102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5183

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Anna Moeller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5B-5  from Ch. 23, par. 5B-5

    Amends the Long-Term Care Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning annual reporting, provides that a provider who commences operating or maintaining a long-term care facility that was under a prior ownership and remained licensed by the Department of Public Health shall notify the Department of Healthcare and Family Services of any change in ownership, regardless of percentage, and shall be responsible to immediately pay any prior amounts owed by the facility. Provides that within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, all providers operating or maintaining a long-term care facility shall notify the Department of all individual owners and any individuals or organizations that are part of a limited liability company with ownership of that facility and the percentage ownership of each owner. Provides that this ownership reporting requirement does not include individual shareholders in a publicly held corporation. Effective immediately.


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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
5changing Section 5B-5 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5B-5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-5)
7    Sec. 5B-5. Annual reporting; penalty; maintenance of
8records.
9    (a) After December 31 of each year, and on or before March
1031 of the succeeding year, every long-term care provider
11subject to assessment under this Article shall file a report
12with the Illinois Department. The report shall be in a form and
13manner prescribed by the Illinois Department and shall state
14the revenue received by the long-term care provider, reported
15in such categories as may be required by the Illinois
16Department, and other reasonable information the Illinois
17Department requires for the administration of its
18responsibilities under this Code.
19    (b) If a long-term care provider operates or maintains
20more than one long-term care facility in this State, the
21provider may not file a single return covering all those
22long-term care facilities, but shall file a separate return
23for each long-term care facility and shall compute and pay the

 

 

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1assessment for each long-term care facility separately.
2    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article,
3in the case of a person who ceases to operate or maintain a
4long-term care facility in respect of which the person is
5subject to assessment under this Article as a long-term care
6provider, the person shall file a final, amended return with
7the Illinois Department not more than 90 days after the
8cessation reflecting the adjustment and shall pay with the
9final return the assessment for the year as so adjusted (to the
10extent not previously paid). If a person fails to file a final
11amended return on a timely basis, there shall, unless waived
12by the Illinois Department for reasonable cause, be added to
13the assessment due a penalty assessment equal to 25% of the
14assessment due.
15    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
16provider who commences operating or maintaining a long-term
17care facility that was under a prior ownership and remained
18licensed by the Department of Public Health shall notify the
19Illinois Department of any the change in ownership, regardless
20of percentage, and shall be responsible to immediately pay any
21prior amounts owed by the facility. In addition, within 90
22days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23102nd General Assembly, all providers operating or maintaining
24a long-term care facility shall notify the Illinois Department
25of all individual owners and any individuals or organizations
26that are part of a limited liability company with ownership of

 

 

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1that facility and the percentage ownership of each owner. This
2ownership reporting requirement does not include individual
3shareholders in a publicly held corporation.
4    (e) The Department shall develop a procedure for sharing
5with a potential buyer of a facility information regarding
6outstanding assessments and penalties owed by that facility.
7    (f) In the case of a long-term care provider existing as a
8corporation or legal entity other than an individual, the
9return filed by it shall be signed by its president,
10vice-president, secretary, or treasurer or by its properly
11authorized agent.
12    (g) If a long-term care provider fails to file its return
13on or before the due date of the return, there shall, unless
14waived by the Illinois Department for reasonable cause, be
15added to the assessment imposed by Section 5B-2 a penalty
16assessment equal to 25% of the assessment imposed for the
17year. After July 1, 2013, no penalty shall be assessed if the
18Illinois Department has not established a process for the
19electronic submission of information.
20    (h) Every long-term care provider subject to assessment
21under this Article shall keep records and books that will
22permit the determination of occupied bed days on a calendar
23year basis. All such books and records shall be kept in the
24English language and shall, at all times during business hours
25of the day, be subject to inspection by the Illinois
26Department or its duly authorized agents and employees.

 

 

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1    (i) The Illinois Department shall establish a process for
2long-term care providers to electronically submit all
3information required by this Section no later than July 1,
42013.
5(Source: P.A. 96-1530, eff. 2-16-11; 97-403, eff. 1-1-12;
697-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.