97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5888

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-4.1a new

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, a recipient of aid under the State's medical assistance program shall be entitled to coverage for only one emergency room visit per year for a non-emergency situation. Provides that the Department shall not be responsible for providing Medicaid reimbursement for a recipient's non-emergency visits to an emergency room that exceed this one visit per year limitation.


LRB097 19137 KTG 64379 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5888LRB097 19137 KTG 64379 b

1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 5-4.1a as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-4.1a new)
7    Sec. 5-4.1a. Emergency room use for non-emergency
8situations. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
9Act of the 97th General Assembly, a recipient of aid under this
10Article shall be entitled to coverage for only one emergency
11room visit per year for a non-emergency situation. The
12Department shall not be responsible for providing Medicaid
13reimbursement for a recipient's non-emergency visits to an
14emergency room that exceed this one visit per year limitation.