94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2852

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5A-2   from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an assessment on inpatient services that is imposed on hospital providers.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 5A-2 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5A-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2008)
8     Sec. 5A-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
9     (a) Subject to Sections 5A-3 and and 5A-10, an annual
10 assessment on inpatient services is imposed on each hospital
11 provider in an amount equal to the hospital's occupied bed days
12 multiplied by $84.19 multiplied by the proration factor for
13 State fiscal year 2004 and the hospital's occupied bed days
14 multiplied by $84.19 for State fiscal year 2005.
15     The Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid
16 shall use the number of occupied bed days as reported by each
17 hospital on the Annual Survey of Hospitals conducted by the
18 Department of Public Health to calculate the hospital's annual
19 assessment. If the sum of a hospital's occupied bed days is not
20 reported on the Annual Survey of Hospitals or if there are data
21 errors in the reported sum of a hospital's occupied bed days as
22 determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
23 (formerly Department of Public Aid), then the Department of
24 Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid may obtain the sum of
25 occupied bed days from any source available, including, but not
26 limited to, records maintained by the hospital provider, which
27 may be inspected at all times during business hours of the day
28 by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid
29 or its duly authorized agents and employees.
30     Subject to Sections 5A-3 and 5A-10, for the privilege of
31 engaging in the occupation of hospital provider, beginning
32 August 1, 2005, an annual assessment is imposed on each

 

 

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1 hospital provider for State fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008,
2 in an amount equal to 2.5835% of the hospital provider's
3 adjusted gross hospital revenue for inpatient services and
4 2.5835% of the hospital provider's adjusted gross hospital
5 revenue for outpatient services. If the hospital provider's
6 adjusted gross hospital revenue is not available, then the
7 Illinois Department may obtain the hospital provider's
8 adjusted gross hospital revenue from any source available,
9 including, but not limited to, records maintained by the
10 hospital provider, which may be inspected at all times during
11 business hours of the day by the Illinois Department or its
12 duly authorized agents and employees.
13     (b) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to authorize
14 any home rule unit or other unit of local government to license
15 for revenue or to impose a tax or assessment upon hospital
16 providers or the occupation of hospital provider, or a tax or
17 assessment measured by the income or earnings of a hospital
18 provider.
19     (c) As provided in Section 5A-14, this Section is repealed
20 on July 1, 2008.
21 (Source: P.A. 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-841, eff. 7-30-04;
22 93-1066, eff. 1-15-05; 94-242, eff. 7-18-05; revised
23 12-15-05.)