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) 2016-07-31 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2957 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Antonio Munoz [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Karen McConnaughay [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William McCann [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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