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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4162
Introduced 1/21/2004, by Rosemary Mulligan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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305 ILCS 5/5-5.2 |
from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.2 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning Medicaid payments to nursing homes.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4162 |
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LRB093 18796 DRJ 44530 b |
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| AN ACT concerning long-term care funding.
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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 |
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| changing Section 5-5.2 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.2)
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| Sec. 5-5.2. Payment.
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| (a) All Skilled Nursing Facilities that are grouped |
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| pursuant to Section
5-5.1 of this Code
Act shall receive the |
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| same rate of payment for similar
services. All Intermediate |
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| Care Facilities that are grouped pursuant to
Section 5-5.1 of |
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| this Code
Act shall receive the same rate of payment for |
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| similar
services.
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| (b) It shall be a matter of State policy that the Illinois |
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| Department
shall utilize a uniform billing cycle throughout the |
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| State for the following
long-term care providers: skilled |
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| nursing facilities, intermediate care
facilities, and |
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| intermediate care facilities for persons with a developmental
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| disability. The Illinois Department shall establish billing |
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| cycles on a
calendar month basis for all long-term care |
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| providers no later than July 1,
1992.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-809; 88-380.)
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