Bill Text: IL HB5814 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that interest penalties that may be payable under the Act, as provided under specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code, shall be paid from a separate appropriation from each fund for such purpose and for each appropriated agency. Amends the State Budget Law. Provides that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include a separate line item request appropriating moneys to each State agency for estimated costs for each fund under the State Prompt Payment Act and specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the sum of transfers among line item appropriations for an agency in a fiscal year shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it within the same treasury fund for, among other objects, late interest penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act and specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that if lump sum appropriations are enacted with a separate line item for late interest penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act and the Illinois Insurance Code, the 2% transfer authority shall apply to the aggregate amount of these appropriations. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act to provide that interest penalties that may be payable under the Act and under specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code shall be paid from a separate appropriation from each fund for such purpose and for each appropriated agency. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-7)

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1064 [HB5814 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5814-Chaptered.html



Public Act 100-1064
HB5814 EnrolledLRB100 17197 RJF 32353 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 50-10 as
follows:
(15 ILCS 20/50-10) (was 15 ILCS 20/38.1)
Sec. 50-10. Budget contents. The budget shall be submitted
by the Governor with line item and program data. The budget
shall also contain performance data presenting an estimate for
the current fiscal year, projections for the budget year, and
information for the 3 prior fiscal years comparing department
objectives with actual accomplishments, formulated according
to the various functions and activities, and, wherever the
nature of the work admits, according to the work units, for
which the respective departments, offices, and institutions of
the State government (including the elective officers in the
executive department and including the University of Illinois
and the judicial department) are responsible.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992 and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include the
performance measures of each department's accountability
report.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include one or more
line items appropriating moneys to the Department of Human
Services to fund participation in the Home-Based Support
Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the
Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act by
persons described in Section 2-17 of that Act.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include a separate
line item request appropriating moneys to each State agency
for: (1) estimated costs for each fund under the State Prompt
Payment Act; and (2) estimated costs for each fund under
Sections 368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code.
The budget shall contain a capital development section in
which the Governor will present (1) information on the capital
projects and capital programs for which appropriations are
requested, (2) the capital spending plans, which shall document
the first and subsequent years cash requirements by fund for
the proposed bonded program, and (3) a statement that shall
identify by year the principal and interest costs until
retirement of the State's general obligation debt. In addition,
the principal and interest costs of the budget year program
shall be presented separately, to indicate the marginal cost of
principal and interest payments necessary to retire the
additional bonds needed to finance the budget year's capital
program. In 2004 only, the capital development section of the
State budget shall be submitted by the Governor not later than
the fourth Tuesday of March (March 23, 2004).
The budget shall contain a section indicating whether there
is a projected budget surplus or a projected budget deficit for
general funds in the current fiscal year, or whether the
current fiscal year's general funds budget is projected to be
balanced, based on estimates prepared by the Governor's Office
of Management and Budget using actual figures available on the
date the budget is submitted. That section shall present this
information in both a numerical table format and by way of a
narrative description, and shall include information for the
proposed upcoming fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the
2 years prior to the current fiscal year. These estimates must
specifically and separately identify any non-recurring
revenues, including, but not limited to, borrowed money, money
derived by borrowing or transferring from other funds, or any
non-operating financial source. None of these specifically and
separately identified non-recurring revenues may include any
revenue that cannot be realized without a change to law. The
table shall show accounts payable at the end of each fiscal
year in a manner that specifically and separately identifies
any general funds liabilities accrued during the current and
prior fiscal years that may be paid from future fiscal years'
appropriations, including, but not limited to, costs that may
be paid beyond the end of the lapse period as set forth in
Section 25 of the State Finance Act and costs incurred by the
Department on Aging. The section shall also include an estimate
of individual and corporate income tax overpayments that will
not be refunded before the close of the fiscal year.
For the budget year, the current year, and 3 prior fiscal
years, the Governor shall also include in the budget estimates
of or actual values for the assets and liabilities for General
Assembly Retirement System, State Employees' Retirement System
of Illinois, State Universities Retirement System, Teachers'
Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and Judges
Retirement System of Illinois.
