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                                     LRB093 05497 DRJ 19796 a

 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 700

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  700  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The State Finance Act is amended by adding
 5    Sections 5.620 and 6z-56 and changing Section 8h as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.620 new)
 7        Sec. 5.620.  The Health Care Services Trust Fund.

 8        (30 ILCS 105/6z-56 new)
 9        Sec. 6z-56.  The Health Care  Services  Trust  Fund.  The
10    Health  Care  Services  Trust  Fund  is  hereby  created as a
11    special fund in the State treasury.
12        The Fund shall consist of moneys deposited,  transferred,
13    or  appropriated into the Fund from units of local government
14    other than a county with a population greater than 3,000,000,
15    from the State, from federal  matching  funds,  or  from  any
16    other legal source.
17        Subject to appropriation, the moneys in the Fund shall be
18    used  by  the  Department  of  Public Aid to make payments to
19    providers of services covered under  the  Medicaid  or  State
20    Children's  Health  Insurance  programs. Payments may be made
21    out  of  the  Fund  only  to  providers  located  within  the
 
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 1    geographic jurisdiction of units  of  local  government  that
 2    make deposits, transfers, or appropriations into the Fund.
 3        The Department of Public Aid shall adopt rules concerning
 4    application for and disbursement of the moneys in the Fund.

 5        (30 ILCS 105/8h)
 6        Sec.    8h.    Transfers   to   General   Revenue   Fund.
 7    Notwithstanding any other State  law  to  the  contrary,  the
 8    Director  of  the  Governor's Office of Management and Budget
 9    Bureau of the Budget may from time to time direct  the  State
10    Treasurer  and  Comptroller  to transfer a specified sum from
11    any fund held by the State Treasurer to the  General  Revenue
12    Fund  in order to help defray the State's operating costs for
13    the fiscal year.  The total transfer under this Section  from
14    any fund in any fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of 8%
15    of  the  revenues  to  be deposited into the fund during that
16    year or 25% of  the  beginning  balance  in  the  fund.    No
17    transfer  may  be  made  from  a fund under this Section that
18    would have the effect of reducing the  available  balance  in
19    the  fund  to  an  amount  less  than  the  amount  remaining
20    unexpended  and  unreserved from the total appropriation from
21    that fund for that fiscal year.  This Section does not  apply
22    to any funds that are restricted by federal law to a specific
23    use  or  to  any  funds  in  the  Motor  Fuel Tax Fund or the
24    Hospital Provider Fund.  Notwithstanding any other  provision
25    of  this  Section, the total transfer under this Section from
26    the Road Fund or the State Construction  Account  Fund  shall
27    not  exceed  5% of the revenues to be deposited into the fund
28    during that year.
29        In determining the  available  balance  in  a  fund,  the
30    Director  of  the  Governor's Office of Management and Budget
31    Bureau of the Budget may include receipts, transfers into the
32    fund, and other resources anticipated to be available in  the
33    fund in that fiscal year.
 
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 1        The  State  Treasurer  and Comptroller shall transfer the
 2    amounts designated under this  Section  as  soon  as  may  be
 3    practicable  after  receiving  the direction to transfer from
 4    the Director of  the  Governor's  Office  of  Management  and
 5    Budget Bureau of the Budget.
 6    (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; revised 8-21-03.)

 7        Section  10.   The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
 8    changing Sections 5-5.4, 5A-1, 5A-2, 5A-3, 5A-4, 5A-5,  5A-7,
 9    5A-8,  5A-10,  14-1,  and  14-8 and by adding Sections 5A-12,
10    5A-13, and 5A-14 as follows:

11        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4)
12        Sec. 5-5.4.  Standards of Payment - Department of  Public
13    Aid.  The Department of Public Aid shall develop standards of
14    payment of skilled nursing and intermediate care services  in
15    facilities providing such services under this Article which:
16        (1)  Provide   for  the  determination  of  a  facility's
17    payment for skilled nursing and intermediate care services on
18    a prospective basis. The amount of the payment rate  for  all
19    nursing  facilities  certified  by  the  Department of Public
20    Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as  Intermediate  Care
21    for  the  Developmentally Disabled facilities, Long Term Care
22    for Under Age 22 facilities, Skilled Nursing  facilities,  or
23    Intermediate  Care  facilities  under  the medical assistance
24    program shall be prospectively established  annually  on  the
25    basis   of   historical,   financial,  and  statistical  data
26    reflecting actual costs from  prior  years,  which  shall  be
27    applied  to  the current rate year and updated for inflation,
28    except that the capital cost element  for  newly  constructed
29    facilities  shall  be  based  upon  projected  budgets.   The
30    annually established payment rate shall take effect on July 1
31    in 1984 and subsequent years.  No rate increase and no update
32    for  inflation shall be provided on or after July 1, 1994 and
 
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 1    before July 1, 2004, unless specifically provided for in this
 2    Section.
 3        For facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of  Public
 4    Health  under  the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care
 5    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
 6    for Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on  July
 7    1,  1998  shall  include  an  increase of 3%.  For facilities
 8    licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing
 9    Home Care Act as Skilled Nursing facilities  or  Intermediate
10    Care  facilities,  the  rates  taking  effect on July 1, 1998
11    shall include an increase of 3% plus $1.10 per  resident-day,
12    as defined by the Department.
13        For  facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of Public
14    Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as  Intermediate  Care
15    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
16    for  Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on July
17    1, 1999 shall include an increase  of  1.6%  plus  $3.00  per
18    resident-day,  as  defined by the Department.  For facilities
19    licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing
20    Home Care Act as Skilled Nursing facilities  or  Intermediate
21    Care  facilities,  the  rates  taking  effect on July 1, 1999
22    shall include an increase of 1.6% and, for services  provided
23    on  or after October 1, 1999, shall be increased by $4.00 per
24    resident-day, as defined by the Department.
25        For facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of  Public
26    Health  under  the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care
27    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
28    for Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on  July
29    1,  2000  shall include an increase of 2.5% per resident-day,
30    as defined by the Department.  For facilities licensed by the
31    Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home  Care  Act
32    as   Skilled   Nursing   facilities   or   Intermediate  Care
33    facilities, the rates taking effect on  July  1,  2000  shall
34    include  an  increase of 2.5% per resident-day, as defined by
 
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 1    the Department.
 2        For facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of  Public
 3    Health  under  the  Nursing  Home Care Act as skilled nursing
 4    facilities or intermediate care  facilities,  a  new  payment
 5    methodology  must be implemented for the nursing component of
 6    the rate effective July 1, 2003. The Department of Public Aid
 7    shall develop the new payment methodology using  the  Minimum
 8    Data  Set  (MDS)  as  the  instrument  to collect information
 9    concerning  nursing  home  resident  condition  necessary  to
10    compute the rate. The Department of Public Aid shall  develop
11    the  new  payment  methodology  to  meet  the unique needs of
12    Illinois nursing home residents while  remaining  subject  to
13    the  appropriations  provided  by  the  General  Assembly.  A
14    transition  period  from the payment methodology in effect on
15    June 30, 2003 to the payment methodology in effect on July 1,
16    2003 shall be provided for a period not exceeding 4  2  years
17    after  implementation  of  the  new  payment  methodology  as
18    follows:
19             (A)  For  a  facility  that  would  receive  a lower
20        nursing component rate per  patient  day  under  the  new
21        system  than  the facility received effective on the date
22        immediately  preceding  the  date  that  the   Department
23        implements  the  new  payment  methodology,  the  nursing
24        component  rate per patient day for the facility shall be
25        held at the level  in  effect  on  the  date  immediately
26        preceding the date that the Department implements the new
27        payment methodology until a higher nursing component rate
28        of reimbursement is achieved by that facility.
29             (B)  For  a  facility  that  would  receive a higher
30        nursing component rate per patient day under the  payment
31        methodology  in  effect on July 1, 2003 than the facility
32        received effective on the date immediately preceding  the
33        date  that  the  Department  implements  the  new payment
34        methodology, the nursing component rate per  patient  day
 
