Sen. James A. DeLeo
Filed: 5/11/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4502
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4502 on page 1, by | ||||||
3 | replacing lines 8 through 27 with the following:
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4 | "Sec. 57. In order to identify the service needs of persons
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5 | with autism, the Department shall study the needs of the | ||||||
6 | population.
The Department of Human Services shall | ||||||
7 | periodically convene a special task force of representatives of | ||||||
8 | the various State agencies with related programs and services | ||||||
9 | together with other interested parties and stakeholders to | ||||||
10 | study and assess
submit service needs of persons with autism | ||||||
11 | and shall submit annual reports to the Governor and the General | ||||||
12 | Assembly
annually which shall supplement the report submitted | ||||||
13 | in accordance with
Public Act 84-1291 . The Secretary of Human | ||||||
14 | Services shall submit a report of the task force's findings and | ||||||
15 | recommendations and the Department's priorities to the | ||||||
16 | Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2005. The | ||||||
17 | Secretary shall provide annual progress reports to the Governor | ||||||
18 | and the General Assembly by January 1 of each year beginning in | ||||||
19 | 2006. The reports shall include an analysis of progress made
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20 | since the submission of that report in the areas outlined in | ||||||
21 | that report,
with emphasis on the following areas:
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22 | a. Early intervention services for children with autism and | ||||||
23 | their parents;
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24 | b. Enhancement of family support mechanisms to enable | ||||||
25 | persons with
autism to remain in a home-based or community
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1 | family home environment in the most integrated setting | ||||||
2 | possible, including progress on the implementation of plans to | ||||||
3 | provide assistance to individuals and families; the plan shall | ||||||
4 | include, but not be limited to, (i) identification of the | ||||||
5 | services required, (ii) the availability of services, | ||||||
6 | especially those within the home community of the person with | ||||||
7 | autism, (iii) the number of persons requiring the services, | ||||||
8 | (iv) the cost of the services, (v) the capacity of the person | ||||||
9 | with autism and his or her family to independently provide the | ||||||
10 | services and the extent to which the State may support the | ||||||
11 | individual and the family, (vi) the extent of existing and | ||||||
12 | planned State support, (vii) the availability and utilization | ||||||
13 | of federal financial participation in the cost of services, and | ||||||
14 | (viii) the outcomes and impact of services being provided ;
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15 | c. Services for adequate transition for people with autism | ||||||
16 | from public
school programs to adult work and day programs; and
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17 | d. Plans, programs, and services under the Disabilities | ||||||
18 | Services Act of 2003
Facilitation of placement of persons with | ||||||
19 | autism in the least
restrictive community setting .
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20 | The Department of Human Services and the Department of | ||||||
21 | Public Aid shall determine the availability of federal | ||||||
22 | financial participation in the cost of developing a family | ||||||
23 | support program, which would include medical assistance | ||||||
24 | coverage for children with autism who would otherwise qualify | ||||||
25 | for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code | ||||||
26 | except for family income. The program would include services to | ||||||
27 | support persons with autism in their homes and communities that | ||||||
28 | are not provided through local school districts, through early | ||||||
29 | intervention programs, or through the medical assistance | ||||||
30 | program under the Illinois Public Aid Code. The departments | ||||||
31 | shall determine the feasibility of obtaining federal financial | ||||||
32 | participation and may apply for any applicable waiver under | ||||||
33 | Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act. For the | ||||||
34 | purpose of the
this service needs review required under this |
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1 | Section , autism means"; and | ||||||
2 | on page 2, by replacing line 8 with the following: | ||||||
3 | "changing Sections 5-2 and 5-5 as follows:"; and | ||||||
4 | by replacing lines 35 and 36 on page 6 and lines 1 through 8 on | ||||||
5 | page 7 with the following: | ||||||
6 | " 13. Subject to the approval of a waiver under Section | ||||||
7 | 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act and consistent with | ||||||
8 | that waiver, persons who are 21 years of age or older who have | ||||||
9 | received benefits under paragraph 7 of this Section and who | ||||||
10 | continue to meet the requirements of subparagraphs (a), (b) and | ||||||
11 | (c) of paragraph 7 shall remain eligible for continued | ||||||
12 | benefits, outside an institution, at a level of care | ||||||
