99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6060

 

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Robert Rita

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-5.1  from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.1

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds the percentage of Medicaid funded residents as one of the factors the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must considered in grouping nursing facilities for purposes of payment. Provides that a resident of a nursing facility whose application for long term care benefits is awaiting final action shall be included in the calculation as a Medicaid funded resident.


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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
5changing Section 5-5.1 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-5.1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.1)
7    Sec. 5-5.1. Grouping of Facilities. The Department of
8Healthcare and Family Services shall, for purposes of payment,
9provide for groupings of nursing facilities. Factors to be
10considered in grouping facilities may include, but are not
11limited to, size, age, patient mix, percentage of Medicaid
12funded residents, or geographical area.
13    The groupings developed under this Section shall be
14considered in determining reasonable cost reimbursement
15formulas. However, this Section shall not preclude the
16Department from recognizing and evaluating the cost of capital
17on a facility-by-facility basis.
18    A resident of a nursing facility whose application for long
19term care benefits is awaiting final action shall be included
20in the calculation as a Medicaid funded resident.
21(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)