the Commission may award compensation
additional to that | 13 | | otherwise payable under this Act equal to 50% of the
amount | 14 | | payable at the time of such award. Failure to pay compensation
| 15 | | in accordance with the provisions of Section 8, paragraph (b) | 16 | | of this
Act, shall be considered unreasonable delay."; and
| 17 | | on page 131, by deleting lines 23 and 24; and
| 18 | | on page 131, line 25, by changing " (6) " to " (5) "; and
| 19 | | on page 132, line 2, by changing " (7) " to " (6) "; and
| 20 | | on page 132, line 12, by changing " (8) " to " (7) "; and |
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| 1 | | on page 134, by replacing lines 14 through 17 with the | 2 | | following: | 3 | | "(820 ILCS 305/29.3 new) | 4 | | Sec. 29.3. Workers' Compensation Transparency Task Force. | 5 | | (a) There is created the Workers' Compensation | 6 | | Transparency Task Force consisting of the following members: | 7 | | (1) The Director of Insurance or his or her designee. | 8 | | (2) The Chairman of the Illinois Workers' Compensation | 9 | | Commission or his or her designee. | 10 | | (3) One member of the House of Representatives | 11 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 12 | | (4) One member of the House of Representatives | 13 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 14 | | Representatives. | 15 | | (5) One member of the Senate appointed by the President | 16 | | of the Senate. | 17 | | (6) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | 18 | | Leader of the Senate. | 19 | | (b) The Task Force shall collect and review information and | 20 | | data on the effects of the changes in workers' compensation law | 21 | | enacted by the General Assembly. The purpose of the collection | 22 | | and review of information under this Section is to make as | 23 | | transparent as possible all information relating to the medical | 24 | | treatment and benefits paid to injured workers in this State. | 25 | | (c) In order to enable the Task Force to complete its |
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| 1 | | purpose, insurers, advisory organizations, and medical | 2 | | providers involved in the provision of services to persons | 3 | | covered under the workers' compensation laws of this State | 4 | | shall report data and information to the Task Force on an | 5 | | annual basis. | 6 | | (d) Insurers and advisory organizations shall report to the | 7 | | Task Force the information required to be reported under | 8 | | Section 29.2. | 9 | | (e) Medical providers shall report workers' compensation | 10 | | information including, but not limited to, the following: | 11 | | (1) Gross revenue attributable to workers' | 12 | | compensation care of injured workers. | 13 | | (2) Expenses incurred in the medical treatment of | 14 | | injured workers. | 15 | | (3) The number of patients treated with respect to | 16 | | workers' compensation claims. | 17 | | (4) The time and resources expended on the medical | 18 | | treatment of injured workers. | 19 | | (5) Complaints registered with the licensing authority | 20 | | for medical providers related to the treatment of injured | 21 | | workers relating to the workers' compensation laws. | 22 | | (6) Profits made as a result of the medical treatment | 23 | | provided to injured workers. | 24 | | (7) Any additional information that is determined by | 25 | | the Task Force to be necessary for the effective analysis | 26 | | of the effect of changes in workers' compensation laws. |
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| 1 | | (f) The Task Force shall report its findings to the | 2 | | Governor and General Assembly by March 31 of each year. The | 3 | | findings in the report shall be based upon the information | 4 | | reported to the Task Force by December 31 of the year preceding | 5 | | the date of the report. | 6 | | (g) The Task Force shall end its collection of information | 7 | | on December 31, 2021 and issue its final report no later than | 8 | | March 31, 2022. | 9 | | (h) A person or entity that fails to comply with the | 10 | | reporting requirements of this Section is subject to a civil | 11 | | penalty of $100 per day for each category of information | 12 | | required to be reported up to a maximum of $10,000. The | 13 | | Attorney General may bring an action to enforce the penalty | 14 | | authorized under this subsection. If a person or entity incurs | 15 | | more than $10,000 in penalties under this subsection, the | 16 | | license of the person or entity may be suspended. | 17 | | (i) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022. | 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law, but this Act does not take effect at all unless | 20 | | Senate Bills 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 16 of the 100th | 21 | | General Assembly become law.".
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