Date	Chamber	Action
5/6/2005	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

305 ILCS 5/5-5.4

from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that effective January 1, 2006, Medicaid rates for nursing homes and other community providers serving the developmentally disabled or mentally ill licensed by the Department of Public Health shall be increased by the difference between (i) a facility's per diem property, liability, and malpractice insurance costs as reported in the cost report filed with the Department of Public Aid and used to establish rates effective July 1, 2001 and (ii) those same costs as reported in the facility's 2002 cost report. Requires that these costs be passed through to facilities licensed by the Department under the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities or other Department-licensed community providers serving the developmentally disabled or mentally ill without caps or limitations, except for adjustments required under normal auditing procedures. Effective January 1, 2006.

House Amendment No. 1

	Adds reference to:
	405 ILCS 30/4	from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Community Services Act. Provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care for Under Age 22 facilities, and for providers from which the Department of Human Services purchases community services, effective January 1, 2006, payment rates for those facilities and providers shall be increased by the difference between (i) a facility or provider's per diem property, liability, and malpractice insurance costs as reported for 2001 or effective July 1, 2001 and (ii) those same costs as reported for 2002 or effective July 1, 2002. Provides that these costs shall be passed through to the facility or provider without caps or limitations, except for adjustments required under normal auditing procedures. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/28/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lee A. Daniels
2/28/2005	House	First Reading
2/28/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/1/2005	House	Assigned to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee
3/10/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee
3/10/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; by Voice Vote
3/10/2005	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; 007-000-000
3/10/2005	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/15/2005	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/15/2005	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
3/16/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
3/16/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
3/16/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
3/16/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
3/16/2005	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
3/16/2005	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
3/17/2005	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/17/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005
4/7/2005	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
4/12/2005	Senate	First Reading
4/12/2005	Senate	Referred to Rules
4/13/2005	Senate	Assigned to Health & Human Services
5/6/2005	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules

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