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 1        for the facility shall be adjusted.
 2             (C)  Notwithstanding  paragraphs  (A)  and  (B), the
 3        nursing component rate per patient day for  the  facility
 4        shall  be  adjusted subject to appropriations provided by
 5        the General Assembly.
 6        For facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of  Public
 7    Health  under  the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care
 8    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
 9    for Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on March
10    1, 2001 shall include  a  statewide  increase  of  7.85%,  as
11    defined by the Department.
12        For  facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of Public
13    Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as  Intermediate  Care
14    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
15    for Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on April
16    1,  2002  shall  include  a  statewide  increase  of 2.0%, as
17    defined by the Department. This increase terminates  on  July
18    1,  2002;  beginning  July 1, 2002 these rates are reduced to
19    the level of the rates  in  effect  on  March  31,  2002,  as
20    defined by the Department.
21        For  facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of Public
22    Health under the Nursing Home Care  Act  as  skilled  nursing
23    facilities  or intermediate care facilities, the rates taking
24    effect on July 1, 2001  shall  be  computed  using  the  most
25    recent cost reports on file with the Department of Public Aid
26    no later than April 1, 2000, updated for inflation to January
27    1,  2001.  For rates effective July 1, 2001 only, rates shall
28    be the greater of the rate computed for July 1, 2001  or  the
29    rate effective on June 30, 2001.
30        Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Section, for
31    facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health  under
32    the  Nursing  Home  Care Act as skilled nursing facilities or
33    intermediate care facilities, the Illinois  Department  shall
34    determine  by  rule  the rates taking effect on July 1, 2002,
 
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 1    which shall be 5.9% less than the rates in effect on June 30,
 2    2002.
 3        Rates established effective  each  July  1  shall  govern
 4    payment  for  services  rendered throughout that fiscal year,
 5    except that rates  established  on  July  1,  1996  shall  be
 6    increased  by  6.8% for services provided on or after January
 7    1, 1997.  Such rates will be based upon the rates  calculated
 8    for the year beginning July 1, 1990, and for subsequent years
 9    thereafter until June 30, 2001 shall be based on the facility
10    cost reports for the facility fiscal year ending at any point
11    in  time  during  the  previous calendar year, updated to the
12    midpoint of the rate year.  The cost report shall be on  file
13    with the Department no later than April 1 of the current rate
14    year.   Should the cost report not be on file by April 1, the
15    Department shall base the rate  on  the  latest  cost  report
16    filed  by  each  skilled  care facility and intermediate care
17    facility, updated to the midpoint of the current  rate  year.
18    In  determining rates for services rendered on and after July
19    1, 1985, fixed time shall not be computed at less than  zero.
20    The  Department shall not make any alterations of regulations
21    which would reduce any component of the Medicaid  rate  to  a
22    level  below what that component would have been utilizing in
23    the rate effective on July 1, 1984.
24        (2)  Shall take into account the actual costs incurred by
25    facilities in providing services for  recipients  of  skilled
26    nursing  and  intermediate  care  services  under the medical
27    assistance program.
28        (3)  Shall   take   into   account   the   medical    and
29    psycho-social characteristics and needs of the patients.
30        (4)  Shall take into account the actual costs incurred by
31    facilities  in  meeting licensing and certification standards
32    imposed and prescribed by the State of Illinois, any  of  its
33    political  subdivisions  or  municipalities  and  by the U.S.
34    Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Title XIX
 
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 1    of the Social Security Act.
 2        The  Department  of  Public  Aid  shall  develop  precise
 3    standards for payments to reimburse  nursing  facilities  for
 4    any  utilization  of appropriate rehabilitative personnel for
 5    the provision of rehabilitative services which is  authorized
 6    by  federal regulations, including reimbursement for services
 7    provided by qualified therapists or qualified assistants, and
 8    which is in accordance with accepted professional  practices.
 9    Reimbursement  also  may  be  made  for  utilization of other
10    supportive personnel under appropriate supervision.
11    (Source: P.A.  92-10,  eff.  6-11-01;  92-31,  eff.  6-28-01;
12    92-597,  eff.  6-28-02;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02; 92-848, eff.
13    1-1-03; 93-20, eff. 6-20-03.)

14        (305 ILCS 5/5A-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-1)
15        Sec. 5A-1.  Definitions. As used in this Article,  unless
16    the context requires otherwise:
17        "Fund" means the Hospital Provider Fund.
18        "Hospital"  means  an  institution,  place,  building, or
19    agency located in this State that is subject to licensure  by
20    the  Illinois  Department of Public Health under the Hospital
21    Licensing  Act,  whether  public  or  private   and   whether
22    organized for profit or not-for-profit.
23        "Hospital  provider"  means  a  person  licensed  by  the
24    Department  of Public Health to conduct, operate, or maintain
25    a hospital, regardless of whether the person  is  a  Medicaid
26    provider.  For purposes of this paragraph, "person" means any
27    political  subdivision  of  the State, municipal corporation,
28    individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company,  limited
29    liability  company,  association, joint stock association, or
30    trust, or a receiver, executor, trustee, guardian,  or  other
31    representative appointed by order of any court.
32        "Occupied  bed  days" means the sum of the number of days
33    that each bed was occupied by a patient for all  beds  during
 
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 1    calendar  year  2001.   Occupied  bed  days shall be computed
 2    separately for each hospital  operated  or  maintained  by  a
 3    hospital provider.
 4        "Adjusted  gross  hospital  revenue"  shall be determined
 5    separately  for  each  hospital   conducted,   operated,   or
 6    maintained  by  a  hospital provider, and  means the hospital
 7    provider's  total  gross  patient  revenues   less   Medicare
 8    contractual  allowances,  but  does not include gross patient
 9    revenue  (and  the  portion  of  any   Medicare   contractual
10    allowance  related  thereto)  from  skilled  or  intermediate
11    long-term  care services within the meaning of Title XVIII or
12    XIX of the Social Security Act.
13        "Intergovernmental transfer payment" means  the  payments
14    established  under  Section  15-3  of this Code, and includes
15    without limitation payments payable under  that  Section  for
16    July, August, and September of 1992.
17    (Source: P.A. 87-861; 88-88.)

18        (305 ILCS 5/5A-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2)
19        Sec. 5A-2.  Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
20        (a)  Subject  to  Sections  5A-3  and  5A-10,  an  annual
21    assessment  on inpatient services is imposed on each hospital
22    provider for State fiscal years 2004 and 2005  in  an  amount
23    equal  to  the  hospital's  occupied  bed  days multiplied by
24    $84.19.
25        The Department of Public Aid  shall  use  the  number  of
26    occupied  bed days as reported by each hospital on the Annual
27    Survey of Hospitals conducted by  the  Department  of  Public
28    Health to calculate the hospital's annual assessment.  If the
29    sum  of a hospital's occupied bed days is not reported on the
30    Annual Survey of Hospitals, then the Department of Public Aid
31    may obtain the sum of  occupied  bed  days  from  any  source
32    available,  including, but not limited to, records maintained
33    by the hospital provider, which may be inspected at all times
 
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 1    during business hours of the day by the Department of  Public
 2    Aid  or  its  duly  authorized  agents and employees. For the
 3    privilege of engaging in the occupation of hospital provider,
 4    an assessment is imposed upon each hospital provider for  the
 5    State  fiscal  year  beginning  on July 1, 1993 and ending on
 6    June 30, 1994, in an amount equal to 1.88% of the  provider's
 7    adjusted  gross hospital revenue for the most recent calendar
 8    year ending before the beginning of that State fiscal year.
 9        Effective July 1, 1994 through June 30, 1996,  an  annual
10    assessment  is  imposed  upon  each  hospital  provider in an
11    amount  equal  to  the  provider's  adjusted  gross  hospital
12    revenue for the most recent calendar year ending  before  the
13    beginning  of  that  State  fiscal  year  multiplied  by  the
14    Provider's Savings Rate.
15        Effective  July  1,  1996  through  March  31,  1997,  an
16    assessment  is  imposed  upon  each  hospital  provider in an
17    amount equal to  three-fourths  of  the  provider's  adjusted
18    gross  hospital  revenue for calendar year 1995 multiplied by
19    the Provider's Savings Rate.  No assessment shall be  imposed
20    on or after April 1, 1997.
21        Before July 1, 1995, the Provider's Savings Rate is 1.88%
22    multiplied  by  a  fraction,  the  numerator  of which is the
23    Maximum Section 5A-2 Contribution  minus  the  Cigarette  Tax
24    Contribution,  and  the  denominator  of which is the Maximum
25    Section 5A-2  Contribution.   Effective  July  1,  1995,  the
26    Provider's  Savings  Rate  is 1.25% multiplied by a fraction,
27    the  numerator  of  which  is  the   Maximum   Section   5A-2
28    Contribution  minus  the  Cigarette Tax Contribution, and the
29    denominator  of   which   is   the   Maximum   Section   5A-2
30    Contribution.
31        The  Cigarette  Tax  Contribution is the sum of the total
32    amount  deposited  in  the  Hospital  Provider  Fund  in  the
33    previous State fiscal year pursuant to Section  2(a)  of  the
34    Cigarette  Tax  Act,  plus  the total amount deposited in the
 
