Full Text of HB3004 95th General Assembly
HB3004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3004
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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305 ILCS 5/5A-2 |
from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning an assessment on inpatient
services that is imposed on
hospital
providers.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3004 |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 5A-2 as follows: | 6 |
| (305 ILCS 5/5A-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2) | 7 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2008) | 8 |
| Sec. 5A-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
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| (a) Subject to Sections 5A-3 and
and 5A-10, an annual | 10 |
| assessment on inpatient
services is imposed on
each
hospital
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| provider in an amount equal to the hospital's occupied bed days | 12 |
| multiplied by $84.19 multiplied by the proration factor for | 13 |
| State fiscal year 2004 and the hospital's occupied bed days | 14 |
| multiplied by $84.19 for State fiscal year 2005.
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| The
Department of Healthcare and Family Services
shall use | 16 |
| the number of occupied bed days as reported
by
each hospital on | 17 |
| the Annual Survey of Hospitals conducted by the
Department of | 18 |
| Public Health to calculate the hospital's annual assessment. If
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| the sum
of a hospital's occupied bed days is not reported on | 20 |
| the Annual Survey of
Hospitals or if there are data errors in | 21 |
| the reported sum of a hospital's occupied bed days as | 22 |
| determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | 23 |
| (formerly Department of Public Aid), then the Department of |
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| Healthcare and Family Services may obtain the sum of occupied | 2 |
| bed
days
from any source available, including, but not limited | 3 |
| to, records maintained by
the hospital provider, which may be | 4 |
| inspected at all times during business
hours
of the day by the | 5 |
| Department of Healthcare and Family Services
or its duly | 6 |
| authorized agents and
employees.
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| Subject to Sections 5A-3 and 5A-10, for the privilege of | 8 |
| engaging in the occupation of hospital provider, beginning | 9 |
| August 1, 2005, an annual assessment is imposed on each | 10 |
| hospital provider for State fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, | 11 |
| in an amount equal to 2.5835% of the hospital provider's | 12 |
| adjusted gross hospital revenue for inpatient services and | 13 |
| 2.5835% of the hospital provider's adjusted gross hospital | 14 |
| revenue for outpatient services. If the hospital provider's | 15 |
| adjusted gross hospital revenue is not available, then the | 16 |
| Illinois Department may obtain the hospital provider's | 17 |
| adjusted gross hospital revenue from any source available, | 18 |
| including, but not limited to, records maintained by the | 19 |
| hospital provider, which may be inspected at all times during | 20 |
| business hours of the day by the Illinois Department or its | 21 |
| duly authorized agents and employees.
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| (b) Nothing in this Article
shall be construed to authorize
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| any home rule unit or other unit of local government to license | 24 |
| for revenue or
to impose a tax or assessment upon hospital | 25 |
| providers or the occupation of
hospital provider, or a tax or | 26 |
| assessment measured by the income or earnings of
a hospital |
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| provider.
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| (c) As provided in Section 5A-14, this Section is repealed | 3 |
| on July 1,
2008.
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| (d) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this | 5 |
| Section, the Department is authorized, during this 94th General | 6 |
| Assembly, to adopt rules to reduce the rate of any annual | 7 |
| assessment imposed under this Section, as authorized by Section | 8 |
| 5-46.2 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-841, eff. 7-30-04; | 10 |
| 93-1066, eff. 1-15-05; 94-242, eff. 7-18-05; 94-838, eff. | 11 |
| 6-6-06.)
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