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Public Act 0691 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
Public Act 097-0691
 
SB3397 EnrolledLRB097 17074 PJG 62272 b

    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 25 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/25)  (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
    Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations.
    (a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure
for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making
that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through
June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is
enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
    (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from
appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of
the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period ending at
the close of business on August 31. Any service involving
professional or artistic skills or any personal services by an
employee whose compensation is subject to income tax
withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the fiscal year
in order to be considered an "outstanding liability as of June
30" that is thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
appropriation.
    (b-1) However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims
under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by
the State Board of Education from its appropriations for those
respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the claims
reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to a prior
fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction of the
State Superintendent of Education from the fund from which the
appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal year
limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payment of tuition
reimbursement claims under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the
School Code as of June 30, payable from appropriations that
have otherwise expired, may be paid out of the expiring
appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
business on October 31.
    (b-2) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2010,
payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2010, and
interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
appropriations until December 31, 2010, without regard to the
fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
than August 31, 2010.
    (b-2.5) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2011,
payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2011, and
interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
appropriations until December 31, 2011, without regard to the
fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
than August 31, 2011.
    (b-3) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes
for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the
medical services being compensated for by such payment may have
been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as required by
subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021,
medical payments payable from appropriations that have
otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
October 31.
    (b-4) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services and medical payments and child
care payments may be made by the Department of Human Services
(as successor to the Department of Public Aid) from
appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without
regard to the fact that the medical or child care services
being compensated for by such payment may have been rendered in
a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at the direction
of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (or
successor agency) from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and
the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund without
regard to any fiscal year limitations, except as required by
subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021,
medical and payments made by the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services, child care payments made by the Department of
Human Services, and payments made at the discretion of the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services (or successor
agency) from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local
Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund payable from
appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
the expiring appropriation during the 4-month period ending at
the close of business on October 31.
    (b-5) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
Human Services from its appropriations relating to substance
abuse treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard to
the fact that the medical services being compensated for by
such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year,
provided the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis
consistent with requirements established for Medicaid
reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services, except as required by subsection (j) of this Section.
Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by the
Department of Human Services relating to substance abuse
treatment services payable from appropriations that have
otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
October 31.
    (b-6) Additionally, payments may be made by the Department
of Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State
agency from its appropriations with the approval of the
Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
any fiscal year limitations, except as required by subsection
(j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payments made
by the Department of Human Services from the Immigration Reform
and Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 payable from
appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
the expiring appropriation during the 4-month period ending at
the close of business on October 31.
    (b-7) Payments may be made in accordance with a plan
authorized by paragraph (11) or (12) of Section 405-105 of the
Department of Central Management Services Law from
appropriations for those payments without regard to fiscal year
limitations.
    (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of
Public Health and , the Department of Human Services (acting as
successor to the Department of Public Health under the
Department of Human Services Act), and the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services from their respective
appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons
suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and
high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for grants
for supplemental food supplies provided under the United States
Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to the
fact that the services being compensated for by such payment
may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as
required by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June
30, 2021, payments made by the Department of Public Health and
, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services from their respective
appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons
suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and
high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for grants
for supplemental food supplies provided under the United States
Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
Nutrition Program payable from appropriations that have
otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring
appropriations during the 4-month period ending at the close of
business on October 31.
    (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of
Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public
Health under the Department of Human Services Act) shall each
annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate President,
Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority
Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of
the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on
or before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to
pay for services provided in any prior fiscal year. This report
shall document by program or service category those
expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
    (e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human Services
making fee-for-service payments relating to substance abuse
treatment services provided during a previous fiscal year shall
each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House
Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and Minority
Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
the House, on or before November 30, a report that shall
document by program or service category those expenditures from
the most recently completed fiscal year used to pay for (i)
services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) services for
