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 1        AN ACT concerning finance.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
 5    adding Section 8 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 540/8 new)
 7        Sec. 8.  Priority of payment.
 8        (a)  Definition. As  used  in  this  Section,  "qualified
 9    provider"  means  a not-for-profit organization that provides
10    non-residential   services   for   the   mentally   ill    or
11    developmentally  disabled and is reimbursed or otherwise paid
12    for providing those services by the  Illinois  Department  of
13    Human  Services.   A  "qualified provider" does not include a
14    hospital  licensed  under  the  Hospital  Licensing  Act,   a
15    long-term  care facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
16    Act only with respect to services provided  in  the  licensed
17    facility  to  residents,  or  a  local  governmental  unit or
18    university. A "qualified provider" also  includes  an  entity
19    licensed  under  the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
20    Licensure and Certification Act, but only with respect to the
21    services   provided   for   a   community-integrated   living
22    arrangement. The Department of Human Services shall make  the
23    determination of who is a "qualified provider".
24        (b)  Processing by official or agency. Except as provided
25    in  subsection  (d),  a bill or invoice for goods or services
26    furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider  and
27    a  grant  award payment to a qualified provider must be given
28    priority in processing. Any bill or  invoice  and  any  grant
29    award  payment meeting these criteria that is submitted to an
30    official or  agency  must  be  processed  and  forwarded  for
31    payment  before  any  other  bill,  invoice,  or  grant award
 
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 1    payment is processed or forwarded for payment.
 2        (c)  Payment  by  Comptroller.  Except  as  provided   in
 3    subsection  (d),  a voucher for payment for goods or services
 4    furnished to the State by a qualified provider  and  a  grant
 5    award  payment  to  a  qualified  provider  submitted  by  an
 6    official  or  agency  to  the Comptroller for payment must be
 7    given priority in payment. Any voucher meeting these criteria
 8    that is submitted to the Comptroller by an official or agency
 9    for payment from a given fund must be paid before  any  other
10    bill, invoice, or grant award is paid from that fund. If 2 or
11    more  vouchers  eligible for priority payment are received by
12    the Comptroller in the same day for payment out of  the  same
13    fund  and  there  is not enough money in the fund to pay them
14    all, then each bill, invoice, or grant award shall be paid in
15    the order in which it is received.
16        (d)  The processing  and  payment  of  (i)  debt  service
17    obligations  of the State and (ii) payroll obligations of the
18    State shall have priority over the processing and payment  of
19    items as required by this Section.

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