Rep. Scott Drury

Filed: 4/7/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2946

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2946, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
6Section 25 as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 105/25)  (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
8    Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations.
9    (a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure
10for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making
11that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
12appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through
13June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is
14enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
15    (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from
16appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of

 

 

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1the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period ending at
2the close of business on August 31. Any service involving
3professional or artistic skills or any personal services by an
4employee whose compensation is subject to income tax
5withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the fiscal year
6in order to be considered an "outstanding liability as of June
730" that is thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
8appropriation.
9    (b-1) However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims
10under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by
11the State Board of Education from its appropriations for those
12respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the claims
13reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to a prior
14fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction of the
15State Superintendent of Education from the fund from which the
16appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal year
17limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
18Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payment of tuition
19reimbursement claims under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the
20School Code as of June 30, payable from appropriations that
21have otherwise expired, may be paid out of the expiring
22appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
23business on October 31.
24    (b-2) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2010,
25payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
26conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2010, and

 

 

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1interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
2Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
3appropriations until December 31, 2010, without regard to the
4fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
5for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
6than August 31, 2010.
7    (b-2.5) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2011,
8payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
9conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2011, and
10interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
11Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
12appropriations until December 31, 2011, without regard to the
13fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
14for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
15than August 31, 2011.
16    (b-2.6) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2012,
17payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
18conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2012, and
19interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
20Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
21appropriations until December 31, 2012, without regard to the
22fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
23for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
24than August 31, 2012.
25    (b-2.7) For fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014, interest
26penalties payable under the State Prompt Payment Act associated

 

 

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1with a voucher for which payment is issued after June 30 may be
2paid out of the next fiscal year's appropriation. The future
3year appropriation must be for the same purpose and from the
4same fund as the original payment. An interest penalty voucher
5submitted against a future year appropriation must be submitted
6within 60 days after the issuance of the associated voucher,
7and the Comptroller must issue the interest payment within 60
8days after acceptance of the interest voucher.
9    (b-3) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
10Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes
11for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the
12medical services being compensated for by such payment may have
13been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as required by
14subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021,
15medical payments payable from appropriations that have
16otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
17during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
18October 31.
19    (b-4) Medical payments and child care payments may be made
20by the Department of Human Services (as successor to the
21Department of Public Aid) from appropriations for those
22purposes for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
23the medical or child care services being compensated for by
24such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year; and
25payments may be made at the direction of the Department of
26Healthcare and Family Services (or successor agency) from the

 

 

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1Health Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal year
2limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
3Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical and child care
4payments made by the Department of Human Services and payments
5made at the discretion of the Department of Healthcare and
6Family Services (or successor agency) from the Health Insurance
7Reserve Fund and payable from appropriations that have
8otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
9during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
10October 31.
11    (b-5) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
12Human Services from its appropriations relating to substance
13abuse treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard to
14the fact that the medical services being compensated for by
15such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year,
16provided the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis
17consistent with requirements established for Medicaid
18reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family
19Services, except as required by subsection (j) of this Section.
20Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by the
21Department of Human Services relating to substance abuse
22treatment services payable from appropriations that have
23otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
24during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
25October 31.
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1of Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State
2agency from its appropriations with the approval of the
3Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
4Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
5Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
6any fiscal year limitations, except as required by subsection
7(j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payments made
8by the Department of Human Services from the Immigration Reform
9and Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
10Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 payable from
11appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
12the expiring appropriation during the 4-month period ending at
13the close of business on October 31.
14    (b-7) Payments may be made in accordance with a plan
15authorized by paragraph (11) or (12) of Section 405-105 of the
16Department of Central Management Services Law from
17appropriations for those payments without regard to fiscal year
18limitations.
19    (b-8) Reimbursements to eligible airport sponsors for the
20construction or upgrading of Automated Weather Observation
21Systems may be made by the Department of Transportation from
22appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without
23regard to the fact that the qualification or obligation may
24have occurred in a prior fiscal year, provided that at the time
25the expenditure was made the project had been approved by the
26Department of Transportation prior to June 1, 2012 and, as a

 

 

