HB4281 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4281

Introduced , by Rep. Mike Smiddy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5B-3

from Ch. 23, par. 5B-3

Amends the Long-Term Care Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Exempts long-term care providers that are organized as not-for-profit entities from the annual assessment imposed on such providers under the Article.

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 changing Section 5B-3 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5B-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-3)

Sec. 5B-3. Exemptions.

(a) A long-term care provider which is a county with a population of more than 3 million that makes intergovernmental transfer payments as provided in Section 15-3 of this Code shall be exempt from the assessment imposed by Section 5B-2 unless the exemption is adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, in which case the county shall pay the assessment imposed by Section 5B-2 for all assessment periods beginning on or after July 1, 1992, and the assessment so paid shall be creditable against the intergovernmental transfer payments.

(b) A long-term care provider that is organized as a not-for-profit entity shall be exempt from the assessment imposed by Section 5B-2.

(Source: P.A. 87-861.)