SB1412 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1412

Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Heather A. Steans

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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 5-2.06 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-2.06 new)

Sec. 5-2.06. Payment rates; Children's Community-Based Health Care Centers. The Department 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. Payments at the rate set forth in this Section are exempt from the 2.7% rate reduction required under Section 5-5e.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.