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 1    Hospital Provider Fund in  the  previous  State  fiscal  year
 2    pursuant to Section 5A-3(c) of this Code.
 3        The Maximum Section 5A-2 Contribution is the total amount
 4    of  tax  imposed by this Section in the previous State fiscal
 5    year on providers  subject  to  this  Act,  multiplied  by  a
 6    fraction  the  numerator  of which is adjusted gross hospital
 7    revenues reported to the Department by providers  subject  to
 8    this   Act  for  the  previous  State  fiscal  year  and  the
 9    denominator of which  is  adjusted  gross  hospital  revenues
10    reported  to  the Department by providers subject to this Act
11    for the State fiscal year immediately preceding the  previous
12    State fiscal year.
13        The  Department  shall  notify  hospital providers of the
14    Provider's  Savings  Rate  by  mailing  a  notice   to   each
15    provider's  last known address as reflected by the records of
16    the Illinois Department.
17        (b)  Nothing in this amendatory Act of the  93rd  General
18    Assembly  1995  shall be construed to authorize any home rule
19    unit or other unit of local government to license for revenue
20    or to impose a tax or assessment upon hospital  providers  or
21    the  occupation  of hospital provider, or a tax or assessment
22    measured by the income or earnings of a hospital provider.
23        (c)  As  provided  in  Section  5A-14,  this  Section  is
24    repealed on July 1, 2005.
25    (Source:  P.A.  88-88;  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-499,   eff.
26    6-28-96.)

27        (305 ILCS 5/5A-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-3)
28        Sec. 5A-3.  Exemptions; intergovernmental transfers.
29        (a)  Blank). A hospital provider which is a county with a
30    population    of    more    than    3,000,000    that   makes
31    intergovernmental transfer payments as  provided  in  Section
32    15-3 of this Code shall be exempt from the assessment imposed
33    by  Section  5A-2,  unless  the  exemption  is adjudged to be
 
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 1    unconstitutional or otherwise  invalid,  in  which  case  the
 2    county  shall  pay the assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 for
 3    all assessment periods beginning on or after  July  1,  1992,
 4    and  the  assessment  so paid shall be creditable against the
 5    intergovernmental transfer payments.
 6        (b)  A hospital provider that is a State agency, a  State
 7    university,  or  a  county  with a population of 3,000,000 or
 8    more is exempt from the assessment imposed by Section 5A-2. A
 9    hospital organized under the University of Illinois  Hospital
10    Act and exempt from the assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 is
11    hereby authorized to enter into an interagency agreement with
12    the  Illinois  Department  to make intergovernmental transfer
13    payments to the Illinois Department.  These payments shall be
14    deposited into the University of Illinois  Hospital  Services
15    Fund  or,  if  that  Fund  ceases  to exist, into the General
16    Revenue Fund.
17        (b-2)  A hospital  provider  that  is  a  county  with  a
18    population   of   less   than   3,000,000   or   a  township,
19    municipality,  hospital  district,   or   any   other   local
20    governmental  unit  is  exempt from the assessment imposed by
21    Section 5A-2.
22        (b-5)  (Blank). A hospital operated by the Department  of
23    Human  Services in the course of performing its mental health
24    and developmental disabilities functions is exempt  from  the
25    assessment imposed by Section 5A-2.
26        (b-10)  A  hospital  provider  whose  hospital  does  not
27    charge for its services is exempt from the assessment imposed
28    by  Section  5A-2,  unless  the  exemption  is adjudged to be
29    unconstitutional or otherwise  invalid,  in  which  case  the
30    hospital provider shall pay the assessment imposed by Section
31    5A-2.
32        (b-15)  A hospital provider whose hospital is licensed by
33    the  Department of Public Health as a psychiatric hospital is
34    exempt from the assessment imposed by  Section  5A-2,  unless
 
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 1    the exemption is adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise
 2    invalid,  in  which  case the hospital provider shall pay the
 3    assessment imposed by Section 5A-2.
 4        (b-20)  A hospital provider whose hospital is licensed by
 5    the Department of Public Health as a rehabilitation  hospital
 6    is exempt from the assessment imposed by Section 5A-2, unless
 7    the exemption is adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise
 8    invalid,  in  which  case the hospital provider shall pay the
 9    assessment imposed by Section 5A-2.
10        (b-25)  A hospital provider whose hospital (i) is  not  a
11    psychiatric  hospital, rehabilitation hospital, or children's
12    hospital and (ii) has an average  length  of  inpatient  stay
13    greater than 25 days is exempt from the assessment imposed by
14    Section   5A-2,  unless  the  exemption  is  adjudged  to  be
15    unconstitutional or otherwise  invalid,  in  which  case  the
16    hospital provider shall pay the assessment imposed by Section
17    5A-2.
18        (c)  (Blank).   The   Illinois   Department   is   hereby
19    authorized  to  enter  into agreements with publicly owned or
20    operated  hospitals  to   make   intergovernmental   transfer
21    payments to the Illinois Department.  These payments shall be
22    deposited  into  the  Hospital Provider Fund, except that any
23    payments arising under an agreement with a hospital organized
24    under the  University  of  Illinois  Hospital  Act  shall  be
25    deposited  into  the University of Illinois Hospital Services
26    Fund, if that Fund exists.
27    (Source:  P.A.  88-88;  88-554,  eff.  7-26-94;  89-21,  eff.
28    7-1-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

29        (305 ILCS 5/5A-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-4)
30        Sec. 5A-4.  Payment of assessment; penalty.
31        (a)  The annual assessment imposed by  Section  5A-2  for
32    State fiscal year 2004 shall be due and payable on June 18 of
33    the  year. The assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 for a State
 
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 1    fiscal year 2005  shall  be  due  and  payable  in  quarterly
 2    installments, each equalling one-fourth of the assessment for
 3    the  year,  on  July 19, October 19, January 18, and April 19
 4    September 30, December 31, March 31, and May 31 of the  year;
 5    except  that  for  the  period July 1, 1996 through March 31,
 6    1997, the assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 for that  period
 7    shall be due and payable in 3 equal installments on September
 8    30,  December 31, and March 31 of that period. No installment
 9    payment of an assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 shall be due
10    and payable, however, until after: (i) the hospital  provider
11    receives  written  notice  from  the Department of Public Aid
12    that the payment methodologies to  hospitals  required  under
13    Section  5A-12 have been approved by the Centers for Medicare
14    and Medicaid Services of the U.S. Department  of  Health  and
15    Human  Services  and  the  waiver under 42 CFR 433.68 for the
16    assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 has been  granted  by  the
17    Centers  for  Medicare  and  Medicaid  Services  of  the U.S.
18    Department  of  Health  and  Human  Services;  and  (ii)  the
19    hospital has received the  payments  required  under  Section
20    5A-12.
21        (b)  The  Illinois  Department is authorized to establish
22    delayed payment schedules for  hospital  providers  that  are
23    unable  to  make  installment  payments  when  due under this
24    Section due to financial difficulties, as determined  by  the
25    Illinois Department.
26        (c)  If  a hospital provider fails to pay the full amount
27    of an installment when due (including any extensions  granted
28    under  subsection  (b)),  there  shall,  unless waived by the
29    Illinois Department for reasonable cause,  be  added  to  the
30    assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 a penalty assessment equal
31    to  the lesser of (i) 5% of the amount of the installment not
32    paid on or before the due date plus 5% of the portion thereof
33    remaining unpaid on the last day of each 30-day period  month
34    thereafter or (ii) 100% of the installment amount not paid on
 
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 1    or  before  the  due  date.  For purposes of this subsection,
 2    payments will be credited first to unpaid installment amounts
 3    (rather than to penalty or interest), beginning with the most
 4    delinquent installments.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-88; 89-499, eff. 6-28-96.)

