HB2512 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2512

Introduced 2/17/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Lee A. Daniels - Robert W. Churchill

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 540/8 new

Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Defines "qualified provider" as certain organizations that provide non-residential services for the elderly, mentally ill, or developmentally disabled, with certain exceptions. Provides that a bill or invoice for goods or services furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider and grant award payments to a qualified provider must be given priority in processing and that a voucher for payment submitted by an official or agency to the Comptroller for payment must be given priority in payment. Provides that the processing and payment of (i) debt service obligations of the State and (ii) payroll obligations of the State shall have priority over the processing and payment of items as required by these provisions. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

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

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

(30 ILCS 540/8 new)

Sec. 8. Priority of payment.

(a) Definition. As used in this Section, "qualified provider" means an organization that provides non-residential services for the elderly, mentally ill, or developmentally disabled. A "qualified provider" does not include a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or a local governmental unit or university. A "qualified provider" also includes an entity licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, but only with respect to the services provided for a community-integrated living arrangement, and a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act. The Department of Human Services shall make the determination of who is a "qualified provider".

(b) Processing by official or agency. Except as provided in subsection (d), a bill or invoice for goods or services furnished to the State submitted by a qualified provider and a grant award payment to a qualified provider must be given priority in processing. Any bill or invoice and any grant award payment meeting these criteria that is submitted to an official or agency must be processed and forwarded for payment before any other bill, invoice, or grant award payment is processed or forwarded for payment.

(c) Payment by Comptroller. Except as provided in subsection (d), a voucher for payment for goods or services furnished to the State by a qualified provider and a grant award payment to a qualified provider submitted by an official or agency to the Comptroller for payment must be given priority in payment. Any voucher meeting these criteria that is submitted to the Comptroller by an official or agency for payment from a given fund must be paid before any other bill, invoice, or grant award is paid from that fund. If 2 or more vouchers eligible for priority payment are received by the Comptroller in the same day for payment out of the same fund and there is not enough money in the fund to pay them all, then each bill, invoice, or grant award shall be paid in the order in which it is received.

(d) The processing and payment of (i) debt service obligations of the State and (ii) payroll obligations of the State shall have priority over the processing and payment of items as required by this Section.

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