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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2159 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt policies and rates for long-acting reversible contraception by January 1, 2024 to ensure that reimbursement is not less than actual acquisition cost. Requires the Department to submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purposes of implementing such policies and rates. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2159 | | LRB103 28436 LNS 54816 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 5-47 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-47 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-47. Long-acting reversible contraception. The |
| 8 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt |
| 9 | | policies and rates for long-acting reversible contraception by |
| 10 | | January 1, 2024 to ensure that reimbursement is not less than |
| 11 | | actual acquisition cost. The Department shall submit any |
| 12 | | necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and |
| 13 | | Medicaid Services for the purposes of implementing such |
| 14 | | policies and rates.
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| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 16 | | becoming law.
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