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91_HB0562eng HB0562 Engrossed LRB9102541DJkb 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.