Illinois House Bill 5285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any bill approved for payment under the Act and pursuant to a health benefit plan under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 or submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code, except a bill for pharmacy or nursing facility services or goods, must be paid or the payment issued to the payee in a timely manner. Provides that if payment is not issued to the payee in a timely manner, the following interest penalty shall apply to any amount approved and unpaid until final payment is made: the sum of the prime commercial rate plus 4.0% per year, applied pro rata for the amount of time the bill remains unpaid. Defines "prime commercial rate". Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2019, psychiatrists approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be reimbursed for psychiatric services at a rate that is no lower than 95% of the Medicare program's rates for specified codes.

MEDICAID-PSYCHIATRIC PAYMENTS

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-13	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-09	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
2018-04-05	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-05	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2018-02-27	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	540	3-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
305	5	5-5.25a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5285&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5285.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5285ham001.htm