The budget submitted by the Governor shall contain, in
addition, in a separate book, a tabulation of all position and
employment titles in each such department, office, and
institution, the number of each, and the salaries for each,
formulated according to divisions, bureaus, sections, offices,
departments, boards, and similar subdivisions, which shall
correspond as nearly as practicable to the functions and
activities for which the department, office, or institution is
responsible.
Together with the budget, the Governor shall transmit the
estimates of receipts and expenditures, as received by the
Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, of
the elective officers in the executive and judicial departments
and of the University of Illinois.
An applicable appropriations committee of each chamber of
the General Assembly, for fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, must
review individual line item appropriations and the total budget
for each State agency, as defined in the Illinois State
Auditing Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-460, eff. 1-1-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 13.2 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/13.2) (from Ch. 127, par. 149.2)
Sec. 13.2. Transfers among line item appropriations.
(a) Transfers among line item appropriations from the same
treasury fund for the objects specified in this Section may be
made in the manner provided in this Section when the balance
remaining in one or more such line item appropriations is
insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
made.
(a-1) No transfers may be made from one agency to another
agency, nor may transfers be made from one institution of
higher education to another institution of higher education
except as provided by subsection (a-4).
(a-2) Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
transfers may be made only among the objects of expenditure
enumerated in this Section, except that no funds may be
transferred from any appropriation for personal services, from
any appropriation for State contributions to the State
Employees' Retirement System, from any separate appropriation
for employee retirement contributions paid by the employer, nor
from any appropriation for State contribution for employee
group insurance. During State fiscal year 2005, an agency may
transfer amounts among its appropriations within the same
treasury fund for personal services, employee retirement
contributions paid by employer, and State Contributions to
retirement systems; notwithstanding and in addition to the
transfers authorized in subsection (c) of this Section, the
fiscal year 2005 transfers authorized in this sentence may be
made in an amount not to exceed 2% of the aggregate amount
appropriated to an agency within the same treasury fund. During
State fiscal year 2007, the Departments of Children and Family
Services, Corrections, Human Services, and Juvenile Justice
may transfer amounts among their respective appropriations
within the same treasury fund for personal services, employee
retirement contributions paid by employer, and State
contributions to retirement systems. During State fiscal year
2010, the Department of Transportation may transfer amounts
among their respective appropriations within the same treasury
fund for personal services, employee retirement contributions
paid by employer, and State contributions to retirement
systems. During State fiscal years 2010 and 2014 only, an
agency may transfer amounts among its respective
appropriations within the same treasury fund for personal
services, employee retirement contributions paid by employer,
and State contributions to retirement systems.
Notwithstanding, and in addition to, the transfers authorized
in subsection (c) of this Section, these transfers may be made
in an amount not to exceed 2% of the aggregate amount
appropriated to an agency within the same treasury fund.
(a-2.5) During State fiscal year 2015 only, the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor may transfer amounts among its
respective appropriations contained in operational line items
within the same treasury fund. Notwithstanding, and in addition
to, the transfers authorized in subsection (c) of this Section,
these transfers may be made in an amount not to exceed 4% of
the aggregate amount appropriated to the State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor within the same treasury fund.
(a-3) Further, if an agency receives a separate
appropriation for employee retirement contributions paid by
the employer, any transfer by that agency into an appropriation
for personal services must be accompanied by a corresponding
transfer into the appropriation for employee retirement
contributions paid by the employer, in an amount sufficient to
meet the employer share of the employee contributions required
to be remitted to the retirement system.
