102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2337

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-41 new

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to ensure that patients experiencing opioid-related overdose or withdrawal are admitted on inpatient status, rather than observation status, for at least 48 hours from the time of admittance to a safety-net hospital. Prohibits managed care organizations from denying inpatient coverage to safety-net hospitals for patients presenting with opioid overdose or withdrawal diagnosis for at least 48 hours from the time of admittance.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 5-41 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-41 new)
7    Sec. 5-41. Inpatient hospitalization for opioid-related
8overdose or withdrawal patients. Due to the disproportionately
9high opioid-related fatality rates among African Americans in
10under-resourced communities in Illinois, the lack of community
11resources, the comorbidities experienced by these patients,
12and the high rate of hospital readmission associated with this
13population when improperly treated, the Department shall
14ensure that patients experiencing opioid-related overdose or
15withdrawal are admitted on inpatient status, rather than
16observation status, for at least 48 hours from the time of
17admittance to a safety-net hospital. Managed care
18organizations may not deny inpatient coverage to safety-net
19hospitals for patients presenting with opioid overdose or
20withdrawal diagnosis for at least 48 hours from the time of
21admittance.