Bill Text: IL HB3244 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the rate of reimbursement for inpatient psychiatric services for safety-net hospitals shall be no less than $800 per day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3244 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3244-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3244 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-5e.1
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the rate of reimbursement for inpatient psychiatric services for safety-net hospitals shall be no less than $800 per day.
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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 5-5e.1 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5e.1)
Sec. 5-5e.1. Safety-Net Hospitals.
(a) A Safety-Net Hospital is an Illinois hospital that:
(1) is licensed by the Department of Public Health as
a general acute care or pediatric hospital; and
(2) is a disproportionate share hospital, as described
in Section 1923 of the federal Social Security Act, as
determined by the Department; and
(3) meets one of the following:
(A) has a MIUR of at least 40% and a charity
percent of at least 4%; or
(B) has a MIUR of at least 50%.
(b) Definitions. As used in this Section:
(1) "Charity percent" means the ratio of (i) the
hospital's charity charges for services provided to
individuals without health insurance or another source of
third party coverage to (ii) the Illinois total hospital
charges, each as reported on the hospital's OBRA form.

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(2) "MIUR" means Medicaid Inpatient Utilization Rate
and is defined as a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of a hospital's inpatient days provided in the
hospital's fiscal year ending 3 years prior to the rate
year, to patients who, for such days, were eligible for
Medicaid under Title XIX of the federal Social Security
Act, 42 USC 1396a et seq., excluding those persons
eligible for medical assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) as set forth in paragraph 18 of
Section 5-2 of this Article, and the denominator of which
is the total number of the hospital's inpatient days in
that same period, excluding those persons eligible for
medical assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) as set forth in paragraph 18 of
Section 5-2 of this Article.
(3) "OBRA form" means form HFS-3834, OBRA '93 data
collection form, for the rate year.
(4) "Rate year" means the 12-month period beginning on
October 1.
(c) Beginning July 1, 2012 and ending on December 31,
2026, a hospital that would have qualified for the rate year
beginning October 1, 2011 or October 1, 2012 shall be a
Safety-Net Hospital.
(c-5) Beginning July 1, 2020 and ending on December 31,
2026, a hospital that would have qualified for the rate year
beginning October 1, 2020 and was designated a federal rural

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referral center under 42 CFR 412.96 as of October 1, 2020 shall
be a Safety-Net Hospital.
(c-6) The rate of reimbursement for inpatient psychiatric
services for safety-net hospitals shall be no less than $800
per day.
(d) No later than August 15 preceding the rate year, each
hospital shall submit the OBRA form to the Department. Prior
to October 1, the Department shall notify each hospital
whether it has qualified as a Safety-Net Hospital.
(e) The Department may promulgate rules in order to
implement this Section.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as limiting
the ability of the Department to include the Safety-Net
Hospitals in the hospital rate reform mandated by Section
14-11 of this Code and implemented under Section 14-12 of this
Code and by administrative rulemaking.
(Source: P.A. 101-650, eff. 7-7-20; 101-669, eff. 4-2-21;
102-886, eff. 5-17-22.)