101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2714

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-2.06 new

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall, for eligible individuals, reimburse Children's Community-Based Health Care Centers established in the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act and providing nursing care for the purpose of transitioning children from a hospital to home placement or other appropriate setting and reuniting families for a maximum of up to 120 days on a per diem basis at the lower of the Children's Community-Based Health Care Center's usual and customary charge to the public or at the Department rate of $950. Provides that such payments are exempt from the 2.7% rate reduction required under a specified provision of the Code. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 5-2.06 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-2.06 new)
7    Sec. 5-2.06. Payment rates; Children's Community-Based
8Health Care Centers. The Department shall, for eligible
9individuals, reimburse Children's Community-Based Health Care
10Centers established in the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act
11and providing nursing care for the purpose of transitioning
12children from a hospital to home placement or other appropriate
13setting and reuniting families for a maximum of up to 120 days
14on a per diem basis at the lower of the Children's
15Community-Based Health Care Center's usual and customary
16charge to the public or at the Department rate of $950.
17Payments at the rate set forth in this Section are exempt from
18the 2.7% rate reduction required under Section 5-5e.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.