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Full Text of HB5814  100th General Assembly

HB5814ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. David McSweeney

Filed: 4/11/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5814

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5814 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
650-10 as follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-10)  (was 15 ILCS 20/38.1)
8    Sec. 50-10. Budget contents. The budget shall be submitted
9by the Governor with line item and program data. The budget
10shall also contain performance data presenting an estimate for
11the current fiscal year, projections for the budget year, and
12information for the 3 prior fiscal years comparing department
13objectives with actual accomplishments, formulated according
14to the various functions and activities, and, wherever the
15nature of the work admits, according to the work units, for
16which the respective departments, offices, and institutions of

 

 

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1the State government (including the elective officers in the
2executive department and including the University of Illinois
3and the judicial department) are responsible.
4    For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992 and for each
5fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include the
6performance measures of each department's accountability
7report.
8    For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 and for each
9fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include one or more
10line items appropriating moneys to the Department of Human
11Services to fund participation in the Home-Based Support
12Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the
13Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act by
14persons described in Section 2-17 of that Act.
15    For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and for each
16fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include a separate
17line item request appropriating moneys to each State agency
18for: (1) estimated costs for each fund under the State Prompt
19Payment Act; and (2) estimated costs for each fund under
20Sections 368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code.
21    The budget shall contain a capital development section in
22which the Governor will present (1) information on the capital
23projects and capital programs for which appropriations are
24requested, (2) the capital spending plans, which shall document
25the first and subsequent years cash requirements by fund for
26the proposed bonded program, and (3) a statement that shall

 

 

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1identify by year the principal and interest costs until
2retirement of the State's general obligation debt. In addition,
3the principal and interest costs of the budget year program
4shall be presented separately, to indicate the marginal cost of
5principal and interest payments necessary to retire the
6additional bonds needed to finance the budget year's capital
7program. In 2004 only, the capital development section of the
8State budget shall be submitted by the Governor not later than
9the fourth Tuesday of March (March 23, 2004).
10    The budget shall contain a section indicating whether there
11is a projected budget surplus or a projected budget deficit for
12general funds in the current fiscal year, or whether the
13current fiscal year's general funds budget is projected to be
14balanced, based on estimates prepared by the Governor's Office
15of Management and Budget using actual figures available on the
16date the budget is submitted. That section shall present this
17information in both a numerical table format and by way of a
18narrative description, and shall include information for the
19proposed upcoming fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the
202 years prior to the current fiscal year. These estimates must
21specifically and separately identify any non-recurring
22revenues, including, but not limited to, borrowed money, money
23derived by borrowing or transferring from other funds, or any
24non-operating financial source. None of these specifically and
25separately identified non-recurring revenues may include any
26revenue that cannot be realized without a change to law.  The

 

 

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1table shall show accounts payable at the end of each fiscal
2year in a manner that specifically and separately identifies
3any general funds liabilities accrued during the current and
4prior fiscal years that may be paid from future fiscal years'
5appropriations, including, but not limited to, costs that may
6be paid beyond the end of the lapse period as set forth in
7Section 25 of the State Finance Act and costs incurred by the
8Department on Aging. The section shall also include an estimate
9of individual and corporate income tax overpayments that will
10not be refunded before the close of the fiscal year.
11    For the budget year, the current year, and 3 prior fiscal
12years, the Governor shall also include in the budget estimates
13of or actual values for the assets and liabilities for General
14Assembly Retirement System, State Employees' Retirement System
15of Illinois, State Universities Retirement System, Teachers'
16Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and Judges
17Retirement System of Illinois.
18    The budget submitted by the Governor shall contain, in
19addition, in a separate book, a tabulation of all position and
20employment titles in each such department, office, and
21institution, the number of each, and the salaries for each,
22formulated according to divisions, bureaus, sections, offices,
23departments, boards, and similar subdivisions, which shall
24correspond as nearly as practicable to the functions and
25activities for which the department, office, or institution is
26responsible.

