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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB2501 Introduced , by Rep. Esther Golar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules which establish a policy of bed reserve payments to Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DDs) which addresses the needs of facility residents and their families. Requires the Department to set, by rule, certain bed reserve payment rates based on the length of time a resident of an ICF/DD is absent from the ICF/DD (i) for purposes of a physician-authorized in-patient admission to a hospital or (ii) for purposes of a home visit with a family member. Provides that no Department rule regarding bed reserve payments shall require an ICF/DD to have a specified percentage of total facility occupancy as a requirement for receiving bed reserve payments. Exempts State-operated facilities from the provisions of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2501 | | LRB098 06411 KTG 36453 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 | | adding Section 5-5.4h as follows: |
6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4h new) |
7 | | Sec. 5-5.4h. Intermediate Care Facility for the |
8 | | Developmentally Disabled; bed reserve payments. |
9 | | (a) In this Section, "ICF/DD" means an Intermediate Care |
10 | | Facility for the Developmentally Disabled. |
11 | | (b) The Department shall adopt rules which establish a |
12 | | policy of bed reserve payments to ICF/DDs which addresses the |
13 | | needs of residents of ICF/DDs and their families. |
14 | | (c) When a resident of an ICF/DD is absent from the ICF/DD |
15 | | in which he or she is a resident for purposes of a |
16 | | physician-authorized in-patient admission to a hospital, the |
17 | | Department's rules shall, at a minimum, provide: (1) bed |
18 | | reserve payments at a daily rate which is 100% of the client's |
19 | | current per diem rate, for a period not exceeding 10 |
20 | | consecutive days; (2) bed reserve payments at a daily rate |
21 | | which is 75% of a client's current per diem rate, for a period |
22 | | which exceeds 10 consecutive days but does not exceed 30 |
23 | | consecutive days; and (3) bed reserve payments at a daily rate |