Bill Text: IL HB5983 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish the Long-Term Care Disproportionate Share Adjustment Program to aid long-term care facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health, under the Nursing Home Care Act, as skilled care or intermediate care facilities that serve a preponderance of Medicaid residents. Further provides that long-term care facilities determined by the Department to qualify for the program shall receive an add-on adjustment to their nursing component rate, which shall be established by rule no later than December 31, 2010 and adjusted annually thereafter. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-10 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5983 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5983-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5983 Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Robert Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-5.8a-1 new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish the Long-Term Care Disproportionate Share Adjustment Program to aid long-term care facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health, under the Nursing Home Care Act, as skilled care or intermediate care facilities that serve a preponderance of Medicaid residents. Further provides that long-term care facilities determined by the Department to qualify for the program shall receive an add-on adjustment to their nursing component rate, which shall be established by rule no later than December 31, 2010 and adjusted annually thereafter. 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
adding Section 5-5.8a-1 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5.8a-1 new)
Sec. 5-5.8a-1. Long-term care disproportionate share
adjustment. The Department shall establish a payment
adjustment program to aid long-term care facilities licensed by
the Department of Public Health, under the Nursing Home Care
Act, as skilled care or intermediate care facilities that serve
a preponderance of Medicaid residents. The program shall be
referred to as the Long-Term Care Disproportionate Share
Adjustment Program. Long-term care facilities determined by
the Department to qualify for the program shall receive an
add-on adjustment to their nursing component rate, which shall
be established by rule no later than December 31, 2010 and
adjusted annually thereafter.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.