 

 

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1    Together with the budget, the Governor shall transmit the
2estimates of receipts and expenditures, as received by the
3Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, of
4the elective officers in the executive and judicial departments
5and of the University of Illinois.
6    An applicable appropriations committee of each chamber of
7the General Assembly, for fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, must
8review individual line item appropriations and the total budget
9for each State agency, as defined in the Illinois State
10Auditing Act.
11(Source: P.A. 98-460, eff. 1-1-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
12    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
13Section 13.2 as follows:
 
14    (30 ILCS 105/13.2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 149.2)
15    Sec. 13.2. Transfers among line item appropriations.
16    (a) Transfers among line item appropriations from the same
17treasury fund for the objects specified in this Section may be
18made in the manner provided in this Section when the balance
19remaining in one or more such line item appropriations is
20insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
21made.
22    (a-1) No transfers may be made from one agency to another
23agency, nor may transfers be made from one institution of
24higher education to another institution of higher education

 

 

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1except as provided by subsection (a-4).
2    (a-2) Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
3transfers may be made only among the objects of expenditure
4enumerated in this Section, except that no funds may be
5transferred from any appropriation for personal services, from
6any appropriation for State contributions to the State
7Employees' Retirement System, from any separate appropriation
8for employee retirement contributions paid by the employer, nor
9from any appropriation for State contribution for employee
10group insurance. During State fiscal year 2005, an agency may
11transfer amounts among its appropriations within the same
12treasury fund for personal services, employee retirement
13contributions paid by employer, and State Contributions to
14retirement systems; notwithstanding and in addition to the
15transfers authorized in subsection (c) of this Section, the
16fiscal year 2005 transfers authorized in this sentence may be
17made in an amount not to exceed 2% of the aggregate amount
18appropriated to an agency within the same treasury fund. During
19State fiscal year 2007, the Departments of Children and Family
20Services, Corrections, Human Services, and Juvenile Justice
21may transfer amounts among their respective appropriations
22within the same treasury fund for personal services, employee
23retirement contributions paid by employer, and State
24contributions to retirement systems. During State fiscal year
252010, the Department of Transportation may transfer amounts
26among their respective appropriations within the same treasury

 

 

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1fund for personal services, employee retirement contributions
2paid by employer, and State contributions to retirement
3systems. During State fiscal years 2010 and 2014 only, an
4agency may transfer amounts among its respective
5appropriations within the same treasury fund for personal
6services, employee retirement contributions paid by employer,
7and State contributions to retirement systems.
8Notwithstanding, and in addition to, the transfers authorized
9in subsection (c) of this Section, these transfers may be made
10in an amount not to exceed 2% of the aggregate amount
11appropriated to an agency within the same treasury fund.
12    (a-2.5) During State fiscal year 2015 only, the State's
13Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor may transfer amounts among its
14respective appropriations contained in operational line items
15within the same treasury fund. Notwithstanding, and in addition
16to, the transfers authorized in subsection (c) of this Section,
17these transfers may be made in an amount not to exceed 4% of
18the aggregate amount appropriated to the State's Attorneys
19Appellate Prosecutor within the same treasury fund.
20    (a-3) Further, if an agency receives a separate
21appropriation for employee retirement contributions paid by
22the employer, any transfer by that agency into an appropriation
23for personal services must be accompanied by a corresponding
24transfer into the appropriation for employee retirement
25contributions paid by the employer, in an amount sufficient to
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1to be remitted to the retirement system.
2    (a-4) Long-Term Care Rebalancing. The Governor may
3designate amounts set aside for institutional services
4appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State
5fund that receives monies for long-term care services to be
6transferred to all State agencies responsible for the
7administration of community-based long-term care programs,
8including, but not limited to, community-based long-term care
9programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and
10Family Services, the Department of Human Services, and the
11Department on Aging, provided that the Director of Healthcare
12and Family Services first certifies that the amounts being
13transferred are necessary for the purpose of assisting persons
14in or at risk of being in institutional care to transition to
15community-based settings, including the financial data needed
16to prove the need for the transfer of funds. The total amounts
17transferred shall not exceed 4% in total of the amounts
18appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State
19fund that receives monies for long-term care services for each
20fiscal year. A notice of the fund transfer must be made to the
21General Assembly and posted at a minimum on the Department of
22Healthcare and Family Services website, the Governor's Office
23of Management and Budget website, and any other website the
24Governor sees fit. These postings shall serve as notice to the
25General Assembly of the amounts to be transferred. Notice shall
26be given at least 30 days prior to transfer.