(a-4) Long-Term Care Rebalancing. The Governor may
designate amounts set aside for institutional services
appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State
fund that receives monies for long-term care services to be
transferred to all State agencies responsible for the
administration of community-based long-term care programs,
including, but not limited to, community-based long-term care
programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services, the Department of Human Services, and the
Department on Aging, provided that the Director of Healthcare
and Family Services first certifies that the amounts being
transferred are necessary for the purpose of assisting persons
in or at risk of being in institutional care to transition to
community-based settings, including the financial data needed
to prove the need for the transfer of funds. The total amounts
transferred shall not exceed 4% in total of the amounts
appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State
fund that receives monies for long-term care services for each
fiscal year. A notice of the fund transfer must be made to the
General Assembly and posted at a minimum on the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services website, the Governor's Office
of Management and Budget website, and any other website the
Governor sees fit. These postings shall serve as notice to the
General Assembly of the amounts to be transferred. Notice shall
be given at least 30 days prior to transfer.
(b) In addition to the general transfer authority provided
under subsection (c), the following agencies have the specific
transfer authority granted in this subsection:
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is
authorized to make transfers representing savings attributable
to not increasing grants due to the births of additional
children from line items for payments of cash grants to line
items for payments for employment and social services for the
purposes outlined in subsection (f) of Section 4-2 of the
Illinois Public Aid Code.
The Department of Children and Family Services is
authorized to make transfers not exceeding 2% of the aggregate
amount appropriated to it within the same treasury fund for the
following line items among these same line items: Foster Home
and Specialized Foster Care and Prevention, Institutions and
Group Homes and Prevention, and Purchase of Adoption and
Guardianship Services.
The Department on Aging is authorized to make transfers not
exceeding 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it within
the same treasury fund for the following Community Care Program
line items among these same line items: purchase of services
covered by the Community Care Program and Comprehensive Case
Coordination.
The State Treasurer is authorized to make transfers among
line item appropriations from the Capital Litigation Trust
Fund, with respect to costs incurred in fiscal years 2002 and
2003 only, when the balance remaining in one or more such line
item appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which
the appropriation was made, provided that no such transfer may
be made unless the amount transferred is no longer required for
the purpose for which that appropriation was made.
The State Board of Education is authorized to make
transfers from line item appropriations within the same
treasury fund for General State Aid, General State Aid - Hold
Harmless, and Evidence-Based Funding, provided that no such
transfer may be made unless the amount transferred is no longer
required for the purpose for which that appropriation was made,
to the line item appropriation for Transitional Assistance when
the balance remaining in such line item appropriation is
insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
made.
The State Board of Education is authorized to make
transfers between the following line item appropriations
within the same treasury fund: Disabled Student
Services/Materials (Section 14-13.01 of the School Code),
Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement (Section
14-13.01 of the School Code), Disabled Student Tuition -
Private Tuition (Section 14-7.02 of the School Code),
Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b of the
School Code), Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Program,
Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the School Code), and
Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement (Section
29-5 of the School Code). Such transfers shall be made only
when the balance remaining in one or more such line item
appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which the
appropriation was made and provided that no such transfer may
be made unless the amount transferred is no longer required for
the purpose for which that appropriation was made.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is
authorized to make transfers not exceeding 4% of the aggregate
amount appropriated to it, within the same treasury fund, among
the various line items appropriated for Medical Assistance.
(c) The sum of such transfers for an agency in a fiscal
year shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated
to it within the same treasury fund for the following objects:
Personal Services; Extra Help; Student and Inmate
Compensation; State Contributions to Retirement Systems; State
Contributions to Social Security; State Contribution for
Employee Group Insurance; Contractual Services; Travel;
Commodities; Printing; Equipment; Electronic Data Processing;
Operation of Automotive Equipment; Telecommunications
Services; Travel and Allowance for Committed, Paroled and
Discharged Prisoners; Library Books; Federal Matching Grants
for Student Loans; Refunds; Workers' Compensation,
Occupational Disease, and Tort Claims; Late Interest Penalties
under the State Prompt Payment Act and Sections 368a and 370a
of the Illinois Insurance Code; and, in appropriations to
institutions of higher education, Awards and Grants.
Notwithstanding the above, any amounts appropriated for
payment of workers' compensation claims to an agency to which
the authority to evaluate, administer and pay such claims has
been delegated by the Department of Central Management Services
may be transferred to any other expenditure object where such
amounts exceed the amount necessary for the payment of such
claims.
