Bill Text: IL HB5500 | 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 reimbursement rates, including enhanced payment rates and rate add-ons, for psychiatric and behavioral health services provided in or by community mental health centers licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services shall not be lower than the rates for such services in effect on November 1, 2017. Provides that implementation of the reimbursement rates shall be contingent on federal approval.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5500 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5500-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5500 Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-5.05a new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that reimbursement rates, including enhanced payment rates and rate add-ons, for psychiatric and behavioral health services provided in or by community mental health centers licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services shall not be lower than the rates for such services in effect on November 1, 2017. Provides that implementation of the reimbursement rates shall be contingent on federal approval.
LRB100 18703 KTG 35940 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB5500 LRB100 18703 KTG 35940 b
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
adding Section 5-5.05a as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5.05a new)
Sec. 5-5.05a. Reimbursement rates; community mental health
centers. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,
reimbursement rates, including enhanced payment rates and rate
add-ons, for psychiatric and behavioral health services
provided in or by community mental health centers licensed or
certified by the Department of Human Services shall not be
lower than the rates for such services in effect on November 1,
2017. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
apply for any waiver or State Plan amendment, if required, to
implement the reimbursement rates established in this Section.
Implementation of the reimbursement rates shall be contingent
on federal approval.