which claims were received in prior fiscal years.
    (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the
Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker
of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective
Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations
Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December
31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services
(other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year.
This report shall document by program or service category those
expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
    (g) In addition, each annual report required to be
submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
under subsection (e) shall include the following information
with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
        (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance
    between the previous year's estimated and actual
    liabilities.
        (2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and
    Family Services' liabilities, including but not limited to
    numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service
    utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of
    medical services.
        (3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat
    fraud and abuse.
    (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly
Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
General Assembly member's district office for a period
including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
year.
    (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the
Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
        (1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or
    authorized inter-fund transfers based on estimated charges
    for goods or services;
        (2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund
    transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during
    the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or
    authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior
    fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed
    by the user agency for that period; and
        (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during
    the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when
    payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from
    the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less than
    the total amount owed for that period.
User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service
funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the
catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized
inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the
purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers
without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized
by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
    (i-1) Beginning on July 1, 2021, all outstanding
liabilities, not payable during the 4-month lapse period as
described in subsections (b-1), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and
(c) of this Section, that are made from appropriations for that
purpose for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
the services being compensated for by those payments may have
been rendered in a prior fiscal year, are limited to only those
claims that have been incurred but for which a proper bill or
invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has not been
received by September 30th following the end of the fiscal year
in which the service was rendered.
    (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
aggregate amount of payments to be made without regard for
fiscal year limitations as contained in subsections (b-1),
(b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and (c) of this Section, and
determined by using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
shall not exceed the following amounts:
        (1) $6,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2012;
        (2) $5,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2013;
        (3) $4,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2014;
        (4) $4,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2015;
        (5) $3,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2016;
        (6) $2,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2017;
        (7) $2,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2018;
        (8) $1,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2019;
        (9) $600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
    to fiscal year 2020; and
        (10) $0 for outstanding liabilities related to fiscal
    year 2021 and fiscal years thereafter.
    (k) Department of Healthcare and Family Services Medical
Assistance Payments.
        (1) Definition of Medical Assistance.
            For purposes of this subsection, the term "Medical
        Assistance" shall include, but not necessarily be
        limited to, medical programs and services authorized
        under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act,
        the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health
        Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health
        Insurance Act, the Long Term Acute Care Hospital
        Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act, and medical
        care to or on behalf of persons suffering from chronic
        renal disease, persons suffering from hemophilia and
        victims of sexual assault.
        (2) Limitations on Medical Assistance payments that
    may be paid from future fiscal year appropriations.
            (A) The maximum amounts of annual unpaid Medical
        Assistance bills received and recorded by the
        Department of Healthcare and Family Services on or
        before June 30th of a particular fiscal year
        attributable in aggregate to the General Revenue Fund,
        Healthcare Provider Relief Fund, Tobacco Settlement
        Recovery Fund, Long-Term Care Provider Fund, and the
        Drug Rebate Fund that may be paid in total by the
        Department from future fiscal year Medical Assistance
        appropriations to those funds are: $700,000,000 for
        fiscal year 2013 and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014
        and each fiscal year thereafter.
            (B) Bills for Medical Assistance services rendered
        in a particular fiscal year, but received and recorded
        by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
        after June 30th of that fiscal year, may be paid from
        either appropriations for that fiscal year or future
        fiscal year appropriations for Medical Assistance.
        Such payments shall not be subject to the requirements
        of subparagraph (A).
            (C) Medical Assistance bills received by the
        Department of Healthcare and Family Services in a
        particular fiscal year, but subject to payment amount
        adjustments in a future fiscal year may be paid from a
        future fiscal year's appropriation for Medical
        Assistance. Such payments shall not be subject to the
        requirements of subparagraph (A).
            (D) Medical Assistance payments made by the
        Department of Healthcare and Family Services from
        funds other than those specifically referenced in
        subparagraph (A) may be made from appropriations for
        those purposes for any fiscal year without regard to
        the fact that the Medical Assistance services being
        compensated for by such payment may have been rendered
        in a prior fiscal year. Such payments shall not be
        subject to the requirements of subparagraph (A).
        (3) Extended lapse period for Department of Healthcare
    and Family Services Medical Assistance payments.
    Notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary,
    outstanding Department of Healthcare and Family Services
    Medical Assistance liabilities, as of June 30th, payable
    from appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be
    paid out of the expiring appropriations during the 6-month
    period ending at the close of business on December 31st.
    (l) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
of the 97th General Assembly shall be effective for payment of
Medical Assistance bills incurred in fiscal year 2013 and
future fiscal years. The changes to this Section made by this
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall not be
applied to Medical Assistance bills incurred in fiscal year
2012 or prior fiscal years.
(Source: P.A. 96-928, eff. 6-15-10; 96-958, eff. 7-1-10;
96-1501, eff. 1-25-11; 97-75, eff. 6-30-11; 97-333, eff.
8-12-11.)
 
    Section 98. This Act does not take effect at all unless
both House Bill 5007, as amended, of the 97th General Assembly
and Senate Bill 2840, as amended, of the 97th General Assembly
become law.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2012.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012