HB5734 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 17864 RPS 55624 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5734

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/2-115 new

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a resident of a long-term care facility who is assigned by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to a managed care organization participating in a Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Program shall have the right to remain in the facility in which the resident resides after enrollment occurs. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding Section 2-115 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/2-115 new)

Sec. 2-115. Managed Care. A resident of a facility who is assigned by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to a managed care organization participating in a Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative (MMAI) Program has the right to remain in the facility in which the resident resides after enrollment occurs.

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