(30 ILCS 540/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
Sec. 1.
This Act applies to any State official or agency authorized to
provide for payment from State funds, by virtue of any appropriation of the
General Assembly, for goods or services furnished to the State.
For purposes of this Act, "goods or
services furnished to the State" include but are not limited to (i) covered health
care provided to eligible members and their covered dependents in accordance
with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, including coverage
through a physician-owned health maintenance organization under Section 6.1 of
that Act, (ii) prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, and early intervention services provided by a vendor, and (iii) prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports for youth provided by a vendor by virtue of a contractual grant agreement. For the purposes of items (ii) and (iii), a vendor includes but is not limited to sellers of goods and services, including community-based organizations that are licensed to provide prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and substance abuse problems, or that provides prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports for youth.
For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official or agency" is
defined as the Director or Chief Executive or his designee of that State
agency or department or facility of such agency or department.
With respect to covered health care provided to eligible members and
their dependents in accordance with the State Employees Group Insurance Act
of 1971, "appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who is eligible for
health benefits under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, and
"member" and "dependent" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
As used in this Act, "a proper bill or invoice" means a bill or invoice, including, but not limited to, an invoice issued under a contractual grant agreement,
that
includes the
information necessary for processing the payment as may be specified by a State
agency and in rules adopted in accordance with this Act. Beginning on and after July 1, 2021, "a proper bill or invoice" shall also include the names of all subcontractors or subconsultants to be paid from the bill or invoice and the amounts due to each of them, if any.
(Source: P.A. 100-549, eff. 1-1-18; 101-524, eff. 1-1-20.)
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