13 | appropriate to meet the individual needs of the person, | ||||||
14 | provided that a physician, licensed to practice medicine in all | ||||||
15 | its branches, annually determines that the person requires the | ||||||
16 | level of care provided by a hospital, skilled nursing facility, | ||||||
17 | or intermediate care facility. The Illinois Department of | ||||||
18 | Public Aid shall apply for an applicable waiver under Section | ||||||
19 | 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act. The waiver | ||||||
20 | application may limit the number of persons served by the | ||||||
21 | waiver in any State fiscal year, but that annual limit shall be | ||||||
22 | no fewer than 15 persons. The Department of Public Aid and the | ||||||
23 | Department of Human Services shall jointly adopt rules | ||||||
24 | governing the eligibility of persons under this paragraph 13. | ||||||
25 | The Department of Human "; and | ||||||
26 | on page 8, after line 24, by inserting the following: | ||||||
27 | "(305 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5)
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28 | Sec. 5-5. Medical services. The Illinois Department, by |
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1 | rule, shall
determine the quantity and quality of and the rate | ||||||
2 | of reimbursement for the
medical assistance for which
payment | ||||||
3 | will be authorized, and the medical services to be provided,
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4 | which may include all or part of the following: (1) inpatient | ||||||
5 | hospital
services; (2) outpatient hospital services; (3) other | ||||||
6 | laboratory and
X-ray services; (4) skilled nursing home | ||||||
7 | services; (5) physicians'
services whether furnished in the | ||||||
8 | office, the patient's home, a
hospital, a skilled nursing home, | ||||||
9 | or elsewhere; (6) medical care, or any
other type of remedial | ||||||
10 | care furnished by licensed practitioners; (7)
home health care | ||||||
11 | services; (8) private duty nursing service; (9) clinic
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12 | services; (10) dental services; (11) physical therapy and | ||||||
13 | related
services; (12) prescribed drugs, dentures, and | ||||||
14 | prosthetic devices; and
eyeglasses prescribed by a physician | ||||||
15 | skilled in the diseases of the eye,
or by an optometrist, | ||||||
16 | whichever the person may select; (13) other
diagnostic, | ||||||
17 | screening, preventive, and rehabilitative services; (14)
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18 | transportation and such other expenses as may be necessary; | ||||||
19 | (15) medical
treatment of sexual assault survivors, as defined | ||||||
20 | in
Section 1a of the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency | ||||||
21 | Treatment Act, for
injuries sustained as a result of the sexual | ||||||
22 | assault, including
examinations and laboratory tests to | ||||||
23 | discover evidence which may be used in
criminal proceedings | ||||||
24 | arising from the sexual assault; (16) the
diagnosis and | ||||||
25 | treatment of sickle cell anemia; and (17)
any other medical | ||||||
26 | care, and any other type of remedial care recognized
under the | ||||||
27 | laws of this State, but not including abortions, or induced
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28 | miscarriages or premature births, unless, in the opinion of a | ||||||
29 | physician,
such procedures are necessary for the preservation | ||||||
30 | of the life of the
woman seeking such treatment, or except an | ||||||
31 | induced premature birth
intended to produce a live viable child | ||||||
32 | and such procedure is necessary
for the health of the mother or | ||||||
33 | her unborn child. The Illinois Department,
by rule, shall | ||||||
34 | prohibit any physician from providing medical assistance
to |
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1 | anyone eligible therefor under this Code where such physician | ||||||
2 | has been
found guilty of performing an abortion procedure in a | ||||||
3 | wilful and wanton
manner upon a woman who was not pregnant at | ||||||
4 | the time such abortion
procedure was performed. The term "any | ||||||
5 | other type of remedial care" shall
include nursing care and | ||||||
6 | nursing home service for persons who rely on
treatment by | ||||||
7 | spiritual means alone through prayer for healing.
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8 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a | ||||||
9 | comprehensive
tobacco use cessation program that includes | ||||||
10 | purchasing prescription drugs or
prescription medical devices | ||||||
11 | approved by the Food and Drug administration shall
be covered | ||||||
12 | under the medical assistance
program under this Article for | ||||||
13 | persons who are otherwise eligible for
assistance under this | ||||||
14 | Article.
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15 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the | ||||||
16 | Illinois
Department may not require, as a condition of payment | ||||||
17 | for any laboratory
test authorized under this Article, that a | ||||||
18 | physician's handwritten signature
appear on the laboratory | ||||||
19 | test order form. The Illinois Department may,
however, impose | ||||||
20 | other appropriate requirements regarding laboratory test
order | ||||||
21 | documentation.