(c-1) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2003.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the
contrary, for State fiscal year 2003 only, transfers among line
item appropriations to an agency from the same treasury fund
may be made provided that the sum of such transfers for an
agency in State fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed 3% of the
aggregate amount appropriated to that State agency for State
fiscal year 2003 for the following objects: personal services,
except that no transfer may be approved which reduces the
aggregate appropriations for personal services within an
agency; extra help; student and inmate compensation; State
contributions to retirement systems; State contributions to
social security; State contributions for employee group
insurance; contractual services; travel; commodities;
printing; equipment; electronic data processing; operation of
automotive equipment; telecommunications services; travel and
allowance for committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners;
library books; federal matching grants for student loans;
refunds; workers' compensation, occupational disease, and tort
claims; and, in appropriations to institutions of higher
education, awards and grants.
(c-2) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2005.
Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-2), and (c), for State
fiscal year 2005 only, transfers may be made among any line
item appropriations from the same or any other treasury fund
for any objects or purposes, without limitation, when the
balance remaining in one or more such line item appropriations
is insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was
made, provided that the sum of those transfers by a State
agency shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated
to that State agency for fiscal year 2005.
(c-3) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2015.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for State
fiscal year 2015, transfers among line item appropriations to a
State agency from the same State treasury fund may be made for
operational or lump sum expenses only, provided that the sum of
such transfers for a State agency in State fiscal year 2015
shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated to
that State agency for operational or lump sum expenses for
State fiscal year 2015. For the purpose of this subsection,
"operational or lump sum expenses" includes the following
objects: personal services; extra help; student and inmate
compensation; State contributions to retirement systems; State
contributions to social security; State contributions for
employee group insurance; contractual services; travel;
commodities; printing; equipment; electronic data processing;
operation of automotive equipment; telecommunications
services; travel and allowance for committed, paroled, and
discharged prisoners; library books; federal matching grants
for student loans; refunds; workers' compensation,
occupational disease, and tort claims; lump sum and other
purposes; and lump sum operations. For the purpose of this
subsection (c-3), "State agency" does not include the Attorney
General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, the
Treasurer, or the legislative or judicial branches.
(c-4) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2018.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for State
fiscal year 2018, transfers among line item appropriations to a
State agency from the same State treasury fund may be made for
operational or lump sum expenses only, provided that the sum of
such transfers for a State agency in State fiscal year 2018
shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated to
that State agency for operational or lump sum expenses for
State fiscal year 2018. For the purpose of this subsection
(c-4), "operational or lump sum expenses" includes the
following objects: personal services; extra help; student and
inmate compensation; State contributions to retirement
systems; State contributions to social security; State
contributions for employee group insurance; contractual
services; travel; commodities; printing; equipment; electronic
data processing; operation of automotive equipment;
telecommunications services; travel and allowance for
committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners; library books;
federal matching grants for student loans; refunds; workers'
compensation, occupational disease, and tort claims; lump sum
and other purposes; and lump sum operations. For the purpose of
this subsection (c-4), "State agency" does not include the
Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, the
Treasurer, or the legislative or judicial branches.
(d) Transfers among appropriations made to agencies of the
Legislative and Judicial departments and to the
constitutionally elected officers in the Executive branch
require the approval of the officer authorized in Section 10 of
this Act to approve and certify vouchers. Transfers among
appropriations made to the University of Illinois, Southern
Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern
Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois
State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
Illinois University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy and the Board of Higher
Education require the approval of the Board of Higher Education
and the Governor. Transfers among appropriations to all other
agencies require the approval of the Governor.
The officer responsible for approval shall certify that the
transfer is necessary to carry out the programs and purposes
for which the appropriations were made by the General Assembly
and shall transmit to the State Comptroller a certified copy of
the approval which shall set forth the specific amounts
transferred so that the Comptroller may change his records
accordingly. The Comptroller shall furnish the Governor with
information copies of all transfers approved for agencies of
the Legislative and Judicial departments and transfers
approved by the constitutionally elected officials of the
Executive branch other than the Governor, showing the amounts
transferred and indicating the dates such changes were entered
on the Comptroller's records.
