Bill Text: IL HB2467 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2017, the Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities must be equal to 60% of the Medicaid rate in effect on July 1, 2017 for skilled nursing facilities. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2467 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2467-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2467 Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-5.01a
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2017, the Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities must be equal to 60% of the Medicaid rate in effect on July 1, 2017 for skilled nursing facilities. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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
changing Section 5-5.01a as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5.01a)
Sec. 5-5.01a. Supportive living facilities program. The
Department shall establish and provide oversight for a program
of supportive living facilities that seek to promote resident
independence, dignity, respect, and well-being in the most
cost-effective manner.
A supportive living facility is either a free-standing
facility or a distinct physical and operational entity within a
nursing facility. A supportive living facility integrates
housing with health, personal care, and supportive services and
is a designated setting that offers residents their own
separate, private, and distinct living units.
Sites for the operation of the program shall be selected by
the Department based upon criteria that may include the need
for services in a geographic area, the availability of funding,
and the site's ability to meet the standards.
Beginning July 1, 2014, subject to federal approval, the
Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities shall be equal

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to the supportive living facility Medicaid rate effective on
June 30, 2014 increased by 8.85%. Once the assessment imposed
at Article V-G of this Code is determined to be a permissible
tax under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, the Department
shall increase the Medicaid rates for supportive living
facilities effective on July 1, 2014 by 9.09%. The Department
shall apply this increase retroactively to coincide with the
imposition of the assessment in Article V-G of this Code in
accordance with the approval for federal financial
participation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
Beginning July 1, 2017, the Medicaid rates for supportive
living facilities must be equal to 60% of the Medicaid rate in
effect on July 1, 2017 for skilled nursing facilities.
The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section.
Rules that establish or modify the services, standards, and
conditions for participation in the program shall be adopted by
the Department in consultation with the Department on Aging,
the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the Department
of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (or their
successor agencies).
Facilities or distinct parts of facilities which are
selected as supportive living facilities and are in good
standing with the Department's rules are exempt from the
provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act and the Illinois Health
Facilities Planning Act.

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(Source: P.A. 98-651, eff. 6-16-14.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.