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22 | The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall provide the | ||||||
23 | following services to
persons
eligible for assistance under | ||||||
24 | this Article who are participating in
education, training or | ||||||
25 | employment programs operated by the Department of Human
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26 | Services as successor to the Department of Public Aid:
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27 | (1) dental services, which shall include but not be | ||||||
28 | limited to
prosthodontics; and
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29 | (2) eyeglasses prescribed by a physician skilled in the | ||||||
30 | diseases of the
eye, or by an optometrist, whichever the | ||||||
31 | person may select.
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32 | In order to ensure compliance with the Disabilities | ||||||
33 | Services Act of 2003 and the federal Americans with | ||||||
34 | Disabilities Act, the Illinois Department of Human Services, |
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1 | the Illinois Department of Public Aid, and the Division of | ||||||
2 | Specialized Care for Children of the University of Illinois | ||||||
3 | shall enter into an interagency agreement within 90 days after | ||||||
4 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
5 | Assembly for the purpose of cooperatively establishing a | ||||||
6 | program of case management for any person who receives benefits | ||||||
7 | under paragraph 7 of Section 5-2 of this Code. The program of | ||||||
8 | case management shall include a review of each person's needs | ||||||
9 | at least annually starting at age 16 in order to prepare the | ||||||
10 | person and his or her family for the transition to services | ||||||
11 | that are available to the person and his or her family starting | ||||||
12 | at age 21, including services provided under paragraph 13 of | ||||||
13 | Section 5-2 of this Code. The person or his or her authorized | ||||||
14 | representative shall participate in the case management | ||||||
15 | program. These case management services shall include: (1) an | ||||||
16 | assessment of the person's medical needs, including | ||||||
17 | consultation with a physician licensed to practice medicine in | ||||||
18 | all its branches and the person's treating physician; (2) | ||||||
19 | counseling the person and his or her family about the services | ||||||
20 | available to the person when he or she reaches age 21; (3) | ||||||
21 | providing the opportunity to receive service options between | ||||||
22 | the ages of 16 and 21 that will permit the person to gradually | ||||||
23 | make a successful transition to services available starting at | ||||||
24 | the age of 21; (4) assisting the person and his or her family | ||||||
25 | to adjust to changes, if any, that may occur in the provision | ||||||
26 | of services starting at the age of 21; (5) assessing the needs | ||||||
27 | of the person for educational and vocational planning and | ||||||
28 | services; (6) evaluating the need of the person for assistive | ||||||
29 | technology services and devices; (7) establishing linkages for | ||||||
30 | the person and his or her family to support services, | ||||||
31 | independent living services, employment and vocational skills | ||||||
32 | training, educational resources, and other transition | ||||||
33 | services; and (8) developing a transition plan for the person | ||||||
34 | with the participation of the person and his or her family. The |
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1 | Department of Human Services, the Division of Specialized Care | ||||||
2 | for Children, and the Department of Public Aid shall jointly | ||||||
3 | adopt rules governing the criteria, standards, and procedures | ||||||
4 | concerning the case management program and procedures required | ||||||
5 | by this paragraph.
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6 | The Illinois Department, by rule, may distinguish and | ||||||
7 | classify the
medical services to be provided only in accordance | ||||||
8 | with the classes of
persons designated in Section 5-2.
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9 | The Illinois Department shall authorize the provision of, | ||||||
10 | and shall
authorize payment for, screening by low-dose | ||||||
11 | mammography for the presence of
occult breast cancer for women | ||||||
12 | 35 years of age or older who are eligible
for medical | ||||||
13 | assistance under this Article, as follows: a baseline
mammogram | ||||||
14 | for women 35 to 39 years of age and an
annual mammogram for | ||||||
15 | women 40 years of age or older. All screenings
shall
include a | ||||||
16 | physical breast exam, instruction on self-examination and
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17 | information regarding the frequency of self-examination and | ||||||
18 | its value as a
preventative tool. As used in this Section, | ||||||
19 | "low-dose mammography" means
the x-ray examination of the | ||||||
20 | breast using equipment dedicated specifically
for mammography, | ||||||
21 | including the x-ray tube, filter, compression device,
image | ||||||
22 | receptor, and cassettes, with an average radiation exposure | ||||||
23 | delivery
of less than one rad mid-breast, with 2 views for each | ||||||
24 | breast.