 6        (305 ILCS 5/5A-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-5)
 7        Sec. 5A-5.  Notice  Reporting;  penalty;  maintenance  of
 8    records.
 9        (a)  After  December 31 of each year (except as otherwise
10    provided in this subsection), and on or before  March  31  of
11    the  succeeding year, the Department of Public Aid shall send
12    a notice of assessment to every hospital provider subject  to
13    assessment  under  this  Article shall file a return with the
14    Illinois Department.  The notice of assessment  shall  notify
15    the  hospital  of  its return shall report the adjusted gross
16    hospital revenue from the calendar year just ended and  shall
17    be  utilized  by  the  Illinois  Department  to calculate the
18    assessment for the State fiscal year commencing on  the  next
19    July  1,  except  that the notice return for the State fiscal
20    year commencing July 1, 2003 1992 and the report  of  revenue
21    for  calendar  year  1991  shall  be  sent filed on or before
22    December 15, 2003 September  30,  1992.   The  notice  return
23    shall  be  on  a form prepared by the Illinois Department and
24    shall state the following:
25             (1)  The name of the hospital provider.
26             (2)  The  address   of   the   hospital   provider's
27        principal  place  of  business  from  which  the provider
28        engages in the occupation of hospital  provider  in  this
29        State,   and  the  name  and  address  of  each  hospital
30        operated, conducted, or maintained  by  the  provider  in
31        this State.
32             (3)  The  occupied  bed days adjusted gross hospital
33        revenue of the hospital provider for  the  calendar  year
 
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 1        just  ended,  the  amount  of  assessment  imposed  under
 2        Section  5A-2  for  the  State  fiscal year for which the
 3        notice return is sent  filed,  and  the  amount  of  each
 4        quarterly  installment to be paid during the State fiscal
 5        year.
 6             (4)  (Blank). The amount of penalty due, if any.
 7             (5)  Other reasonable information as  determined  by
 8        the Illinois Department requires.
 9        (b)  If   a  hospital  provider  conducts,  operates,  or
10    maintains more than one hospital  licensed  by  the  Illinois
11    Department  of Public Health, the provider shall may not file
12    a single return covering all those hospitals, but shall  file
13    a separate return for each hospital and shall compute and pay
14    the assessment for each hospital separately.
15        (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article,
16    in  the  case  of a person who ceases to conduct, operate, or
17    maintain a hospital in respect of which the person is subject
18    to assessment under this Article as a hospital provider,  the
19    assessment  for  the State fiscal year in which the cessation
20    occurs  shall  be  adjusted  by  multiplying  the  assessment
21    computed under Section 5A-2 by a fraction, the  numerator  of
22    which  is  the number of days months in the year during which
23    the provider conducts, operates, or  maintains  the  hospital
24    and  the  denominator  of  which is 365 12.  Immediately upon
25    ceasing to conduct, operate,  or  maintain  a  hospital,  the
26    person  shall  pay  file  a  final,  amended  return with the
27    Illinois Department not more than 90 days after the cessation
28    reflecting the adjustment and shall pay with the final return
29    the assessment for the year as so adjusted (to the extent not
30    previously paid).
31        (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article,
32    a  provider   who   commences   conducting,   operating,   or
33    maintaining   a   hospital,   upon  notice  by  the  Illinois
34    Department, shall file an initial return for the State fiscal
 
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 1    year  in  which  the  commencement  occurs  within  90   days
 2    thereafter  and  shall  pay  the  assessment  computed  under
 3    Section  5A-2 and subsection (e) in equal installments on the
 4    due dates stated in the notice date of the return and on  the
 5    regular  installment  due  dates  for  the  State fiscal year
 6    occurring after the due dates  date  of  the  initial  notice
 7    return.
 8        (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article,
 9    in  the  case  of  a  hospital provider that did not conduct,
10    operate, or maintain a hospital throughout the calendar  year
11    2001  preceding  a State fiscal year, the assessment for that
12    State  fiscal  year  shall  be  computed  on  the  basis   of
13    hypothetical   occupied  bed  days  adjusted  gross  hospital
14    revenue for the full calendar year  as  determined  by  rules
15    adopted  by  the  Illinois  Department (which may be based on
16    annualization of the provider's actual revenues for a portion
17    of the calendar year, or revenues of  a  comparable  hospital
18    for the year, including revenues realized by a prior provider
19    from the same hospital during the year).
20        (f)  (Blank). In the case of a hospital provider existing
21    as  a  corporation  or legal entity other than an individual,
22    the return filed by it shall  be  signed  by  its  president,
23    vice-president,  secretary,  or  treasurer or by its properly
24    authorized agent.
25        (g)  (Blank). If a hospital provider fails  to  file  its
26    return  for  a State fiscal year on or before the due date of
27    the return,  there  shall,  unless  waived  by  the  Illinois
28    Department  for  reasonable cause, be added to the assessment
29    imposed by Section 5A-2 for the State fiscal year  a  penalty
30    assessment  equal  to  25%  of the assessment imposed for the
31    year.
32        (h)  (Blank).  Every   hospital   provider   subject   to
33    assessment  under  this Article shall keep sufficient records
34    to  permit  the  determination  of  adjusted  gross  hospital
 
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 1    revenue on a calendar year basis.  All such records shall  be
 2    kept  in  the English language and shall, at all times during
 3    business hours of the day, be subject to  inspection  by  the
 4    Illinois   Department  or  its  duly  authorized  agents  and
 5    employees.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-861.)

 7        (305 ILCS 5/5A-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-7)
 8        Sec. 5A-7. Administration; enforcement provisions.
 9        (a)  To the extent practicable, the  Illinois  Department
10    shall  administer  and  enforce  this Article and collect the
11    assessments, interest, and penalty assessments imposed  under
12    this  Article using procedures employed in its administration
13    of this Code generally and, as it  deems  appropriate,  in  a
14    manner  similar  to  that  in which the Department of Revenue
15    administers and collects the retailers' occupation tax  under
16    the  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act  ("ROTA").   Instead of
17    certificates of registration, the Illinois  Department  shall
18    establish  and  maintain  a listing of all hospital providers
19    appearing in the  licensing  records  of  the  Department  of
20    Public   Health,  which  shall  show  each  provider's  name,
21    principal place of business, and the name and address of each
22    hospital operated, conducted, or maintained by  the  provider
23    in   this   State.   In  addition,  the  following  specified
24    provisions  of  the  Retailers'  Occupation   Tax   Act   are
25    incorporated  by  reference into this Section except that the
26    Illinois  Department  and  its  Director  (rather  than   the
27    Department  of  Revenue  and its Director) and every hospital
28    provider subject to assessment measured by occupied bed  days
29    adjusted  gross  hospital  revenue  and  to the return filing
30    requirements of this Article (rather than persons subject  to
31    retailers' occupation tax measured by gross receipts from the
32    sale  of  tangible  personal  property  at  retail and to the
33    return filing requirements of ROTA) shall  have  the  powers,
 
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 1    duties,  and  rights  specified  in these ROTA provisions, as
 2    modified in this Section or by the Illinois Department  in  a
 3    manner  consistent with this Article and except as manifestly
 4    inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article:
 5             (1)  ROTA, Section 4 (examination of return;  notice
 6        of   correction;   evidence;   limitations;  protest  and
 7        hearing), except that (i) the Illinois  Department  shall
 8        issue   notices  of  assessment  liability  (rather  than
 9        notices of tax liability as provided in ROTA, Section 4);
10        (ii) in the case of a fraudulent return or in the case of
11        an extended period agreed to by the  Illinois  Department
12        and  the  hospital  provider before the expiration of the
13        limitation period,  no  notice  of  assessment  liability
14        shall  be issued more than 3 years after the later of the
15        due date of the return required by Section  5A-5  or  the
16        date  the return (or an amended return) was filed (rather
17        within the period stated in ROTA, Section 4);  and  (iii)
18        the  penalty  provisions  of  ROTA,  Section  4 shall not
19        apply.
20             (2)  ROTA, Sec. 5 (failure to make  return;  failure
21        to  pay assessment), except that the penalty and interest
22        provisions of ROTA, Section 5 shall not apply.
23             (3)  ROTA,    Section    5a    (lien;    attachment;
24        termination; notice; protest; review;  release  of  lien;
25        status of lien).
26             (4)  ROTA,  Section  5b  (State  lien notices; State
27        lien index; duties of recorder and registrar of titles).
28             (5)  ROTA,  Section  5c   (liens;   certificate   of
29        release).
30             (6)  ROTA,  Section  5d  (Department not required to
31        furnish bond; claim to property attached or levied upon).
32             (7)  ROTA,  Section  5e   (foreclosure   on   liens;
33        enforcement).
34             (8)  ROTA,  Section 5f (demand for payment; levy and
 
