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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1668
Introduced 2/22/2007___________, by SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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305 ILCS 5/2-16 |
from Ch. 23, par. 2-16 |
305 ILCS 5/5-5.23a new |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a "service provider" may be another entity besides a person or corporation. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, by rule, shall apply a comparable, prospective cost-reimbursement methodology for service providers to provide child and adult psychiatric services on an outpatient basis with the stipulation that the service provider meet certain criteria. Provides for reimbursement of advanced practice nurses providing such services at 100% of the established physician rate. Effective January 1, 2008.
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HB1668 |
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LRB095 09052 DRJ 29243 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 2-16 and by adding Section 5-5.23a as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/2-16) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-16)
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| Sec. 2-16. "Service provider": A person ,
or corporation , or |
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| entity who furnishes
medical, educational, psychiatric, |
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| vocational or rehabilitative services
to a recipient under this |
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| Code, but excluding an employee of the Illinois
Department or a |
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| County Department.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-555.)
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.23a new) |
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| Sec. 5-5.23a. Child and adult psychiatric services. The |
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| Department of Healthcare and Family Services, by rule, shall |
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| apply a comparable, prospective cost-reimbursement |
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| methodology, as referenced in Section 5-5.20, for service |
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| providers to provide child and adult psychiatric services on an |
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| outpatient basis with the stipulation that the service provider |
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| meet all of the following criteria: |
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| (1) Be a service provider that is tax exempt under |
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| Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. |