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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3246 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that "federally qualified health center" also means a health care practitioner in an individual or group practice as set forth under the federal Social Security Act. Effective July 1, 2012.
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| | SB3246 | | LRB097 19687 KTG 64943 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-5.20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.20)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-5.20. Clinic payments. For services provided by |
| 8 | | federally
qualified health centers as defined in Section 1905 |
| 9 | | (l)(2)(B) of the federal
Social Security Act, on or after April |
| 10 | | 1, 1989, and as long as required by
federal law, the Illinois |
| 11 | | Department shall
reimburse those health centers for those |
| 12 | | services according to a prospective
cost-reimbursement |
| 13 | | methodology. For purposes of this Section, "federally |
| 14 | | qualified health center" also means a health care practitioner |
| 15 | | in an individual or group practice as set forth in Section |
| 16 | | 1902(a)(37) of the federal Social Security Act.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 89-38, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
| 19 | | 2012.
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