HB0684eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0684 Engrossed LRB102 12140 KTG 17477 b

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 adding Section 5-30b as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-30b new)

Sec. 5-30b. Exemptions from managed care; ground ambulance services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department shall exempt ground ambulance services as described in subsections (c-1) and (c-2) of Section 5-4.2. These services shall continue to be paid under the State's traditional fee-for-service program.