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25 | Any medical or health care provider shall immediately | ||||||
26 | recommend, to
any pregnant woman who is being provided prenatal | ||||||
27 | services and is suspected
of drug abuse or is addicted as | ||||||
28 | defined in the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse
and Dependency | ||||||
29 | Act, referral to a local substance abuse treatment provider
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30 | licensed by the Department of Human Services or to a licensed
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31 | hospital which provides substance abuse treatment services. | ||||||
32 | The Department of
Public Aid shall assure coverage for the cost | ||||||
33 | of treatment of the drug abuse or
addiction for pregnant | ||||||
34 | recipients in accordance with the Illinois Medicaid
Program in |
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1 | conjunction with the Department of Human Services.
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2 | All medical providers providing medical assistance to | ||||||
3 | pregnant women
under this Code shall receive information from | ||||||
4 | the Department on the
availability of services under the Drug | ||||||
5 | Free Families with a Future or any
comparable program providing | ||||||
6 | case management services for addicted women,
including | ||||||
7 | information on appropriate referrals for other social services
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8 | that may be needed by addicted women in addition to treatment | ||||||
9 | for addiction.
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10 | The Illinois Department, in cooperation with the | ||||||
11 | Departments of Human
Services (as successor to the Department | ||||||
12 | of Alcoholism and Substance
Abuse) and Public Health, through a | ||||||
13 | public awareness campaign, may
provide information concerning | ||||||
14 | treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse and
addiction, prenatal | ||||||
15 | health care, and other pertinent programs directed at
reducing | ||||||
16 | the number of drug-affected infants born to recipients of | ||||||
17 | medical
assistance.
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18 | Neither the Illinois Department of Public Aid nor the | ||||||
19 | Department of Human
Services shall sanction the recipient | ||||||
20 | solely on the basis of
her substance abuse.
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21 | The Illinois Department shall establish such regulations | ||||||
22 | governing
the dispensing of health services under this Article | ||||||
23 | as it shall deem
appropriate. The Department
should
seek the | ||||||
24 | advice of formal professional advisory committees appointed by
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25 | the Director of the Illinois Department for the purpose of | ||||||
26 | providing regular
advice on policy and administrative matters, | ||||||
27 | information dissemination and
educational activities for | ||||||
28 | medical and health care providers, and
consistency in | ||||||
29 | procedures to the Illinois Department.
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30 | The Illinois Department may develop and contract with | ||||||
31 | Partnerships of
medical providers to arrange medical services | ||||||
32 | for persons eligible under
Section 5-2 of this Code. | ||||||
33 | Implementation of this Section may be by
demonstration projects | ||||||
34 | in certain geographic areas. The Partnership shall
be |
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1 | represented by a sponsor organization. The Department, by rule, | ||||||
2 | shall
develop qualifications for sponsors of Partnerships. | ||||||
3 | Nothing in this
Section shall be construed to require that the | ||||||
4 | sponsor organization be a
medical organization.
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5 | The sponsor must negotiate formal written contracts with | ||||||
6 | medical
providers for physician services, inpatient and | ||||||
7 | outpatient hospital care,
home health services, treatment for | ||||||
8 | alcoholism and substance abuse, and
other services determined | ||||||
9 | necessary by the Illinois Department by rule for
delivery by | ||||||
10 | Partnerships. Physician services must include prenatal and
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11 | obstetrical care. The Illinois Department shall reimburse | ||||||
12 | medical services
delivered by Partnership providers to clients | ||||||
13 | in target areas according to
provisions of this Article and the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Health Finance Reform Act,
except that:
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15 | (1) Physicians participating in a Partnership and | ||||||
16 | providing certain
services, which shall be determined by | ||||||
17 | the Illinois Department, to persons
in areas covered by the | ||||||
18 | Partnership may receive an additional surcharge
for such | ||||||
19 | services.
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20 | (2) The Department may elect to consider and negotiate | ||||||
21 | financial
incentives to encourage the development of | ||||||
22 | Partnerships and the efficient
delivery of medical care.
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23 | (3) Persons receiving medical services through | ||||||
24 | Partnerships may receive
medical and case management | ||||||
25 | services above the level usually offered
through the | ||||||
26 | medical assistance program.
