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90_SB0268
30 ILCS 540/1 from Ch. 127, par. 132.401
30 ILCS 540/3-3 from Ch. 127, par. 132.403-3
Amends the State Prompt Pay Act. Provides that medical
assistance provided to public aid recipients and reimbursed
from State funds under Articles V, VI, and XII of the
Illinois Public Aid Code is included within the definition of
"goods or services furnished to the State" for purposes of
the Act. Provides payment schedules for payments for clients
of the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
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1 AN ACT to amend the State Prompt Payment Act by changing
2 Sections 1 and 3-3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
6 changing Sections 1 and 3-3 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 540/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
8 Sec. 1. This Act applies to any State official or agency
9 authorized to provide for payment from State funds, by virtue
10 of any appropriation of the General Assembly, for goods or
11 services furnished to the State.
12 Except as provided in Section 2.1, for purposes of this
13 Act, "goods or services furnished to the State" include but
14 are not limited to medical assistance provided to public aid
15 recipients on or after July 1, 1997 and reimbursed from State
16 funds under Articles V, VI, and XII of the Illinois Public
17 Aid Code, and covered health care provided to eligible
18 members and their covered dependents in accordance with the
19 State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, including
20 coverage through a physician-owned health maintenance
21 organization under Section 6.1 of that Act; however, "goods
22 or services furnished to the State" do not include medical
23 assistance provided to public aid recipients and reimbursed
24 from State funds under Articles V, VI, and XII of the
25 Illinois Public Aid Code.
26 For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official
27 or agency" is defined as the Director or Chief Executive or
28 his designee of that State agency or department or facility
29 of such agency or department. With respect to covered health
30 care provided to eligible members and their dependents in
31 accordance with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of
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1 1971, "appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
2 administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
3 As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who
4 is eligible for health benefits under the State Employees
5 Group Insurance Act of 1971, and "member" and "dependent"
6 have the meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
7 (Source: P.A. 88-45; 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-21, eff.
8 7-1-95.)
9 (30 ILCS 540/3-3) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.403-3)
10 Sec. 3-3. The State Comptroller and the Department of
11 Central Management Services shall jointly promulgate rules
12 and policies to govern the uniform application of this Act.
13 These rules and policies shall include procedures and time
14 frames for approving a bill or invoice from a vendor for
15 goods or services furnished to the State. The approval date
16 for payments to managed health care entities under Article V
17 of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall be the 5th day of the
18 month in which the client is an enrollee of the managed
19 health care entity. The approval date for services rendered
20 by long-term care facilities that provide services to clients
21 of the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall be the 20th
22 day of the month following the calendar month of service in
23 which care was provided to an eligible client, except for
24 claims resulting from retroactive transactions. These rules
25 and policies shall be binding on all officials and agencies
26 under this Act's jurisdiction. These rules and policies may
27 be made effective no earlier than July 1, 1993.
28 (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)