Bill Text: IL HB5974 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Developmentally Disabled Care Provider Fund Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a developmentally disabled care provider that has delayed payment of its assessment under the Article due to the State's failure to reimburse for services rendered may request an extension of the due date for payment and shall pay the assessment within 30 days of reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the period the assessment is levied. Provides that the Department shall not deny a request for delay of payment of the assessment if the developmentally disabled care provider has not been paid for services provided during the quarter on which the assessment is levied. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5974 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5974-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5974 Introduced , by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5C-3 from Ch. 23, par. 5C-3
Amends the Developmentally Disabled Care Provider Fund Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a developmentally disabled care provider that has delayed payment of its assessment under the Article due to the State's failure to reimburse for services rendered may request an extension of the due date for payment and shall pay the assessment within 30 days of reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the period the assessment is levied. Provides that the Department shall not deny a request for delay of payment of the assessment if the developmentally disabled care provider has not been paid for services provided during the quarter on which the assessment is levied. Effective immediately.
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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 5C-3 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5C-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5C-3)
Sec. 5C-3. Payment of assessment; penalty.
(a) The assessment imposed by Section 5C-2 for a State
fiscal year shall be due and payable in quarterly installments,
each equalling one-fourth of the assessment for the year, on
September 30, December 31, March 31, and May 31 of the year. A
provider that has delayed payment due to the State's failure to
reimburse for services rendered may request an extension of the
due date for payment pursuant to subsection (b) and shall pay
the assessment within 30 days of reimbursement by the Illinois
Department for the period the assessment is levied.
(b) The Illinois Department is authorized to establish
delayed payment schedules for developmentally disabled care
providers that are unable to make installment payments when due
under this Section due to financial difficulties, as determined
by the Illinois Department. The Illinois Department shall not
deny a request for delay of payment of the assessment imposed
under this Article if the developmentally disabled care

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provider has not been paid for services provided during the
quarter on which the assessment is levied.
(c) If a developmentally disabled care provider fails to
pay the full amount of an installment when due (including any
extensions granted under subsection (b)), there shall, unless
waived by the Illinois Department for reasonable cause, be
added to the assessment imposed by Section 5C-2 for the State
fiscal year a penalty assessment equal to the lesser of (i) 5%
of the amount of the installment not paid on or before the due
date plus 5% of the portion thereof remaining unpaid on the
last day of each month thereafter or (ii) 100% of the
installment amount not paid on or before the due date. For
purposes of this subsection, payments will be credited first to
unpaid installment amounts (rather than to penalty or
interest), beginning with the most delinquent installments.
(Source: P.A. 87-861; 88-88.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.