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27 | Medical providers shall be required to meet certain | ||||||
28 | qualifications to
participate in Partnerships to ensure the | ||||||
29 | delivery of high quality medical
services. These | ||||||
30 | qualifications shall be determined by rule of the Illinois
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31 | Department and may be higher than qualifications for | ||||||
32 | participation in the
medical assistance program. Partnership | ||||||
33 | sponsors may prescribe reasonable
additional qualifications | ||||||
34 | for participation by medical providers, only with
the prior |
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1 | written approval of the Illinois Department.
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2 | Nothing in this Section shall limit the free choice of | ||||||
3 | practitioners,
hospitals, and other providers of medical | ||||||
4 | services by clients.
In order to ensure patient freedom of | ||||||
5 | choice, the Illinois Department shall
immediately promulgate | ||||||
6 | all rules and take all other necessary actions so that
provided | ||||||
7 | services may be accessed from therapeutically certified | ||||||
8 | optometrists
to the full extent of the Illinois Optometric | ||||||
9 | Practice Act of 1987 without
discriminating between service | ||||||
10 | providers.
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11 | The Department shall apply for a waiver from the United | ||||||
12 | States Health
Care Financing Administration to allow for the | ||||||
13 | implementation of
Partnerships under this Section.
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14 | The Illinois Department shall require health care | ||||||
15 | providers to maintain
records that document the medical care | ||||||
16 | and services provided to recipients
of Medical Assistance under | ||||||
17 | this Article. The Illinois Department shall
require health care | ||||||
18 | providers to make available, when authorized by the
patient, in | ||||||
19 | writing, the medical records in a timely fashion to other
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20 | health care providers who are treating or serving persons | ||||||
21 | eligible for
Medical Assistance under this Article. All | ||||||
22 | dispensers of medical services
shall be required to maintain | ||||||
23 | and retain business and professional records
sufficient to | ||||||
24 | fully and accurately document the nature, scope, details and
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25 | receipt of the health care provided to persons eligible for | ||||||
26 | medical
assistance under this Code, in accordance with | ||||||
27 | regulations promulgated by
the Illinois Department. The rules | ||||||
28 | and regulations shall require that proof
of the receipt of | ||||||
29 | prescription drugs, dentures, prosthetic devices and
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30 | eyeglasses by eligible persons under this Section accompany | ||||||
31 | each claim
for reimbursement submitted by the dispenser of such | ||||||
32 | medical services.
No such claims for reimbursement shall be | ||||||
33 | approved for payment by the Illinois
Department without such | ||||||
34 | proof of receipt, unless the Illinois Department
shall have put |
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1 | into effect and shall be operating a system of post-payment
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2 | audit and review which shall, on a sampling basis, be deemed | ||||||
3 | adequate by
the Illinois Department to assure that such drugs, | ||||||
4 | dentures, prosthetic
devices and eyeglasses for which payment | ||||||
5 | is being made are actually being
received by eligible | ||||||
6 | recipients. Within 90 days after the effective date of
this | ||||||
7 | amendatory Act of 1984, the Illinois Department shall establish | ||||||
8 | a
current list of acquisition costs for all prosthetic devices | ||||||
9 | and any
other items recognized as medical equipment and | ||||||
10 | supplies reimbursable under
this Article and shall update such | ||||||
11 | list on a quarterly basis, except that
the acquisition costs of | ||||||
12 | all prescription drugs shall be updated no
less frequently than | ||||||
13 | every 30 days as required by Section 5-5.12.
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14 | The rules and regulations of the Illinois Department shall | ||||||
15 | require
that a written statement including the required opinion | ||||||
16 | of a physician
shall accompany any claim for reimbursement for | ||||||
17 | abortions, or induced
miscarriages or premature births. This | ||||||
18 | statement shall indicate what
procedures were used in providing | ||||||
19 | such medical services.
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20 | The Illinois Department shall require all dispensers of | ||||||
21 | medical
services, other than an individual practitioner or | ||||||
22 | group of practitioners,
desiring to participate in the Medical | ||||||
23 | Assistance program
established under this Article to disclose | ||||||
24 | all financial, beneficial,
ownership, equity, surety or other | ||||||
25 | interests in any and all firms,
corporations, partnerships, | ||||||
26 | associations, business enterprises, joint
ventures, agencies, | ||||||
27 | institutions or other legal entities providing any
form of | ||||||
28 | health care services in this State under this Article.