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 1        sale of property; limitation).
 2             (9)  ROTA,   Section   5g   (sale    of    property;
 3        redemption).
 4             (10)  ROTA,  Section  5j (sales on transfers outside
 5        usual course of business; report; payment of  assessment;
 6        rights  and  duties  of  purchaser; penalty), except that
 7        notice shall be provided to the  Illinois  Department  as
 8        specified by rule.
 9             (11)  ROTA, Section 6 (erroneous payments; credit or
10        refund),  provided  that  (i) the Illinois Department may
11        only apply an  amount  otherwise  subject  to  credit  or
12        refund  to  a  liability arising under this Article; (ii)
13        except in the case of an extended period agreed to by the
14        Illinois Department and the hospital provider before  the
15        expiration  of this limitation period, a claim for credit
16        or refund must be filed no more than 3  years  after  the
17        due  date  of the return required by Section 5A-5 (rather
18        than the time limitation stated in ROTA, Section 6);  and
19        (iii) credits or refunds shall not bear interest.
20             (12)  ROTA,   Section   6a  (claims  for  credit  or
21        refund).
22             (13)  ROTA, Section 6b (tentative  determination  of
23        claim; notice; hearing; review), provided that a hospital
24        provider or its representative shall have 60 days (rather
25        than 20 days)  within which to file a protest and request
26        for  hearing  in response to a tentative determination of
27        claim.
28             (14)  ROTA,  Section  6c  (finality   of   tentative
29        determinations).
30             (15)  ROTA,    Section    8    (investigations   and
31        hearings).
32             (16)  ROTA, Section 9 (witness; immunity).
33             (17)  ROTA,  Section  10  (issuance  of   subpoenas;
34        attendance   of   witnesses;   production  of  books  and
 
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 1        records).
 2             (18)  ROTA, Section  11  (information  confidential;
 3        exceptions).
 4             (19)  ROTA,   Section  12  (rules  and  regulations;
 5        hearing; appeals), except that a hospital provider  shall
 6        not be required to file a bond or be subject to a lien in
 7        lieu  thereof  in  order  to  seek court review under the
 8        Administrative  Review  Law  of  a  final  assessment  or
 9        revised final assessment or the equivalent thereof issued
10        by the Illinois Department under this Article.
11        (b)  In addition to any other  remedy  provided  for  and
12    without   sending  a  notice  of  assessment  liability,  the
13    Illinois Department  may  collect  an  unpaid  assessment  by
14    withholding,  as payment of the assessment, reimbursements or
15    other amounts otherwise payable by the Illinois Department to
16    the provider.
17    (Source: P.A. 87-861.)

18        (305 ILCS 5/5A-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-8)
19        Sec. 5A-8.  Hospital Provider Fund.
20        (a)  There is created in the State Treasury the  Hospital
21    Provider  Fund. Interest earned by the Fund shall be credited
22    to the Fund.  The Fund shall  not  be  used  to  replace  any
23    moneys  appropriated  to  the Medicaid program by the General
24    Assembly.
25        (b)  The Fund is created for  the  purpose  of  receiving
26    moneys  in accordance with Section 5A-6 and disbursing moneys
27    only for the following purposes,  notwithstanding  any  other
28    provision of law as follows:
29             (1)  For  making  payments  to hospitals as required
30        under Articles V, VI, and XIV  hospital  inpatient  care,
31        hospital  ambulatory  care,  and  disproportionate  share
32        hospital  distributive  expenditures made under Title XIX
33        of the Social Security Act and Article V of this Code and
 
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 1        under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act.
 2             (2)  For the reimbursement of  moneys  collected  by
 3        the   Illinois  Department  from  hospitals  or  hospital
 4        providers through error  or  mistake  in  performing  the
 5        activities authorized under this Article and Article V of
 6        this  Code and for making required payments under Section
 7        14-9 of this Code if there are no  moneys  available  for
 8        those payments in the Hospital Services Trust Fund.
 9             (3)  For payment of administrative expenses incurred
10        by the Illinois Department or its agent in performing the
11        activities authorized by this Article.
12             (4)  For   payments   of   any   amounts  which  are
13        reimbursable to the federal government for payments  from
14        this Fund which are required to be paid by State warrant.
15             (5)  For  making transfers to the General Obligation
16        Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, as those transfers are
17        authorized in the proceedings authorizing debt under  the
18        Short  Term  Borrowing Act, but transfers made under this
19        paragraph (5)  shall not exceed the principal  amount  of
20        debt  issued  in anticipation of the receipt by the State
21        of moneys to be deposited into the Fund.
22             (6)  For making transfers to any other fund  in  the
23        State  treasury,  but transfers made under this paragraph
24        (6) shall not exceed the  amount  transferred  previously
25        from that other fund into the Hospital Provider Fund.
26             (7)  For   making   refunds  to  hospital  providers
27        pursuant to Section 5A-10.
28        Disbursements  from  the  Fund,  other   than   transfers
29    authorized under paragraphs (5) and (6) of this subsection to
30    the  General  Obligation  Bond  Retirement and Interest Fund,
31    shall be by warrants drawn  by  the  State  Comptroller  upon
32    receipt  of  vouchers  duly  executed  and  certified  by the
33    Illinois Department.
34        (c)  The Fund shall consist of the following:
 
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 1             (1)  All  moneys  collected  or  received   by   the
 2        Illinois Department from the hospital provider assessment
 3        imposed by this Article.
 4             (2)  All  federal  matching  funds  received  by the
 5        Illinois Department as a result of expenditures  made  by
 6        the  Illinois  Department that are attributable to moneys
 7        deposited in the Fund.
 8             (3)  Any interest or penalty levied  in  conjunction
 9        with the administration of this Article.
10             (4)  Moneys  transferred  from  another  fund in the
11        State treasury. Any  balance  in  the  Hospital  Services
12        Trust  Fund  in the State Treasury.  The balance shall be
13        transferred  to  the  Fund  upon  certification  by   the
14        Illinois  Department to the State Comptroller that all of
15        the disbursements required by  Section  14-2(b)  of  this
16        Code have been made.
17             (5)  All other moneys received for the Fund from any
18        other source, including interest earned thereon.
19        (d)  (Blank). The Fund shall cease to exist on October 1,
20    1999.   Any  balance  in  the  Fund  as of that date shall be
21    transferred to the General Revenue  Fund.   Any  moneys  that
22    otherwise  would  be paid into the Fund on or after that date
23    shall be  deposited  into  the  General  Revenue  Fund.   Any
24    disbursements  on  or after that date that otherwise would be
25    made from  the  Fund  may  be  appropriated  by  the  General
26    Assembly from the General Revenue Fund.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

28        (305 ILCS 5/5A-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-10)
29        Sec. 5A-10. Applicability.
30        (a)  The  assessment  imposed  by  Section 5A-2 shall not
31    take effect or shall cease to  be  imposed,  and  any  moneys
32    remaining in the Fund shall be refunded to hospital providers
33    in proportion to the amounts paid by them, if:
 
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 1             (1)  the  sum of the appropriations for State fiscal
 2        years 2004 and 2005 from the  General  Revenue  Fund  for
 3        hospital payments under the medical assistance program is
 4        less than $4,250,000,000; or
 5             (2)  the  Department  of Public Aid makes changes in
 6        its  rules  that  reduce  the   hospital   inpatient   or
 7        outpatient  payment  rates,  including adjustment payment
 8        rates, in effect on October 1, 2003, except for hospitals
 9        described in subsection (b) of Section  5A-3  and  except
10        for  changes  in  outpatient payment rates made to comply
11        with  the  federal  Health  Insurance   Portability   and
12        Accountability  Act,  so  long  as  those  changes do not
13        reduce aggregate expenditures below the  amount  expended
14        in State fiscal year 2003 for such services; or
15             (3)  the   payments   to  hospitals  required  under
16        Section 5A-12 are changed or are not eligible for federal
17        matching funds under Title  XIX  or  XXI  of  the  Social
18        Security Act.
19        (b)  The  assessment  imposed  by  Section 5A-2 shall not
20    take effect or shall cease to be imposed if the assessment is
21    determined to be an  impermissible  tax  amount  of  matching
22    federal  funds  under Title XIX of the Social Security Act is
23    eliminated  or  significantly  reduced  on  account  of   the
24    assessment.   Moneys  in  the  Hospital Provider Fund derived
25    from assessments imposed prior thereto shall be disbursed  in
26    accordance  with  Section 5A-8 to the extent federal matching
27    is  not  reduced  due  to  the  impermissibility  of  by  the
28    assessments, and any remaining moneys  assessments  shall  be
29    refunded  to  hospital providers in proportion to the amounts
30    paid by them.
31    (Source: P.A. 87-861.)