 

 

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1    (b) In addition to the general transfer authority provided
2under subsection (c), the following agencies have the specific
3transfer authority granted in this subsection:
4    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is
5authorized to make transfers representing savings attributable
6to not increasing grants due to the births of additional
7children from line items for payments of cash grants to line
8items for payments for employment and social services for the
9purposes outlined in subsection (f) of Section 4-2 of the
10Illinois Public Aid Code.
11    The Department of Children and Family Services is
12authorized to make transfers not exceeding 2% of the aggregate
13amount appropriated to it within the same treasury fund for the
14following line items among these same line items: Foster Home
15and Specialized Foster Care and Prevention, Institutions and
16Group Homes and Prevention, and Purchase of Adoption and
17Guardianship Services.
18    The Department on Aging is authorized to make transfers not
19exceeding 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it within
20the same treasury fund for the following Community Care Program
21line items among these same line items: purchase of services
22covered by the Community Care Program and Comprehensive Case
23Coordination.
24    The State Treasurer is authorized to make transfers among
25line item appropriations from the Capital Litigation Trust
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12003 only, when the balance remaining in one or more such line
2item appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which
3the appropriation was made, provided that no such transfer may
4be made unless the amount transferred is no longer required for
5the purpose for which that appropriation was made.
6    The State Board of Education is authorized to make
7transfers from line item appropriations within the same
8treasury fund for General State Aid, General State Aid - Hold
9Harmless, and Evidence-Based Funding, provided that no such
10transfer may be made unless the amount transferred is no longer
11required for the purpose for which that appropriation was made,
12to the line item appropriation for Transitional Assistance when
13the balance remaining in such line item appropriation is
14insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
15made.
16    The State Board of Education is authorized to make
17transfers between the following line item appropriations
18within the same treasury fund: Disabled Student
19Services/Materials (Section 14-13.01 of the School Code),
20Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement (Section
2114-13.01 of the School Code), Disabled Student Tuition -
22Private Tuition (Section 14-7.02 of the School Code),
23Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b of the
24School Code), Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Program,
25Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the School Code), and
26Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement (Section

 

 

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129-5 of the School Code). Such transfers shall be made only
2when the balance remaining in one or more such line item
3appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which the
4appropriation was made and provided that no such transfer may
5be made unless the amount transferred is no longer required for
6the purpose for which that appropriation was made.
7    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is
8authorized to make transfers not exceeding 4% of the aggregate
9amount appropriated to it, within the same treasury fund, among
10the various line items appropriated for Medical Assistance.
11    (c) The sum of such transfers for an agency in a fiscal
12year shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated
13to it within the same treasury fund for the following objects:
14Personal Services; Extra Help; Student and Inmate
15Compensation; State Contributions to Retirement Systems; State
16Contributions to Social Security; State Contribution for
17Employee Group Insurance; Contractual Services; Travel;
18Commodities; Printing; Equipment; Electronic Data Processing;
19Operation of Automotive Equipment; Telecommunications
20Services; Travel and Allowance for Committed, Paroled and
21Discharged Prisoners; Library Books; Federal Matching Grants
22for Student Loans; Refunds; Workers' Compensation,
23Occupational Disease, and Tort Claims; Late Interest Penalties
24under the State Prompt Payment Act and Sections 368a and 370a
25of the Illinois Insurance Code; and, in appropriations to
26institutions of higher education, Awards and Grants.

 

 

