103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1724

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Paul Faraci

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-47 new

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt policies and rates for long-acting reversible contraception by January 1, 2024 to ensure that reimbursement is not less than actual acquisition cost. Requires the Department to submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purposes of implementing such policies and rates. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB1724LRB103 28435 LNS 54815 b

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 5-47 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-47 new)
7    Sec. 5-47. Long-acting reversible contraception. The
8Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt
9policies and rates for long-acting reversible contraception by
10January 1, 2024 to ensure that reimbursement is not less than
11actual acquisition cost. The Department shall submit any
12necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and
13Medicaid Services for the purposes of implementing such
14policies and rates.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.