Bill Text: IL HB5888 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, a recipient of aid under the State's medical assistance program shall be entitled to coverage for only one emergency room visit per year for a non-emergency situation. Provides that the Department shall not be responsible for providing Medicaid reimbursement for a recipient's non-emergency visits to an emergency room that exceed this one visit per year limitation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5888 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5888-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5888 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-4.1a new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, a recipient of aid under the State's medical assistance program shall be entitled to coverage for only one emergency room visit per year for a non-emergency situation. Provides that the Department shall not be responsible for providing Medicaid reimbursement for a recipient's non-emergency visits to an emergency room that exceed this one visit per year limitation.
LRB097 19137 KTG 64379 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB5888 LRB097 19137 KTG 64379 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 5-4.1a as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-4.1a new)
Sec. 5-4.1a. Emergency room use for non-emergency
situations. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 97th General Assembly, a recipient of aid under this
Article shall be entitled to coverage for only one emergency
room visit per year for a non-emergency situation. The
Department shall not be responsible for providing Medicaid
reimbursement for a recipient's non-emergency visits to an
emergency room that exceed this one visit per year limitation.