Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to implement an average commercial rate supplemental payment program for ground ambulance service providers for dates of service beginning no later than July 1, 2016. Provides that no later than September 30, 2016, the Department must submit to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a State plan amendment to implement an average commercial rate supplemental payment program. Provides that the Department must require managed care organizations, including managed care community networks, to pay the CMS approved average commercial rates in coordination with the Department. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5919 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative David Leitch [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Bellock [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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