(305 ILCS 5/12-10.5)
Sec. 12-10.5. Medical Special Purposes Trust Fund.
(a) The Medical Special Purposes Trust Fund ("the Fund") is created.
Any grant, gift, donation, or legacy of money or securities that the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services is authorized to receive under Section 12-4.18 or
Section 12-4.19 or any monies from any other source, and that are dedicated for functions connected with the
administration of any medical program administered by the Department, shall
be deposited into the Fund. All federal moneys received by the Department as
reimbursement for disbursements authorized to be made from the Fund shall also
be deposited into the Fund. In addition, federal moneys received on account
of State expenditures made in connection with obtaining compliance with the
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) shall be
deposited into the Fund.
(b) No moneys received from a service provider or a governmental or private
entity that is enrolled with the Department as a provider of medical services
shall be deposited into the Fund.
(c) Disbursements may be made from the Fund for the purposes connected with
the grants, gifts, donations, legacies, or other monies deposited into the Fund, including,
but not limited to, medical quality assessment projects, eligibility population
studies, medical information systems evaluations, and other administrative
functions that assist the Department in fulfilling its health care mission
under any medical program administered by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 97-48, eff. 6-28-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
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