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1result of recent changes in federal funding formulas, can no
2longer receive federal reimbursement.
3    (b-9) Medical payments not exceeding $150,000,000 may be
4made by the Department on Aging from its appropriations
5relating to the Community Care Program for fiscal year 2014,
6without regard to the fact that the medical services being
7compensated for by such payment may have been rendered in a
8prior fiscal year, provided the payments are made on a
9fee-for-service basis consistent with requirements established
10for Medicaid reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and
11Family Services, except as required by subsection (j) of this
12Section.
13    (b-10) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary
14and to the extent permitted by federal law, for fiscal year
152016 and each fiscal year thereafter, outstanding liabilities
16as of June 30, payable from appropriations which have otherwise
17expired, may be paid out of the expiring appropriations only
18during the 2-month period ending at the close of business on
19August 31, except that claims that have been incurred for which
20a proper bill or invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment
21Act has not been received by August 31 may be paid out of the
22expiring appropriations only during the period ending at the
23close of business on October 15. Any service involving
24professional or artistic skills or any personal services by an
25employee whose compensation is subject to income tax
26withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the fiscal year

 

 

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1in order to be considered an "outstanding liability as of June
230" that is thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
3appropriation.
4    (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of
5Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as
6successor to the Department of Public Health under the
7Department of Human Services Act) from their respective
8appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
9premature and high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and
10for grants for supplemental food supplies provided under the
11United States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and
12Children Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard
13to the fact that the services being compensated for by such
14payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except
15as required by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on
16June 30, 2021, payments made by the Department of Public Health
17and the Department of Human Services from their respective
18appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
19premature and high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and
20for grants for supplemental food supplies provided under the
21United States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and
22Children Nutrition Program payable from appropriations that
23have otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring
24appropriations during the 4-month period ending at the close of
25business on October 31.
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1Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public
2Health under the Department of Human Services Act) shall each
3annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate President,
4Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority
5Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of
6the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on
7or before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to
8pay for services provided in any prior fiscal year. This report
9shall document by program or service category those
10expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
11to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
12    (e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
13Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
14Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human Services
15making fee-for-service payments relating to substance abuse
16treatment services provided during a previous fiscal year shall
17each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
18President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House
19Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and Minority
20Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
21the House, on or before November 30, a report that shall
22document by program or service category those expenditures from
23the most recently completed fiscal year used to pay for (i)
24services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) services for
25which claims were received in prior fiscal years.
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1Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
2Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker
3of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective
4Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations
5Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December
631, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services
7(other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year.
8This report shall document by program or service category those
9expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
10to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
11    (g) In addition, each annual report required to be
12submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
13under subsection (e) shall include the following information
14with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
15        (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance
16    between the previous year's estimated and actual
17    liabilities.
18        (2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and
19    Family Services' liabilities, including but not limited to
20    numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service
21    utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of
22    medical services.
23        (3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat
24    fraud and abuse.
25    (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly
26Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a

 

 

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1General Assembly member's district office for a period
2including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
3from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
4year.
5    (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the
6Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
7        (1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or
8    authorized inter-fund transfers based on estimated charges
9    for goods or services;
10        (2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund
11    transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during
12    the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or
13    authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior
14    fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed
15    by the user agency for that period; and
16        (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during
17    the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when
18    payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from
19    the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less than
20    the total amount owed for that period.
21User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service
22funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
23respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the
24catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized
25inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the
26purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers

 

 

