SB3481 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3481

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Dale A. Righter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-31 new

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall seek a waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to convert the State's Medicaid program from a claims-based reimbursement system to a block grant under the federal Medicaid program with built-in annual funding increases to account for inflation and population growth. 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 5-31 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-31 new)

Sec. 5-31. Medicaid block grant. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall seek a waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to convert the State's Medicaid program from a claims-based reimbursement system to a block grant under the federal Medicaid program with built-in annual funding increases to account for inflation and population growth.

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