(305 ILCS 5/5-2.06) Sec. 5-2.06. Payment rates; Children's Community-Based Health Care Centers. Beginning January 1, 2025 and subject to federal approval, the Department shall, for eligible individuals, reimburse Children's Community-Based Health Care Centers established in the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act and providing nursing care for the purpose of transitioning children from a hospital to home placement or other appropriate setting and reuniting families for a maximum of up to 120 days on a per diem basis at the lower of the Children's Community-Based Health Care Center's usual and customary charge to the public or at the Department rate of $1,300. Payments at the rate set forth in this Section are exempt from the 2.7% rate reduction required under Section 5-5e. (Source: P.A. 103-593, eff. 6-7-24.) |