SB2852 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2852

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5A-2

from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an assessment on inpatient services that is imposed on hospital providers.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 5A-2 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5A-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2008)

Sec. 5A-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.

(a) Subject to Sections 5A-3 and and 5A-10, an annual assessment on inpatient services is imposed on each hospital provider in an amount equal to the hospital's occupied bed days multiplied by $84.19 multiplied by the proration factor for State fiscal year 2004 and the hospital's occupied bed days multiplied by $84.19 for State fiscal year 2005.

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid shall use the number of occupied bed days as reported by each hospital on the Annual Survey of Hospitals conducted by the Department of Public Health to calculate the hospital's annual assessment. If the sum of a hospital's occupied bed days is not reported on the Annual Survey of Hospitals or if there are data errors in the reported sum of a hospital's occupied bed days as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid), then the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid may obtain the sum of occupied bed days from any source available, including, but not limited to, records maintained by the hospital provider, which may be inspected at all times during business hours of the day by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid or its duly authorized agents and employees.

Subject to Sections 5A-3 and 5A-10, for the privilege of engaging in the occupation of hospital provider, beginning August 1, 2005, an annual assessment is imposed on each hospital provider for State fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, in an amount equal to 2.5835% of the hospital provider's adjusted gross hospital revenue for inpatient services and 2.5835% of the hospital provider's adjusted gross hospital revenue for outpatient services. If the hospital provider's adjusted gross hospital revenue is not available, then the Illinois Department may obtain the hospital provider's adjusted gross hospital revenue from any source available, including, but not limited to, records maintained by the hospital provider, which may be inspected at all times during business hours of the day by the Illinois Department or its duly authorized agents and employees.

(b) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to authorize any home rule unit or other unit of local government to license for revenue or to impose a tax or assessment upon hospital providers or the occupation of hospital provider, or a tax or assessment measured by the income or earnings of a hospital provider.

(c) As provided in Section 5A-14, this Section is repealed on July 1, 2008.

(Source: P.A. 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-841, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1066, eff. 1-15-05; 94-242, eff. 7-18-05; revised 12-15-05.)