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29 | The Illinois Department may require that all dispensers of | ||||||
30 | medical
services desiring to participate in the medical | ||||||
31 | assistance program
established under this Article disclose, | ||||||
32 | under such terms and conditions as
the Illinois Department may | ||||||
33 | by rule establish, all inquiries from clients
and attorneys | ||||||
34 | regarding medical bills paid by the Illinois Department, which
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1 | inquiries could indicate potential existence of claims or liens | ||||||
2 | for the
Illinois Department.
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3 | Enrollment of a vendor that provides non-emergency medical | ||||||
4 | transportation,
defined by the Department by rule,
shall be
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5 | conditional for 180 days. During that time, the Department of | ||||||
6 | Public Aid may
terminate the vendor's eligibility to | ||||||
7 | participate in the medical assistance
program without cause. | ||||||
8 | That termination of eligibility is not subject to the
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9 | Department's hearing process.
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10 | The Illinois Department shall establish policies, | ||||||
11 | procedures,
standards and criteria by rule for the acquisition, | ||||||
12 | repair and replacement
of orthotic and prosthetic devices and | ||||||
13 | durable medical equipment. Such
rules shall provide, but not be | ||||||
14 | limited to, the following services: (1)
immediate repair or | ||||||
15 | replacement of such devices by recipients without
medical | ||||||
16 | authorization; and (2) rental, lease, purchase or | ||||||
17 | lease-purchase of
durable medical equipment in a | ||||||
18 | cost-effective manner, taking into
consideration the | ||||||
19 | recipient's medical prognosis, the extent of the
recipient's | ||||||
20 | needs, and the requirements and costs for maintaining such
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21 | equipment. Such rules shall enable a recipient to temporarily | ||||||
22 | acquire and
use alternative or substitute devices or equipment | ||||||
23 | pending repairs or
replacements of any device or equipment | ||||||
24 | previously authorized for such
recipient by the Department. | ||||||
25 | Rules under clause (2) above shall not provide
for purchase or | ||||||
26 | lease-purchase of durable medical equipment or supplies
used | ||||||
27 | for the purpose of oxygen delivery and respiratory care.
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28 | The Department shall execute, relative to the nursing home | ||||||
29 | prescreening
project, written inter-agency agreements with the | ||||||
30 | Department of Human
Services and the Department on Aging, to | ||||||
31 | effect the following: (i) intake
procedures and common | ||||||
32 | eligibility criteria for those persons who are receiving
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33 | non-institutional services; and (ii) the establishment and | ||||||
34 | development of
non-institutional services in areas of the State |
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1 | where they are not currently
available or are undeveloped.
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2 | The Illinois Department shall develop and operate, in | ||||||
3 | cooperation
with other State Departments and agencies and in | ||||||
4 | compliance with
applicable federal laws and regulations, | ||||||
5 | appropriate and effective
systems of health care evaluation and | ||||||
6 | programs for monitoring of
utilization of health care services | ||||||
7 | and facilities, as it affects
persons eligible for medical | ||||||
8 | assistance under this Code.
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9 | The Illinois Department shall report annually to the | ||||||
10 | General Assembly,
no later than the second Friday in April of | ||||||
11 | 1979 and each year
thereafter, in regard to:
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12 | (a) actual statistics and trends in utilization of | ||||||
13 | medical services by
public aid recipients;
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14 | (b) actual statistics and trends in the provision of | ||||||
15 | the various medical
services by medical vendors;
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16 | (c) current rate structures and proposed changes in | ||||||
17 | those rate structures
for the various medical vendors; and
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18 | (d) efforts at utilization review and control by the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Department.
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20 | The period covered by each report shall be the 3 years | ||||||
21 | ending on the June
30 prior to the report. The report shall | ||||||
22 | include suggested legislation
for consideration by the General | ||||||
23 | Assembly. The filing of one copy of the
report with the | ||||||
24 | Speaker, one copy with the Minority Leader and one copy
with | ||||||
25 | the Clerk of the House of Representatives, one copy with the | ||||||
26 | President,
one copy with the Minority Leader and one copy with | ||||||
27 | the Secretary of the
Senate, one copy with the Legislative | ||||||
28 | Research Unit, and such additional
copies
with the State | ||||||
29 | Government Report Distribution Center for the General
Assembly | ||||||
30 | as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
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31 | Library Act shall be deemed sufficient to comply with this | ||||||
32 | Section.
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33 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; | ||||||
34 | 92-789, eff. 8-6-02; 93-632, eff. 2-1-04.)".
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