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1without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized
2by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
3    (i-1) Beginning on July 1, 2021, all outstanding
4liabilities, not payable during the 4-month lapse period as
5described in subsections (b-1), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and
6(c) of this Section, that are made from appropriations for that
7purpose for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
8the services being compensated for by those payments may have
9been rendered in a prior fiscal year, are limited to only those
10claims that have been incurred but for which a proper bill or
11invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has not been
12received by September 30th following the end of the fiscal year
13in which the service was rendered.
14    (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
15aggregate amount of payments to be made without regard for
16fiscal year limitations as contained in subsections (b-1),
17(b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and (c) of this Section, and
18determined by using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
19shall not exceed the following amounts:
20        (1) $6,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
21    to fiscal year 2012;
22        (2) $5,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
23    to fiscal year 2013;
24        (3) $4,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
25    to fiscal year 2014;
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1    to fiscal year 2015;
2        (5) $3,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
3    to fiscal year 2016;
4        (6) $2,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
5    to fiscal year 2017;
6        (7) $2,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
7    to fiscal year 2018;
8        (8) $1,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
9    to fiscal year 2019;
10        (9) $600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
11    to fiscal year 2020; and
12        (10) $0 for outstanding liabilities related to fiscal
13    year 2021 and fiscal years thereafter.
14    (k) Department of Healthcare and Family Services Medical
15Assistance Payments.
16        (1) Definition of Medical Assistance.
17            For purposes of this subsection, the term "Medical
18        Assistance" shall include, but not necessarily be
19        limited to, medical programs and services authorized
20        under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act,
21        the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health
22        Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health
23        Insurance Act, the Long Term Acute Care Hospital
24        Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act, and medical
25        care to or on behalf of persons suffering from chronic
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1        victims of sexual assault.
2        (2) Limitations on Medical Assistance payments that
3    may be paid from future fiscal year appropriations.
4            (A) The maximum amounts of annual unpaid Medical
5        Assistance bills received and recorded by the
6        Department of Healthcare and Family Services on or
7        before June 30th of a particular fiscal year
8        attributable in aggregate to the General Revenue Fund,
9        Healthcare Provider Relief Fund, Tobacco Settlement
10        Recovery Fund, Long-Term Care Provider Fund, and the
11        Drug Rebate Fund that may be paid in total by the
12        Department from future fiscal year Medical Assistance
13        appropriations to those funds are: $700,000,000 for
14        fiscal year 2013 and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014
15        and each fiscal year thereafter.
16            (B) Bills for Medical Assistance services rendered
17        in a particular fiscal year, but received and recorded
18        by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
19        after June 30th of that fiscal year, may be paid from
20        either appropriations for that fiscal year or future
21        fiscal year appropriations for Medical Assistance.
22        Such payments shall not be subject to the requirements
23        of subparagraph (A).
24            (C) Medical Assistance bills received by the
25        Department of Healthcare and Family Services in a
26        particular fiscal year, but subject to payment amount

 

 

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1        adjustments in a future fiscal year may be paid from a
2        future fiscal year's appropriation for Medical
3        Assistance. Such payments shall not be subject to the
4        requirements of subparagraph (A).
5            (D) Medical Assistance payments made by the
6        Department of Healthcare and Family Services from
7        funds other than those specifically referenced in
8        subparagraph (A) may be made from appropriations for
9        those purposes for any fiscal year without regard to
10        the fact that the Medical Assistance services being
11        compensated for by such payment may have been rendered
12        in a prior fiscal year. Such payments shall not be
13        subject to the requirements of subparagraph (A).
14        (3) Extended lapse period for Department of Healthcare
15    and Family Services Medical Assistance payments.
16    Notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary,
17    outstanding Department of Healthcare and Family Services
18    Medical Assistance liabilities, as of June 30th, payable
19    from appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be
20    paid out of the expiring appropriations during the 6-month
21    period ending at the close of business on December 31st.
22    (l) The changes to this Section made by Public Act 97-691
23shall be effective for payment of Medical Assistance bills
24incurred in fiscal year 2013 and future fiscal years. The
25changes to this Section made by Public Act 97-691 shall not be
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12012 or prior fiscal years.
2    (m) The Comptroller must issue payments against
3outstanding liabilities that were received prior to the lapse
4period deadlines set forth in this Section as soon thereafter
5as practical, but no payment may be issued after the 4 months
6following the lapse period deadline without the signed
7authorization of the Comptroller and the Governor.
8(Source: P.A. 97-75, eff. 6-30-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11;
997-691, eff. 7-1-12; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 97-932, eff.
108-10-12; 98-8, eff. 5-3-13; 98-24, eff. 6-19-13; 98-215, eff.
118-9-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; revised 9-9-13.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.".