(e) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
State Comptroller, may transfer line item appropriations for
General State Aid or Evidence-Based Funding between the Common
School Fund and the Education Assistance Fund. With the advice
and consent of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget,
the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
Comptroller, may transfer line item appropriations between the
General Revenue Fund and the Education Assistance Fund for the
following programs:
(1) Disabled Student Personnel Reimbursement (Section
14-13.01 of the School Code);
(2) Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement
(subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of the School Code);
(3) Disabled Student Tuition - Private Tuition
(Section 14-7.02 of the School Code);
(4) Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b
of the School Code);
(5) Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Programs;
(6) Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the
School Code);
(7) Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement
(Section 29-5 of the School Code);
(8) Regular Education Reimbursement (Section 18-3 of
the School Code); and
(9) Special Education Reimbursement (Section 14-7.03
of the School Code).
(Source: P.A. 99-2, eff. 3-26-15; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-465,
eff. 8-31-17; revised 10-4-17.)
Section 15. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget
Act is amended by changing Section 7.3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3005/7.3)
Sec. 7.3. Annual economic and fiscal policy report. No
later than November 15 of each year, the Governor's Office of
Management and Budget shall submit an economic and fiscal
policy report to the General Assembly. The report must outline
the long-term economic and fiscal policy objectives of the
State, the economic and fiscal policy intentions for the
upcoming fiscal year, and the economic and fiscal policy
intentions for the following 4 fiscal years. The report must
highlight the total level of revenue, expenditure, deficit or
surplus, and debt with respect to each of the reporting
categories. The report must include any assumptions concerning
tax rates and fees used to determine revenue and expenditures
for future fiscal years. The report must include a comparison
of the enacted current fiscal year budget to the current fiscal
year outlook, and, if applicable, must outline any budgetary
shortfalls and fiscal and policy options that the Office will
pursue to remedy those budgetary shortfalls. If the projected
expenditures for any of the following 4 fiscal years exceeds
the corresponding fiscal year projected revenues, then the
report must outline fiscal and policy options that the Office
will pursue to remedy the budgetary shortfall. The report must
include: (1) an estimate of Late Interest Penalties under the
State Prompt Payment Act for the upcoming fiscal year and
projections of the same for each of the following 4 fiscal
years; and (2) an estimate of interest penalties under Sections
368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code for the upcoming
fiscal year and projections of the same for each of the
following 4 fiscal years. The report must include an agency
categorization key for the reporting categories. The report
must be posted on the Office's Internet website and allow
members of the public to post comments concerning the report.
(Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14; 99-854, eff. 8-19-16.)
Section 20. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
changing Section 3-2 as follows:
(30 ILCS 540/3-2)
Sec. 3-2. Beginning July 1, 1993, in any instance where a
State official or agency is late in payment of a vendor's bill
or invoice for goods or services furnished to the State, as
defined in Section 1, properly approved in accordance with
rules promulgated under Section 3-3, the State official or
agency shall pay interest to the vendor in accordance with the
following:
(1) Any bill, except a bill submitted under Article V
of the Illinois Public Aid Code and except as provided
under paragraph (1.05) of this Section, approved for
payment under this Section must be paid or the payment
issued to the payee within 60 days of receipt of a proper
bill or invoice. If payment is not issued to the payee
within this 60-day period, an interest penalty of 1.0% of
any amount approved and unpaid shall be added for each
month or fraction thereof after the end of this 60-day
period, until final payment is made. Any bill, except a
bill for pharmacy or nursing facility services or goods,
and except as provided under paragraph (1.05) of this
Section, submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public
Aid Code approved for payment under this Section must be
paid or the payment issued to the payee within 60 days
after receipt of a proper bill or invoice, and, if payment
is not issued to the payee within this 60-day period, an
interest penalty of 2.0% of any amount approved and unpaid
shall be added for each month or fraction thereof after the
end of this 60-day period, until final payment is made. Any
bill for pharmacy or nursing facility services or goods
submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code,
except as provided under paragraph (1.05) of this Section,
and approved for payment under this Section must be paid or
the payment issued to the payee within 60 days of receipt
of a proper bill or invoice. If payment is not issued to
the payee within this 60-day period, an interest penalty of
1.0% of any amount approved and unpaid shall be added for
each month or fraction thereof after the end of this 60-day
period, until final payment is made.