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1Notwithstanding the above, any amounts appropriated for
2payment of workers' compensation claims to an agency to which
3the authority to evaluate, administer and pay such claims has
4been delegated by the Department of Central Management Services
5may be transferred to any other expenditure object where such
6amounts exceed the amount necessary for the payment of such
7claims.
8    (c-1) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2003.
9Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the
10contrary, for State fiscal year 2003 only, transfers among line
11item appropriations to an agency from the same treasury fund
12may be made provided that the sum of such transfers for an
13agency in State fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed 3% of the
14aggregate amount appropriated to that State agency for State
15fiscal year 2003 for the following objects: personal services,
16except that no transfer may be approved which reduces the
17aggregate appropriations for personal services within an
18agency; extra help; student and inmate compensation; State
19contributions to retirement systems; State contributions to
20social security; State contributions for employee group
21insurance; contractual services; travel; commodities;
22printing; equipment; electronic data processing; operation of
23automotive equipment; telecommunications services; travel and
24allowance for committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners;
25library books; federal matching grants for student loans;
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1claims; and, in appropriations to institutions of higher
2education, awards and grants.
3    (c-2) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2005.
4Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-2), and (c), for State
5fiscal year 2005 only, transfers may be made among any line
6item appropriations from the same or any other treasury fund
7for any objects or purposes, without limitation, when the
8balance remaining in one or more such line item appropriations
9is insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
10made, provided that the sum of those transfers by a State
11agency shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated
12to that State agency for fiscal year 2005.
13    (c-3) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2015.
14Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for State
15fiscal year 2015, transfers among line item appropriations to a
16State agency from the same State treasury fund may be made for
17operational or lump sum expenses only, provided that the sum of
18such transfers for a State agency in State fiscal year 2015
19shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated to
20that State agency for operational or lump sum expenses for
21State fiscal year 2015. For the purpose of this subsection,
22"operational or lump sum expenses" includes the following
23objects: personal services; extra help; student and inmate
24compensation; State contributions to retirement systems; State
25contributions to social security; State contributions for
26employee group insurance; contractual services; travel;

 

 

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1commodities; printing; equipment; electronic data processing;
2operation of automotive equipment; telecommunications
3services; travel and allowance for committed, paroled, and
4discharged prisoners; library books; federal matching grants
5for student loans; refunds; workers' compensation,
6occupational disease, and tort claims; lump sum and other
7purposes; and lump sum operations. For the purpose of this
8subsection (c-3), "State agency" does not include the Attorney
9General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, the
10Treasurer, or the legislative or judicial branches.
11    (c-4) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2018.
12Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for State
13fiscal year 2018, transfers among line item appropriations to a
14State agency from the same State treasury fund may be made for
15operational or lump sum expenses only, provided that the sum of
16such transfers for a State agency in State fiscal year 2018
17shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated to
18that State agency for operational or lump sum expenses for
19State fiscal year 2018. For the purpose of this subsection
20(c-4), "operational or lump sum expenses" includes the
21following objects: personal services; extra help; student and
22inmate compensation; State contributions to retirement
23systems; State contributions to social security; State
24contributions for employee group insurance; contractual
25services; travel; commodities; printing; equipment; electronic
26data processing; operation of automotive equipment;

 

 

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1telecommunications services; travel and allowance for
2committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners; library books;
3federal matching grants for student loans; refunds; workers'
4compensation, occupational disease, and tort claims; lump sum
5and other purposes; and lump sum operations. For the purpose of
6this subsection (c-4), "State agency" does not include the
7Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, the
8Treasurer, or the legislative or judicial branches.
9    (d) Transfers among appropriations made to agencies of the
10Legislative and Judicial departments and to the
11constitutionally elected officers in the Executive branch
12require the approval of the officer authorized in Section 10 of
13this Act to approve and certify vouchers. Transfers among
14appropriations made to the University of Illinois, Southern
15Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern
16Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois
17State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
18Illinois University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
19Mathematics and Science Academy and the Board of Higher
20Education require the approval of the Board of Higher Education
21and the Governor. Transfers among appropriations to all other
22agencies require the approval of the Governor.
23    The officer responsible for approval shall certify that the
24transfer is necessary to carry out the programs and purposes
25for which the appropriations were made by the General Assembly
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1the approval which shall set forth the specific amounts
2transferred so that the Comptroller may change his records
3accordingly. The Comptroller shall furnish the Governor with
4information copies of all transfers approved for agencies of
5the Legislative and Judicial departments and transfers
6approved by the constitutionally elected officials of the
7Executive branch other than the Governor, showing the amounts
8transferred and indicating the dates such changes were entered
9on the Comptroller's records.
10    (e) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
11State Comptroller, may transfer line item appropriations for
12General State Aid or Evidence-Based Funding between the Common
13School Fund and the Education Assistance Fund. With the advice
14and consent of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget,
15the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
16Comptroller, may transfer line item appropriations between the
17General Revenue Fund and the Education Assistance Fund for the
18following programs:
19        (1) Disabled Student Personnel Reimbursement (Section
20    14-13.01 of the School Code);
21        (2) Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement
22    (subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of the School Code);
23        (3) Disabled Student Tuition - Private Tuition
24    (Section 14-7.02 of the School Code);
25        (4) Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b
26    of the School Code);

