Illinois House Bill 5641 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-08 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning orthotic and prosthetic devices and durable medical equipment, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adjust the useful life expectancy of eligible orthotic and prosthetic devices and durable medical equipment to 5 years. Requires the Department to require by rule all vendors of durable medical equipment to be accredited by an accreditation organization approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and recognized by the Department. Provides that no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department shall file proposed rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement this requirement. Provides that no later than 15 months after the effective date of the rule, all vendors must meet the accreditation requirement. Provides that the Department may contract with a third-party vendor to audit eligible durable medical equipment suppliers.

MEDICAID-VENDOR ACCREDITATION

Rep. Patricia Bellock [R]

Rep. Margo McDermed [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-08	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-08	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-08	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-06	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
2016-04-06	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-06	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
2016-03-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
2016-02-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
2016-02-23	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
2016-02-11	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
2016-02-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-10	House	First Reading
2016-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5641&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5641.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5641ham001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5641ham002.htm