32        (305 ILCS 5/5A-12 new)
33        Sec. 5A-12.  Hospital access improvement payments.
 
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 1        (a)  To improve access to hospital services, for hospital
 2    services rendered on or after January 1, 2004, the Department
 3    of Public Aid shall make payments to hospitals as  set  forth
 4    in this Section, except for hospitals described in subsection
 5    (b)  of  Section  5A-3.  These  payments  shall  be paid on a
 6    quarterly basis. For State fiscal year 2004,  the  Department
 7    shall  pay  the  total  amounts  required under this Section;
 8    these amounts shall be paid on or before June 15 of the year.
 9    In subsequent State fiscal years, the total amounts  required
10    under  this  Section shall be paid in 4 equal installments on
11    or before July 15, October 15, January 14, and  April  15  of
12    the  year.  Payments  under  this  Section  are  not  due and
13    payable, however, until (i) the  methodologies  described  in
14    this  Section  are  approved  by the federal government in an
15    appropriate State Plan amendment, (ii) the assessment imposed
16    under this Article is determined  to  be  a  permissible  tax
17    under  Title  XIX  of  the Social Security Act, and (iii) the
18    assessment is in effect.
19        (b)  High volume payment. In addition to rates  paid  for
20    inpatient  hospital  services,  the  Department of Public Aid
21    shall pay, to each Illinois hospital that provided more  than
22    20,000  Medicaid  inpatient  days of care during State fiscal
23    year 2001 (except for hospitals that qualify  for  adjustment
24    payments   under  Section  5-5.02  for  the  12-month  period
25    beginning  on  October  1,  2002),  $190  for  each  Medicaid
26    inpatient day of care provided during  that  fiscal  year.  A
27    hospital  that  provided  less than 30,000 Medicaid impatient
28    days of care during that period, however, is not entitled  to
29    receive more than $3,500,000 per year in such payments.
30        (c)  Medicaid  inpatient  utilization rate adjustment. In
31    addition to rates paid for inpatient hospital  services,  the
32    Department  of  Public  Aid  shall pay each Illinois hospital
33    (except for hospitals described in Section  5A-3),  for  each
34    Medicaid  inpatient  day of care provided during State fiscal
 
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 1    year  2001,  an  amount  equal  to  the  product  of   $57.25
 2    multiplied  by  the  quotient  of 1 divided by the greater of
 3    1.6% or the hospital's Medicaid  inpatient  utilization  rate
 4    (as  used  to  determine  eligibility for adjustment payments
 5    under Section 5-5.02 for the  12-month  period  beginning  on
 6    October 1, 2002). The total payments under this subsection to
 7    a hospital may not exceed $10,500,000 annually.
 8        (d)  Psychiatric base rate adjustment.
 9             (1)  In   addition   to  rates  paid  for  inpatient
10        psychiatric services, the Department of Public Aid  shall
11        pay  each  Illinois  general  acute  care hospital with a
12        distinct  part-psychiatric  unit,   for   each   Medicaid
13        inpatient  psychiatric  day  of  care  provided  in State
14        fiscal year 2001,  an  amount  equal  to  $400  less  the
15        hospital's   per-diem   rate   for   Medicaid   inpatient
16        psychiatric  services as in effect on October 1, 2003. In
17        no event, however, shall that amount be less than zero.
18             (2)  For distinct part-psychiatric units of Illinois
19        general acute care hospitals, except  for  all  hospitals
20        excluded  in  Section 5A-3, whose inpatient per-diem rate
21        as in effect on October 1, 2003 is greater than $400, the
22        Department shall pay, in addition to  any  other  amounts
23        authorized   under  this  Code,  $25  for  each  Medicaid
24        inpatient psychiatric  day  of  care  provided  in  State
25        fiscal year 2001.
26        (e)  Supplemental  tertiary  care adjustment. In addition
27    to rates paid  for  inpatient  services,  the  Department  of
28    Public  Aid  shall pay to each Illinois hospital eligible for
29    tertiary care adjustment payments under  89  Ill.  Adm.  Code
30    148.296,   as  in  effect  for  State  fiscal  year  2003,  a
31    supplemental tertiary care adjustment payment  equal  to  the
32    tertiary  care adjustment payment required under 89 Ill. Adm.
33    Code 148.296, as in effect for State fiscal year 2003.
34        (f)  Medicaid outpatient utilization rate adjustment.  In
 
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 1    addition  to rates paid for outpatient hospital services, the
 2    Department of Public Aid shall  pay  each  Illinois  hospital
 3    (except  for  hospitals described in Section 5A-3), an amount
 4    equal to the product of 2.45% multiplied  by  the  hospital's
 5    Medicaid  outpatient  charges multiplied by the quotient of 1
 6    divided by the greater of 1.6%  or  the  hospital's  Medicaid
 7    outpatient  utilization  rate.  The total payments under this
 8    subsection to a hospital may not exceed $6,750,000 annually.
 9        For purposes of this subsection:
10        "Medicaid  outpatient  charges"  means  the  charges  for
11    outpatient services provided to Medicaid patients  for  State
12    fiscal  year  2001  as submitted by the hospital on the UB-92
13    billing form or under the ambulatory  procedure  listing  and
14    adjudicated  by  the  Department  of  Public Aid on or before
15    September 12, 2003.
16        "Medicaid outpatient utilization rate" means a  fraction,
17    the  numerator of which is the hospital's Medicaid outpatient
18    charges and the denominator of which is the total  number  of
19    the  hospital's  charges  for  outpatient  services  for  the
20    hospital's fiscal year ending in 2001.
21        (g)  State  outpatient service adjustment. In addition to
22    rates paid for outpatient hospital services,  the  Department
23    of  Public  Aid  shall  pay  each Illinois hospital an amount
24    equal to the product of 75.5% multiplied  by  the  hospital's
25    Medicaid  outpatient  services submitted to the Department on
26    the UB-92 billing form for State fiscal year 2001  multiplied
27    by the hospital's outpatient access fraction.
28        For  purposes  of  this  subsection,  "outpatient  access
29    fraction"  means  a  fraction,  the numerator of which is the
30    hospital's Medicaid  payments  for  outpatient  services  for
31    ambulatory   procedure  listing  services  submitted  to  the
32    Department on the UB-92 billing form for  State  fiscal  year
33    2001, and the denominator of which is the hospital's Medicaid
34    outpatient  services submitted to the Department on the UB-92
 
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 1    billing form for State fiscal year 2001.
 2        The total payments under this subsection  to  a  hospital
 3    may not exceed $3,000,000 annually.
 4        (h)  Rural hospital outpatient adjustment. In addition to
 5    rates  paid  for outpatient hospital services, the Department
 6    of Public Aid shall  pay  each  Illinois  rural  hospital  an
 7    amount  equal to the product of $14,500,000 multiplied by the
 8    rural hospital outpatient adjustment fraction.
 9        For  purposes  of  this   subsection,   "rural   hospital
10    outpatient   adjustment   fraction"  means  a  fraction,  the
11    numerator of which is  the  hospital's  Medicaid  visits  for
12    outpatient services for ambulatory procedure listing services
13    submitted  to  the  Department  on the UB-92 billing form for
14    State fiscal year 2001, and the denominator of which  is  the
15    total  Medicaid visits for outpatient services for ambulatory
16    procedure listing services for all Illinois  rural  hospitals
17    submitted  to  the  Department  on the UB-92 billing form for
18    State fiscal year 2001.
19        For purposes of this subsection, "rural hospital" has the
20    same meaning as in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 148.25, as in effect  on
21    September 30, 2003.
22        (i)  For  purposes  of  this Section, the terms "Medicaid
23    days", "Medicaid charges", and  "Medicaid  services"  do  not
24    include any days, charges, or services for which Medicare was
25    liable for payment.
26        (j)  As  provided  in  Section  5A-14,  this  Section  is
27    repealed on July 1, 2005.

