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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1802
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Kathleen A. Ryg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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305 ILCS 5/5B-2 |
from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section
concerning long-term care provider assessments.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1802 |
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LRB096 05480 DRJ 15546 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 5B-2 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5B-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2)
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| Sec. 5B-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
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| (a) For the
the privilege of engaging in the occupation of |
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| long-term care
provider, an assessment is imposed upon each |
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| long-term care provider for
the State fiscal year beginning on |
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| July 1, 1992 and ending on June 30,
1993, in an amount equal to |
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| $6.30 times the number of occupied bed days for
the most recent |
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| calendar year ending before the beginning of that State
fiscal |
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| year. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to the
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| contrary, this assessment shall be construed as a tax, but may |
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| not be added
to the charges of an individual's nursing home |
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| care that is paid for in
whole, or in part, by a federal, |
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| State, or combined federal-state medical
care program, except |
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| those individuals receiving Medicare Part B benefits
solely. |
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| (b) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1992 shall be |
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| construed to
authorize any home rule unit or other unit of |
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| local government to license
for revenue or impose a tax or |
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| assessment upon long-term care providers or
the occupation of |