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SB1664 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1664

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5F-45

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any law, pre-existing contract, or rule to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not enter into a contract or agreement with a managed care organization that includes any incentive for denying authorization of a requested service. Provides that for the purposes of the amendatory Act, incentives shall include, but are not limited to, incentives of any kind, including financial and material. Effective immediately.


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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 5F-45 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5F-45)
7    Sec. 5F-45. Prohibition.
8    (a) No managed care organization or contract shall contain
9any provision, policy, or procedure that limits, restricts, or
10waives any rights set forth in this Article or is expressly
11prohibited by this Article. Any such policy or procedure is
12void and unenforceable.
13    (b) Notwithstanding any law, pre-existing contract, or
14rule to the contrary, the Department shall not enter into a
15contract or agreement with a managed care organization that
16includes any incentive for denying authorization of a
17requested service. For the purposes of this Section,
18incentives include, but are not limited to, incentives of any
19kind, including financial and material.
20(Source: P.A. 98-651, eff. 6-16-14.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.