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91_HB0562

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid  Code  by  adding
 2    Section  5-5d.

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

 5        Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid  Code  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section  5-5d as follows:

 7        (305 ILCS 5/5-5d new)
 8        Sec.  5-5d.  Underpayments to providers.  If the Illinois
 9    Department  pays a provider of  medical  services  an  amount
10    that  is  less  than the correct  amount of reimbursement for
11    those services under this Code, the provider  may recover the
12    amount of the  underpayment  from  the  Illinois  Department,
13    including  by  means  of  setoff  against  the  amount of any
14    overpayment made  by the Illinois Department to the provider.
15    A provider may recover an  underpayment under this Section at
16    any time without regard to when the  underpayment occurred.

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