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 1        AN ACT concerning finance.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
 5    adding Section 8 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 540/8 new)
 7        Sec. 8.  Priority of payment.
 8        (a)  Definition. As  used  in  this  Section,  "qualified
 9    provider"  means  a not-for-profit organization that provides
10    non-residential   services   for   the   mentally   ill    or
11    developmentally  disabled and is reimbursed or otherwise paid
12    for providing those services by the  Illinois  Department  of
13    Human  Services.   A  "qualified provider" does not include a
14    hospital  licensed  under  the  Hospital  Licensing  Act,   a
15    long-term  care facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
16    Act only with respect to services provided  in  the  licensed
17    facility  to  residents,  or  a  local  governmental  unit or
18    university. The Department of Human Services shall  make  the
19    determination of who is a "qualified provider".
20        (b)  Processing by official or agency. Except as provided
21    in  subsection  (d),  a bill or invoice for goods or services
22    furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider  and
23    a  grant  award payment to a qualified provider must be given
24    priority in processing. Any bill or  invoice  and  any  grant
25    award  payment meeting these criteria that is submitted to an
26    official or  agency  must  be  processed  and  forwarded  for
27    payment  before  any  other  bill,  invoice,  or  grant award
28    payment is processed or forwarded for payment.
29        (c)  Payment  by  Comptroller.  Except  as  provided   in
30    subsection  (d),  a voucher for payment for goods or services
31    furnished to the State by a qualified provider  and  a  grant
 
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 1    award  payment  to  a  qualified  provider  submitted  by  an
 2    official  or  agency  to  the Comptroller for payment must be
 3    given priority in payment. Any voucher meeting these criteria
 4    that is submitted to the Comptroller by an official or agency
 5    for payment from a given fund must be paid before  any  other
 6    bill, invoice, or grant award is paid from that fund. If 2 or
 7    more  vouchers  eligible for priority payment are received by
 8    the Comptroller in the same day for payment out of  the  same
 9    fund  and  there  is not enough money in the fund to pay them
10    all, then each bill, invoice, or grant award shall be paid in
11    the order in which it is received.
12        (d)  The processing  and  payment  of  (i)  debt  service
13    obligations  of the State and (ii) payroll obligations of the
14    State shall have priority over the processing and payment  of
15    items as required by this Section.

16        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
17    becoming law.