28        (305 ILCS 5/5A-13 new)
29        Sec.  5A-13.  Emergency  rulemaking.  The  Department  of
30    Public  Aid  may  adopt  rules  necessary  to  implement this
31    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly through  the  use
32    of  emergency  rulemaking  in accordance with Section 5-45 of
33    the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.  For  purposes  of
 
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 1    that  Act,  the  General  Assembly finds that the adoption of
 2    rules to implement this amendatory Act of  the  93rd  General
 3    Assembly  is deemed an emergency and necessary for the public
 4    interest, safety, and welfare.

 5        (305 ILCS 5/5A-14 new)
 6        Sec. 5A-14. Repeal of assessments and disbursements.
 7        (a)  Section 5A-2 is repealed on July 1, 2005.
 8        (b)  Section 5A-12 is repealed on July 1, 2005.

 9        (305 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 14-1)
10        Sec. 14-1.  Definitions.  As used in this Article, unless
11    the context requires otherwise:
12        "Fund" means the Hospital Services Trust Fund.
13        "Estimated Rate Year Utilization"  means  the  hospital's
14    projected  utilization for the State fiscal year in which the
15    fee is due (for example, fiscal year 1992 for fees imposed in
16    State fiscal year 1992, fiscal year 1993 for fees imposed  in
17    State fiscal year 1993, and so forth).
18        "Gross  Receipts" means all payments for medical services
19    delivered under Title XIX of  the  Social  Security  Act  and
20    Articles  V,  VI, and VII of this Code and shall mean any and
21    all payments made by the Illinois Department, or  a  Division
22    thereof,  to  a Medical Assistance Program provider certified
23    to participate in the Illinois  Medical  Assistance  Program,
24    for  services  rendered eligible for Medical Assistance under
25    Articles V, VI and VII of this Code,  State  regulations  and
26    the  federal  Medicaid Program as defined in Title XIX of the
27    Social Security Act and federal regulations.
28        "Hospital" means any  institution,  place,  building,  or
29    agency,  public  or  private, whether organized for profit or
30    not-for-profit, which is located in the State and is  subject
31    to  licensure  by  the  Illinois  Department of Public Health
32    under the Hospital Licensing Act or any  institution,  place,
 
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 1    building, or agency, public or private, whether organized for
 2    profit   or   not-for-profit,   which  meets  all  comparable
 3    conditions and requirements of the Hospital Licensing Act  in
 4    effect  for the state in which it is located, and is required
 5    to submit cost reports to the Illinois Department under Title
 6    89, Part 148, of the Illinois Administrative Code, but  shall
 7    not include the University of Illinois Hospital as defined in
 8    the  University of Illinois Hospital Act or a county hospital
 9    in a county of over 3 million population.
10        "Total Medicaid Base Year Spending" means the  hospital's
11    State  fiscal  year  1991  weighted average payment rates, as
12    defined by rule, excluding payments under Section  5-5.02  of
13    this  Code,  reduced  by  5% and multiplied by the hospital's
14    estimated rate year utilization.
15    (Source: P.A. 87-13.)

16        (305 ILCS 5/14-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 14-8)
17        Sec. 14-8.  Disbursements to Hospitals.
18        (a)  For inpatient  hospital  services  rendered  on  and
19    after  September  1,  1991,  the  Illinois  Department  shall
20    reimburse  hospitals  for  inpatient services at an inpatient
21    payment rate calculated for  each  hospital  based  upon  the
22    Medicare  Prospective Payment System as set forth in Sections
23    1886(b), (d), (g), and (h) of  the  federal  Social  Security
24    Act,   and   the   regulations,   policies,   and  procedures
25    promulgated thereunder, except as modified by  this  Section.
26    Payment  rates for inpatient hospital services rendered on or
27    after September 1, 1991 and on or before September  30,  1992
28    shall  be  calculated  using the Medicare Prospective Payment
29    rates in effect on September  1,  1991.   Payment  rates  for
30    inpatient  hospital  services rendered on or after October 1,
31    1992 and on or before March  31,  1994  shall  be  calculated
32    using  the  Medicare  Prospective  Payment rates in effect on
33    September 1,  1992.  Payment  rates  for  inpatient  hospital
 
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 1    services  rendered  on  or  after  April  1,  1994  shall  be
 2    calculated  using  the  Medicare  Prospective  Payment  rates
 3    (including  the  Medicare  grouping methodology and weighting
 4    factors  as  adjusted  pursuant  to  paragraph  (1)  of  this
 5    subsection)  in   effect  90  days  prior  to  the  date   of
 6    admission.   For  services rendered on or after July 1, 1995,
 7    the  reimbursement   methodology   implemented   under   this
 8    subsection  shall  not  include  those  costs  referred to in
 9    Sections 1886(d)(5)(B) and 1886(h)  of  the  Social  Security
10    Act.  The  additional  payment amounts required under Section
11    1886(d)(5)(F) of  the  Social  Security  Act,  for  hospitals
12    serving  a  disproportionate  share of low-income or indigent
13    patients, are not required under this Section.  For  hospital
14    inpatient  services  rendered  on  or after July 1, 1995, the
15    Illinois  Department  shall  reimburse  hospitals  using  the
16    relative  weighting  factors  and  the  base  payment   rates
17    calculated  for each hospital that were in effect on June 30,
18    1995, less the  portion  of  such  rates  attributed  by  the
19    Illinois Department to the cost of medical education.
20             (1)  The weighting factors established under Section
21        1886(d)(4)  of  the Social Security Act shall not be used
22        in  the  reimbursement  system  established  under   this
23        Section.  Rather, the Illinois Department shall establish
24        by  rule  Medicaid  weighting  factors  to be used in the
25        reimbursement system established under this Section.
26             (2)  The Illinois Department shall  define  by  rule
27        those hospitals or distinct parts of hospitals that shall
28        be exempt from the reimbursement system established under
29        this  Section.   In defining such hospitals, the Illinois
30        Department shall take into consideration those  hospitals
31        exempt from the Medicare Prospective Payment System as of
32        September 1, 1991.  For hospitals defined as exempt under
33        this  subsection,  the  Illinois Department shall by rule
34        establish a reimbursement system for payment of inpatient
 
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 1        hospital services rendered  on  and  after  September  1,
 2        1991.  For all hospitals that are children's hospitals as
 3        defined in Section 5-5.02 of this Code, the reimbursement
 4        methodology  shall,  through  June  30,  1992, net of all
 5        applicable fees, at least equal each children's  hospital
 6        1990  ICARE payment rates, indexed to the current year by
 7        application of the DRI hospital cost index from  1989  to
 8        the  year  in  which payments are made.  Excepting county
 9        providers  as  defined  in  Article  XV  of  this   Code,
10        hospitals  licensed  under  the  University  of  Illinois
11        Hospital  Act,  and facilities operated by the Department
12        of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities  (or  its
13        successor, the Department of Human Services) for hospital
14        inpatient services rendered on or after July 1, 1995, the
15        Illinois Department shall reimburse children's hospitals,
16        as  defined  in  89  Illinois Administrative Code Section
17        149.50(c)(3), at the rates in effect on  June  30,  1995,
18        and  shall  reimburse all other hospitals at the rates in
19        effect on June 30, 1995, less the portion of  such  rates
20        attributed  by  the  Illinois  Department  to the cost of
21        medical  education.  For  inpatient   hospital   services
22        provided  on  or  after  August  1,  1998,  the  Illinois
23        Department may establish by rule a means of adjusting the
24        rates  of children's hospitals, as defined in 89 Illinois
25        Administrative Code Section 149.50(c)(3),  that  did  not
26        meet  that  definition on June 30, 1995, in order for the
27        inpatient hospital rates of such hospitals to  take  into
28        account  the  average  inpatient  hospital rates of those
29        children's hospitals that  did  meet  the  definition  of
30        children's hospitals on June 30, 1995.
31             (3)  (Blank)
32             (4)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this
33        Section, hospitals  that  on  August  31,  1991,  have  a
34        contract  with  the Illinois Department under Section 3-4
 
