Date	Chamber	Action
8/9/2011	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0283

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

215 ILCS 106/65 new

215 ILCS 170/54 new

305 ILCS 5/5-5.06 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2011, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall develop incentive programs for dentists who perform dental services on children covered under the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, and the Medicaid program. Requires the incentive programs to include a pilot program in a rural and urban designated shortage area that increases rates up to 64% of the reimbursement level that the dentists charge for those services covered. Provides that the Department shall increase the rate level of dental specialty services that are provided to eligible children to equal 64% of the dentist's usual and customary charges. Requires the Department to develop and implement an incentive program that rewards dentists who are enrolled as a "dental home". Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause and reinserts similar provisions with the following change: Subjects implementation of the various dental programs to appropriations. Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 2
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in cooperation with the dental community and other affected organizations such as Head Start, shall work to develop and promote the concept of a dental home for children covered under the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, and the Medicaid program. Provides that included in this dental home outreach should be an effort to ensure an ongoing relationship between the patient and the dentist with an effort to provide comprehensive, coordinated, oral health care so that all children covered under the various programs have access to preventative and restorative oral health care. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/10/2011	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado
2/10/2011	Senate	First Reading
2/10/2011	Senate	Referred to Assignments
3/2/2011	Senate	Assigned to Human Services
3/3/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado
3/3/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/8/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
3/10/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/10/2011	Senate	Held in Human Services
3/11/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado
3/11/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
3/14/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Human Services
3/15/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted
3/15/2011	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 009-000-000
3/15/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
3/16/2011	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
4/8/2011	Senate	Second Reading
4/8/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
4/14/2011	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
4/14/2011	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
4/14/2011	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
4/14/2011	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
4/14/2011	House	Arrived in House
4/14/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/14/2011	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
4/14/2011	House	First Reading
4/14/2011	House	Referred to Rules Committee
4/25/2011	House	Assigned to Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee
5/4/2011	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
5/5/2011	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee; 013-000-000
5/5/2011	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/5/2011	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
5/5/2011	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
5/5/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
5/10/2011	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
5/10/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/12/2011	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-010-001
5/12/2011	Senate	Passed Both Houses
5/12/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
5/12/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
5/12/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
5/12/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
5/12/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
5/12/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
5/12/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
6/10/2011	Senate	Sent to the Governor
8/9/2011	Senate	Governor Approved
8/9/2011	Senate	Effective Date August 9, 2011
8/9/2011	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0283

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