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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0784 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 305 ILCS 5/5B-2 | from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section
concerning long-term care provider assessments.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0784 | | LRB097 04517 KTG 44556 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5B-2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5B-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5B-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
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| 8 | | (a) For the
the privilege of engaging in the occupation of |
| 9 | | long-term care
provider, an assessment is imposed upon each |
| 10 | | long-term care provider for
the State fiscal year beginning on |
| 11 | | July 1, 1992 and ending on June 30,
1993, in an amount equal to |
| 12 | | $6.30 times the number of occupied bed days for
the most recent |
| 13 | | calendar year ending before the beginning of that State
fiscal |
| 14 | | year. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to the
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| 15 | | contrary, this assessment shall be construed as a tax, but may |
| 16 | | not be added
to the charges of an individual's nursing home |
| 17 | | care that is paid for in
whole, or in part, by a federal, |
| 18 | | State, or combined federal-state medical
care program, except |
| 19 | | those individuals receiving Medicare Part B benefits
solely. |
| 20 | | (b) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1992 shall be |
| 21 | | construed to
authorize any home rule unit or other unit of |
| 22 | | local government to license
for revenue or impose a tax or |
| 23 | | assessment upon long-term care providers or
the occupation of |