 

 

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1        (5) Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Programs;
2        (6) Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the
3    School Code);
4        (7) Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement
5    (Section 29-5 of the School Code);
6        (8) Regular Education Reimbursement (Section 18-3 of
7    the School Code); and
8        (9) Special Education Reimbursement (Section 14-7.03
9    of the School Code).
10(Source: P.A. 99-2, eff. 3-26-15; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-465,
11eff. 8-31-17; revised 10-4-17.)
 
12    Section 15. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget
13Act is amended by changing Section 7.3 as follows:
 
14    (20 ILCS 3005/7.3)
15    Sec. 7.3. Annual economic and fiscal policy report. No
16later than November 15 of each year, the Governor's Office of
17Management and Budget shall submit an economic and fiscal
18policy report to the General Assembly. The report must outline
19the long-term economic and fiscal policy objectives of the
20State, the economic and fiscal policy intentions for the
21upcoming fiscal year, and the economic and fiscal policy
22intentions for the following 4 fiscal years. The report must
23highlight the total level of revenue, expenditure, deficit or
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1categories. The report must include any assumptions concerning
2tax rates and fees used to determine revenue and expenditures
3for future fiscal years. The report must include a comparison
4of the enacted current fiscal year budget to the current fiscal
5year outlook, and, if applicable, must outline any budgetary
6shortfalls and fiscal and policy options that the Office will
7pursue to remedy those budgetary shortfalls. If the projected
8expenditures for any of the following 4 fiscal years exceeds
9the corresponding fiscal year projected revenues, then the
10report must outline fiscal and policy options that the Office
11will pursue to remedy the budgetary shortfall. The report must
12include: (1) an estimate of Late Interest Penalties under the
13State Prompt Payment Act for the upcoming fiscal year and
14projections of the same for each of the following 4 fiscal
15years; and (2) an estimate of interest penalties under Sections
16368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code for the upcoming
17fiscal year and projections of the same for each of the
18following 4 fiscal years. The report must include an agency
19categorization key for the reporting categories. The report
20must be posted on the Office's Internet website and allow
21members of the public to post comments concerning the report.
22(Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14; 99-854, eff. 8-19-16.)
 
23    Section 20. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
24changing Section 3-2 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 540/3-2)
2    Sec. 3-2. Beginning July 1, 1993, in any instance where a
3State official or agency is late in payment of a vendor's bill
4or invoice for goods or services furnished to the State, as
5defined in Section 1, properly approved in accordance with
6rules promulgated under Section 3-3, the State official or
7agency shall pay interest to the vendor in accordance with the
8following:
9        (1) Any bill, except a bill submitted under Article V
10    of the Illinois Public Aid Code and except as provided
11    under paragraph (1.05) of this Section, approved for
12    payment under this Section must be paid or the payment
13    issued to the payee within 60 days of receipt of a proper
14    bill or invoice. If payment is not issued to the payee
15    within this 60-day period, an interest penalty of 1.0% of
16    any amount approved and unpaid shall be added for each
17    month or fraction thereof after the end of this 60-day
18    period, until final payment is made. Any bill, except a
19    bill for pharmacy or nursing facility services or goods,
20    and except as provided under paragraph (1.05) of this
21    Section, submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public
22    Aid Code approved for payment under this Section must be
23    paid or the payment issued to the payee within 60 days
24    after receipt of a proper bill or invoice, and, if payment
25    is not issued to the payee within this 60-day period, an
26    interest penalty of 2.0% of any amount approved and unpaid

 

 