(1.05) For State fiscal year 2012 and future fiscal
years, any bill approved for payment under this Section
must be paid or the payment issued to the payee within 90
days of receipt of a proper bill or invoice. If payment is
not issued to the payee within this 90-day period, an
interest penalty of 1.0% of any amount approved and unpaid
shall be added for each month, or 0.033% (one-thirtieth of
one percent) of any amount approved and unpaid for each
day, after the end of this 90-day period, until final
payment is made.
(1.1) A State agency shall review in a timely manner
each bill or invoice after its receipt. If the State agency
determines that the bill or invoice contains a defect
making it unable to process the payment request, the agency
shall notify the vendor requesting payment as soon as
possible after discovering the defect pursuant to rules
promulgated under Section 3-3; provided, however, that the
notice for construction related bills or invoices must be
given not later than 30 days after the bill or invoice was
first submitted. The notice shall identify the defect and
any additional information necessary to correct the
defect. If one or more items on a construction related bill
or invoice are disapproved, but not the entire bill or
invoice, then the portion that is not disapproved shall be
paid.
(2) Where a State official or agency is late in payment
of a vendor's bill or invoice properly approved in
accordance with this Act, and different late payment terms
are not reduced to writing as a contractual agreement, the
State official or agency shall automatically pay interest
penalties required by this Section amounting to $50 or more
to the appropriate vendor. Each agency shall be responsible
for determining whether an interest penalty is owed and for
paying the interest to the vendor. Except as provided in
paragraph (4), an individual interest payment amounting to
$5 or less shall not be paid by the State. Interest due to
a vendor that amounts to greater than $5 and less than $50
shall not be paid but shall be accrued until all interest
due the vendor for all similar warrants exceeds $50, at
which time the accrued interest shall be payable and
interest will begin accruing again, except that interest
accrued as of the end of the fiscal year that does not
exceed $50 shall be payable at that time. In the event an
individual has paid a vendor for services in advance, the
provisions of this Section shall apply until payment is
made to that individual.
(3) The provisions of Public Act 96-1501 reducing the
interest rate on pharmacy claims under Article V of the
Illinois Public Aid Code to 1.0% per month shall apply to
any pharmacy bills for services and goods under Article V
of the Illinois Public Aid Code received on or after the
date 60 days before January 25, 2011 (the effective date of
Public Act 96-1501) except as provided under paragraph
(1.05) of this Section.
(4) Interest amounting to less than $5 shall not be
paid by the State, except for claims (i) to the Department
of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of
Human Services, (ii) pursuant to Article V of the Illinois
Public Aid Code, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
Act, or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, and
(iii) made (A) by pharmacies for prescriptive services or
(B) by any federally qualified health center for
prescriptive services or any other services.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, interest
may not be paid under this Act when: (1) a Chief Procurement
Officer has voided the underlying contract for goods or
services under Article 50 of the Illinois Procurement Code; or
(2) the Auditor General is conducting a performance or program
audit and the Comptroller has held or is holding for review a
related contract or vouchers for payment of goods or services
in the exercise of duties under Section 9 of the State
Comptroller Act. In such event, interest shall not accrue
during the pendency of the Auditor General's review.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-802, eff. 1-1-10;
96-959, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1501, eff.
1-25-11; 96-1530, eff. 2-16-11; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-74, eff.
6-30-11; 97-348, eff. 8-12-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-932,
eff. 8-10-12; 97-1142, eff. 12-28-12.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2018.
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