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                                     LRB093 06706 SJM 15656 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 155

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  155  on  page  1,
 3    line 5, by replacing "Section 7" with "Sections 7 and 8"; and

 4    on  page  3,  immediately  below  line  15,  by inserting the
 5    following:

 6        "(30 ILCS 540/8 new)
 7        Sec. 8.  Priority of payment.
 8        (a)  Definition. As  used  in  this  Section,  "qualified
 9    provider"  means  a not-for-profit organization that provides
10    non-residential   services   for   the   mentally   ill    or
11    developmentally  disabled and is reimbursed or otherwise paid
12    for providing those services by the  Illinois  Department  of
13    Human  Services.   A  "qualified provider" does not include a
14    hospital  licensed  under  the  Hospital  Licensing  Act,   a
15    long-term  care facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
16    Act only with respect to services provided  in  the  licensed
17    facility  to  residents,  or  a  local  governmental  unit or
18    university. A "qualified provider" also  includes  an  entity
19    licensed  under  the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
20    Licensure and Certification Act, but only with respect to the
21    services   provided   for   a   community-integrated   living
22    arrangement. The Department of Human Services shall make  the
 
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 1    determination of who is a "qualified provider".
 2        (b)  Processing by official or agency. Except as provided
 3    in  subsection  (d),  a bill or invoice for goods or services
 4    furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider  and
 5    a  grant  award payment to a qualified provider must be given
 6    priority in processing. Any bill or  invoice  and  any  grant
 7    award  payment meeting these criteria that is submitted to an
 8    official or  agency  must  be  processed  and  forwarded  for
 9    payment  before  any  other  bill,  invoice,  or  grant award
10    payment is processed or forwarded for payment.
11        (c)  Payment  by  Comptroller.  Except  as  provided   in
12    subsection  (d),  a voucher for payment for goods or services
13    furnished to the State by a qualified provider  and  a  grant
14    award  payment  to  a  qualified  provider  submitted  by  an
15    official  or  agency  to  the Comptroller for payment must be
16    given priority in payment. Any voucher meeting these criteria
17    that is submitted to the Comptroller by an official or agency
18    for payment from a given fund must be paid before  any  other
19    bill, invoice, or grant award is paid from that fund. If 2 or
20    more  vouchers  eligible for priority payment are received by
21    the Comptroller in the same day for payment out of  the  same
22    fund  and  there  is not enough money in the fund to pay them
23    all, then each bill, invoice, or grant award shall be paid in
24    the order in which it is received.
25        (d)  The processing  and  payment  of  (i)  debt  service
26    obligations  of the State and (ii) payroll obligations of the
27    State shall have priority over the processing and payment  of
28    items as required by this Section.

29        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Section  and  the
30    changes  to  Section  8  of the State Prompt Payment Act take
31    effect upon becoming law.".