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1    shall be added for each month or fraction thereof after the
2    end of this 60-day period, until final payment is made. Any
3    bill for pharmacy or nursing facility services or goods
4    submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code,
5    except as provided under paragraph (1.05) of this Section,
6    and approved for payment under this Section must be paid or
7    the payment issued to the payee within 60 days of receipt
8    of a proper bill or invoice. If payment is not issued to
9    the payee within this 60-day period, an interest penalty of
10    1.0% of any amount approved and unpaid shall be added for
11    each month or fraction thereof after the end of this 60-day
12    period, until final payment is made.
13        (1.05) For State fiscal year 2012 and future fiscal
14    years, any bill approved for payment under this Section
15    must be paid or the payment issued to the payee within 90
16    days of receipt of a proper bill or invoice. If payment is
17    not issued to the payee within this 90-day period, an
18    interest penalty of 1.0% of any amount approved and unpaid
19    shall be added for each month, or 0.033% (one-thirtieth of
20    one percent) of any amount approved and unpaid for each
21    day, after the end of this 90-day period, until final
22    payment is made.
23        (1.1) A State agency shall review in a timely manner
24    each bill or invoice after its receipt. If the State agency
25    determines that the bill or invoice contains a defect
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1    shall notify the vendor requesting payment as soon as
2    possible after discovering the defect pursuant to rules
3    promulgated under Section 3-3; provided, however, that the
4    notice for construction related bills or invoices must be
5    given not later than 30 days after the bill or invoice was
6    first submitted. The notice shall identify the defect and
7    any additional information necessary to correct the
8    defect. If one or more items on a construction related bill
9    or invoice are disapproved, but not the entire bill or
10    invoice, then the portion that is not disapproved shall be
11    paid.
12        (2) Where a State official or agency is late in payment
13    of a vendor's bill or invoice properly approved in
14    accordance with this Act, and different late payment terms
15    are not reduced to writing as a contractual agreement, the
16    State official or agency shall automatically pay interest
17    penalties required by this Section amounting to $50 or more
18    to the appropriate vendor. Each agency shall be responsible
19    for determining whether an interest penalty is owed and for
20    paying the interest to the vendor. Except as provided in
21    paragraph (4), an individual interest payment amounting to
22    $5 or less shall not be paid by the State. Interest due to
23    a vendor that amounts to greater than $5 and less than $50
24    shall not be paid but shall be accrued until all interest
25    due the vendor for all similar warrants exceeds $50, at
26    which time the accrued interest shall be payable and

 

 

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1    interest will begin accruing again, except that interest
2    accrued as of the end of the fiscal year that does not
3    exceed $50 shall be payable at that time. In the event an
4    individual has paid a vendor for services in advance, the
5    provisions of this Section shall apply until payment is
6    made to that individual.
7        (3) The provisions of Public Act 96-1501 reducing the
8    interest rate on pharmacy claims under Article V of the
9    Illinois Public Aid Code to 1.0% per month shall apply to
10    any pharmacy bills for services and goods under Article V
11    of the Illinois Public Aid Code received on or after the
12    date 60 days before January 25, 2011 (the effective date of
13    Public Act 96-1501) except as provided under paragraph
14    (1.05) of this Section.
15        (4) Interest amounting to less than $5 shall not be
16    paid by the State, except for claims (i) to the Department
17    of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of
18    Human Services, (ii) pursuant to Article V of the Illinois
19    Public Aid Code, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
20    Act, or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, and
21    (iii) made (A) by pharmacies for prescriptive services or
22    (B) by any federally qualified health center for
23    prescriptive services or any other services.
24    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, interest
25may not be paid under this Act when: (1) a Chief Procurement
26Officer has voided the underlying contract for goods or

 

 

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1services under Article 50 of the Illinois Procurement Code; or
2(2) the Auditor General is conducting a performance or program
3audit and the Comptroller has held or is holding for review a
4related contract or vouchers for payment of goods or services
5in the exercise of duties under Section 9 of the State
6Comptroller Act. In such event, interest shall not accrue
7during the pendency of the Auditor General's review.
8(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-802, eff. 1-1-10;
996-959, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1501, eff.
101-25-11; 96-1530, eff. 2-16-11; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-74, eff.
116-30-11; 97-348, eff. 8-12-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-932,
12eff. 8-10-12; 97-1142, eff. 12-28-12.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
142018.".