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 1        of the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act  may  elect  to
 2        continue  to  be  reimbursed  at  rates  stated  in  such
 3        contracts for general and specialty care.
 4             (5)  In  addition  to  any  payments made under this
 5        subsection (a), the Illinois Department  shall  make  the
 6        adjustment  payments  required  by Section 5-5.02 of this
 7        Code;  provided,  that  in  the  case  of  any   hospital
 8        reimbursed  under  a  per  case methodology, the Illinois
 9        Department shall add an amount equal to  the  product  of
10        the  hospital's  average  length  of  stay, less one day,
11        multiplied  by  20,  for  inpatient   hospital   services
12        rendered  on  or after September 1, 1991 and on or before
13        September 30, 1992.
14        (b)  (Blank)
15        (b-5)  Excepting county providers as defined  in  Article
16    XV  of  this Code, hospitals licensed under the University of
17    Illinois  Hospital  Act,  and  facilities  operated  by   the
18    Illinois   Department  of  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
19    Disabilities (or  its  successor,  the  Department  of  Human
20    Services),  for outpatient services rendered on or after July
21    1, 1995 and before July 1, 1998 the Illinois Department shall
22    reimburse children's hospitals, as defined  in  the  Illinois
23    Administrative  Code  Section  149.50(c)(3),  at the rates in
24    effect on June 30, 1995, less  that  portion  of  such  rates
25    attributed  by  the  Illinois  Department  to  the outpatient
26    indigent volume adjustment  and  shall  reimburse  all  other
27    hospitals  at  the rates in effect on June 30, 1995, less the
28    portions of such rates attributed by the Illinois  Department
29    to  the  cost  of  medical  education  and  attributed by the
30    Illinois  Department  to  the  outpatient   indigent   volume
31    adjustment.   For  outpatient  services  provided on or after
32    July 1, 1998, reimbursement rates  shall  be  established  by
33    rule.
34        (c)  In  addition  to any other payments under this Code,
 
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 1    the   Illinois   Department   shall   develop   a    hospital
 2    disproportionate   share   reimbursement   methodology  that,
 3    effective July 1, 1991, through  September  30,  1992,  shall
 4    reimburse  hospitals  sufficiently  to  expend the fee monies
 5    described in subsection (b) of Section 14-3 of this Code  and
 6    the   federal   matching   funds  received  by  the  Illinois
 7    Department as a result of expenditures made by  the  Illinois
 8    Department  as  required  by  this subsection (c) and Section
 9    14-2 that are attributable to fee  monies  deposited  in  the
10    Fund,  less  amounts  applied  to  adjustment  payments under
11    Section 5-5.02.
12        (d)  Critical Care Access Payments.
13             (1)  In addition to any other  payments  made  under
14        this  Code,  the  Illinois  Department  shall  develop  a
15        reimbursement  methodology  that shall reimburse Critical
16        Care Access Hospitals for the specialized  services  that
17        qualify  them  as  Critical  Care  Access  Hospitals.  No
18        adjustment  payments  shall be made under this subsection
19        on or after July 1, 1995.
20             (2)  "Critical Care Access Hospitals" includes,  but
21        is  not  limited  to, hospitals that meet at least one of
22        the following criteria:
23                  (A)  Hospitals    located    outside    of    a
24             metropolitan statistical area that are designated as
25             Level  II  Perinatal  Centers  and  that  provide  a
26             disproportionate  share  of  perinatal  services  to
27             recipients; or
28                  (B)  Hospitals that are designated as  Level  I
29             Trauma  Centers  (adult  or  pediatric)  and certain
30             Level  II  Trauma  Centers  as  determined  by   the
31             Illinois Department; or
32                  (C)  Hospitals    located    outside    of    a
33             metropolitan  statistical  area  and  that provide a
34             disproportionate share of  obstetrical  services  to
 
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 1             recipients.
 2        (e)  Inpatient  high  volume  adjustment.   For  hospital
 3    inpatient  services, effective with rate periods beginning on
 4    or after October 1, 1993,  in  addition  to  rates  paid  for
 5    inpatient  services  by the Illinois Department, the Illinois
 6    Department  shall  make  adjustment  payments  for  inpatient
 7    services furnished by Medicaid high  volume  hospitals.   The
 8    Illinois  Department  shall  establish  by  rule criteria for
 9    qualifying as a  Medicaid  high  volume  hospital  and  shall
10    establish by rule a reimbursement methodology for calculating
11    these  adjustment payments to Medicaid high volume hospitals.
12    No adjustment payment shall be made under this subsection for
13    services rendered on or after July 1, 1995.
14        (f)  The Illinois Department  shall  modify  its  current
15    rules  governing  adjustment  payments  for  targeted access,
16    critical care access,  and  uncompensated  care  to  classify
17    those   adjustment   payments   as   not  being  payments  to
18    disproportionate share  hospitals  under  Title  XIX  of  the
19    federal   Social  Security  Act.  Rules  adopted  under  this
20    subsection shall not be effective with  respect  to  services
21    rendered  on  or after July 1, 1995.  The Illinois Department
22    has no obligation to adopt or implement any rules or make any
23    payments under this subsection for services  rendered  on  or
24    after July 1, 1995.
25        (f-5)  The  State  recognizes that adjustment payments to
26    hospitals providing certain  services  or  incurring  certain
27    costs  may  be necessary to assure that recipients of medical
28    assistance  have  adequate  access   to   necessary   medical
29    services.   These  adjustments  include payments for teaching
30    costs  and  uncompensated  care,  trauma   center   payments,
31    rehabilitation  hospital payments, perinatal center payments,
32    obstetrical care payments, targeted access payments, Medicaid
33    high  volume  payments,  and   outpatient   indigent   volume
34    payments.    On   or  before  April  1,  1995,  the  Illinois
 
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 1    Department  shall   issue   recommendations   regarding   (i)
 2    reimbursement  mechanisms  or  adjustment payments to reflect
 3    these costs and services,  including  methods  by  which  the
 4    payments  may  be  calculated  and  the  method  by which the
 5    payments may be financed, and (ii)  reimbursement  mechanisms
 6    or  adjustment  payments  to  reflect  costs  and services of
 7    federally qualified health centers with respect to recipients
 8    of medical assistance.
 9        (g)  If one or more hospitals  file  suit  in  any  court
10    challenging  any  part  of  this  Article  XIV,  payments  to
11    hospitals  under  this  Article XIV shall be made only to the
12    extent that sufficient monies are available in the  Fund  and
13    only  to  the  extent  that  any  monies  in the Fund are not
14    prohibited from disbursement under any order of the court.
15        (h)  Payments   under   the   disbursement    methodology
16    described  in  this  Section  are  subject to approval by the
17    federal government in an appropriate State plan amendment.
18        (i)  The  Illinois  Department  may  by  rule   establish
19    criteria   for   and  develop  methodologies  for  adjustment
20    payments to hospitals participating under this Article.
21        (j)  Hospital  Residing  Long  Term  Care  Services.   In
22    addition  to  any  other  payments  made under this Code, the
23    Illinois  Department  may  by  rule  establish  criteria  and
24    develop methodologies for payments to hospitals for  Hospital
25    Residing Long Term Care Services.
26        (k)  Nothing   in   this   Section   shall  preclude  the
27    Department of Public Aid from recognizing  in  its  inpatient
28    reimbursement  methodology,  by  rule, the direct cost of new
29    technologies that are expected to reduce the overall cost  of
30    inpatient   services   when   the  new  technology  has  been
31    recognized by Medicare for inpatient reimbursement.
32    (Source: P.A. 93-20, eff. 6-20-03.)

33        (305 ILCS 5/Art. V-D rep.)
 
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 1        (305 ILCS 5/14-2 rep.)
 2        (305 ILCS 5/14-3 rep.)
 3        (305 ILCS 5/14-4 rep.)
 4        (305 ILCS 5/14-5 rep.)
 5        (305 ILCS 5/14-6 rep.)
 6        (305 ILCS 5/14-7 rep.)
 7        (305 ILCS 5/14-9 rep.)
 8        (305 ILCS 5/14-10 rep.)
 9        Section 11.  The Illinois Public Aid Code is  amended  by
10    repealing  Article  V-D  and Sections 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5,
11    14-6, 14-7, 14-9, and 14-10.

12        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
13    becoming law.".