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Full Text of SB1851  100th General Assembly

SB1851ham003 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Gregory Harris

Filed: 5/29/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1851

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1851, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
42, by replacing line 10 on page 64 through line 11 on page 66
5with the following:
6    "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if
7by July 11, 2018 the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
8Services has neither approved the changes authorized under
9Public Act 100-581 nor has formally approved an extension of
10the reimbursement methodologies and payments to hospitals
11under Sections 5A-12.5 and 14-12 as they are in effect on June
1230, 2018, then the following shall apply:
13        (1) All reimbursement methodologies and payments for
14    hospital services authorized under Sections 5A-12.2,
15    5A-12.4, and 5A-12.5 in effect on June 30, 2018 shall
16    continue subject to the availability of federal matching
17    funds for such expenditures and subject to the provisions
18    of subsection (c) of Section 5A-15.

 

 

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1        (2) All supplemental payments to hospitals authorized
2    in Illinois' Medicaid State Plan in effect on June 30,
3    2018, which are scheduled to terminate under Illinois'
4    Medicaid State Plan on June 30, 2018, shall continue
5    subject to the availability of federal matching funds for
6    such expenditures.
7        (3) All assessments imposed under Section 5A-2, as they
8    are in effect on June 30, 2018, shall continue.
9        (4) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
10    subsection (c), the Department shall make monthly advance
11    payments to any safety-net hospital or critical access
12    hospital requesting such advance payments in an amount, as
13    requested by the hospital, provided that the total monthly
14    payments to the hospital under this subsection shall not
15    exceed 1/12th of the payments the hospital would have
16    received under Sections 5A-12.2, 5A-12.4, and 5A-12.5 and
17    subsections (d) and (f) of Section 14-12.
18        Notwithstanding any other provision in this subsection
19    (c), the Department may make monthly advance payments to a
20    hospital requesting such advance payments in an amount, as
21    requested by the hospital, provided that the total monthly
22    payments to the hospital under this subsection shall not
23    exceed 1/12th of the payments the hospital would have
24    received under Sections 5A-12.2, 5A-12.4, and 5A-12.5 and
25    subsections (d) and (f) of Section 14-12.
26        Advance payments under this paragraph (4) shall be made

 

 

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1    regardless of federal approval for federal financial
2    participation under Title XIX or XXI of the federal Social
3    Security Act.
4        As used in this paragraph (4), "safety-net hospital"
5    means a hospital as defined in Section 5-5e.1 for Rate Year
6    2017 or an Illinois hospital that meets the criteria in
7    paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of Section 5-5e.1
8    for Rate Year 2017.
9        As used in this paragraph (4), "critical access
10    hospital" means a hospital that has such status as of June
11    30, 2018.
12        (5) The changes authorized under this subsection (c)
13    shall continue, on the same time schedule as otherwise
14    authorized under this Article, until the effective date of
15    the new and revised methodologies and payments under Public
16    Act 100-581, which shall be the first day of the second
17    month following the date of approval by the federal Centers
18    for Medicare and Medicaid Services.".