Full Text of SB2288 95th General Assembly
SB2288sam003 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Deanna Demuzio
Filed: 5/8/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2288
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2288 by inserting | 3 |
| the following in its proper numeric sequence:
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| "Section 7. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 5 |
| Sections 5.715 and 6z-79 and changing Section 8h as follows: | 6 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.715 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 5.715. The Healthcare Provider Relief Fund. | 8 |
| (30 ILCS 105/6z-79 new)
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| Sec. 6z-79. The Healthcare Provider Relief Fund. | 10 |
| (a) The Healthcare Provider Relief Fund is created as a | 11 |
| special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund may be | 12 |
| used, subject to appropriation, by the Department of Healthcare | 13 |
| and Family Services only for the purpose of making | 14 |
| reimbursements to providers of goods or services under the | 15 |
| medical assistance program in Article V of the Illinois Public |
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| Aid Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the | 2 |
| Covering All Kids Health Insurance Act, and the pharmaceutical | 3 |
| assistance program in the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons | 4 |
| Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. The | 5 |
| Department shall make all such reimbursements from the Fund in | 6 |
| the order that claims for those reimbursements are received by | 7 |
| the Department. Reimbursements from the Fund shall be made only | 8 |
| for bills on hand at the Department as of the effective date of | 9 |
| this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. Any interest | 10 |
| earnings that are attributable to moneys in the Fund must be | 11 |
| deposited into the Fund. | 12 |
| (b) The purpose of this Fund is to provide relief to the | 13 |
| providers of essential medical care and rehabilitative | 14 |
| services for persons receiving medical assistance benefits | 15 |
| under the Public Aid Code. The Fund is intended to provide | 16 |
| timely reimbursements for services provided to persons who were | 17 |
| eligible under Section 5-5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code (305 | 18 |
| ILCS 5/5-5) on or before July 1, 2007. | 19 |
| (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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| Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. | 21 |
| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section and | 22 |
| Section 8n of this Act, and
notwithstanding any other
State law | 23 |
| to the contrary, the Governor
may, through June 30, 2007, from | 24 |
| time to time direct the State Treasurer and Comptroller to | 25 |
| transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by the State |
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| Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to help defray | 2 |
| the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. The total | 3 |
| transfer under this Section from any fund in any
fiscal year | 4 |
| shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the revenues to be | 5 |
| deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year or (ii) an | 6 |
| amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% of the July | 7 |
| 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year 2005 only, | 8 |
| prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final balances, the | 9 |
| Governor may calculate and direct the State Treasurer with the | 10 |
| Comptroller to transfer additional amounts determined by | 11 |
| applying the formula authorized in Public Act 93-839 to the | 12 |
| funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may be made from a | 13 |
| fund under this Section that would have the
effect of reducing | 14 |
| the available balance in the fund to an amount less than
the | 15 |
| amount remaining unexpended and unreserved from the total | 16 |
| appropriation
from that fund estimated to be expended for that | 17 |
| fiscal year. This Section does not apply to any
funds that are | 18 |
| restricted by federal law to a specific use, to any funds in
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| the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Fund, the | 20 |
| Hospital Provider Fund, the Medicaid Provider Relief Fund, the | 21 |
| Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, the Reviewing Court | 22 |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, the Voters' Guide Fund, | 23 |
| the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund, the Lawyers' Assistance | 24 |
| Program Fund, the Supreme Court Federal Projects Fund, the | 25 |
| Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund, the Supplemental | 26 |
| Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Good Samaritan Energy |
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| Trust Fund, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility | 2 |
| Development and Operation Fund, the Horse Racing Equity Trust | 3 |
| Fund, the Metabolic Screening and Treatment Fund, or the | 4 |
| Hospital Basic Services Preservation Fund, or to any
funds to | 5 |
| which Section 70-50 of the Nurse Practice Act applies. No | 6 |
| transfers may be made under this Section from the Pet | 7 |
| Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding any
other provision | 8 |
| of this Section, for fiscal year 2004,
the total transfer under | 9 |
| this Section from the Road Fund or the State
Construction | 10 |
| Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the | 11 |
| revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | 12 |
| or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund.
For fiscal | 13 |
| year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be | 14 |
| transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State | 15 |
| Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information | 16 |
| Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the | 17 |
| Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
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| In determining the available balance in a fund, the | 19 |
| Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and | 20 |
| other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that | 21 |
| fiscal year.
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| The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the | 23 |
| amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be | 24 |
| practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the | 25 |
| Governor.
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| (a-5) Transfers directed to be made under this Section on |
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| or before February 28, 2006 that are still pending on May 19, | 2 |
| 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-774) shall be | 3 |
| redirected as provided in Section 8n of this Act.
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| (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) the Ticket For The | 5 |
| Cure Fund; (ii) any fund established under the Community Senior | 6 |
| Services and Resources Act; or (iii) on or after January 1, | 7 |
| 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-511), the Child Labor | 8 |
| and Day and Temporary Labor Enforcement Fund. | 9 |
| (c) This Section does not apply to the Demutualization | 10 |
| Trust Fund established under the Uniform Disposition of | 11 |
| Unclaimed Property Act.
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| (d) This Section does not apply to moneys set aside in the | 13 |
| Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund for podiatric | 14 |
| scholarships and residency programs under the Podiatric | 15 |
| Scholarship and Residency Act. | 16 |
| (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may | 17 |
| be made under this Section from, the Pension Stabilization | 18 |
| Fund.
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| (f) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may | 20 |
| be made under this Section from, the Illinois Power Agency | 21 |
| Operations Fund, the Illinois Power Agency Facilities Fund, the | 22 |
| Illinois Power Agency Debt Service Fund, and the Illinois Power | 23 |
| Agency Trust Fund.
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| (g) (f) This Section does not apply to the Veterans Service | 25 |
| Organization Reimbursement Fund.
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| (h) (f) This Section does not apply to the Supreme Court |
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| Historic Preservation Fund.
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| (i) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may | 3 |
| be made under this Section from, the Healthcare Provider Relief | 4 |
| Fund. | 5 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-511, | 6 |
| eff. 1-1-06; 94-535, eff. 8-10-05; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; | 7 |
| 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-648, eff. 1-1-06; 94-686, eff. | 8 |
| 11-2-05; 94-691, eff. 11-2-05; 94-726, eff. 1-20-06; 94-773, | 9 |
| eff. 5-18-06; 94-774, eff. 5-19-06; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; | 10 |
| 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-410, eff. | 11 |
| 8-24-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 95-629, eff. 9-25-07; 95-639, | 12 |
| eff. 10-5-07; 95-695, eff. 11-5-07; revised 11-2-07.)".
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