95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1977

 

Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-5.4   from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning Medicaid rates for nursing homes, provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled or Long Term Care for Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on July 1, 2008 shall include a $0.50-per-hour wage increase for non-executive staff. Effective July 1, 2008.


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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 5-5.4 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4)
7     Sec. 5-5.4. Standards of Payment - Department of Healthcare
8 and Family Services. The Department of Healthcare and Family
9 Services shall develop standards of payment of skilled nursing
10 and intermediate care services in facilities providing such
11 services under this Article which:
12     (1) Provide for the determination of a facility's payment
13 for skilled nursing and intermediate care services on a
14 prospective basis. The amount of the payment rate for all
15 nursing facilities certified by the Department of Public Health
16 under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the
17 Developmentally Disabled facilities, Long Term Care for Under
18 Age 22 facilities, Skilled Nursing facilities, or Intermediate
19 Care facilities under the medical assistance program shall be
20 prospectively established annually on the basis of historical,
21 financial, and statistical data reflecting actual costs from
22 prior years, which shall be applied to the current rate year
23 and updated for inflation, except that the capital cost element

 

 

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1 for newly constructed facilities shall be based upon projected
2 budgets. The annually established payment rate shall take
3 effect on July 1 in 1984 and subsequent years. No rate increase
4 and no update for inflation shall be provided on or after July
5 1, 1994 and before July 1, 2008, unless specifically provided
6 for in this Section. The changes made by Public Act 93-841
7 extending the duration of the prohibition against a rate
8 increase or update for inflation are effective retroactive to
9 July 1, 2004.
10     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
11 under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the
12 Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care for Under
13 Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on July 1, 1998
14 shall include an increase of 3%. For facilities licensed by the
15 Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as
16 Skilled Nursing facilities or Intermediate Care facilities,
17 the rates taking effect on July 1, 1998 shall include an
18 increase of 3% plus $1.10 per resident-day, as defined by the
19 Department. For facilities licensed by the Department of Public
20 Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care
21 Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled or Long Term Care
22 for Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on January
23 1, 2006 shall include an increase of 3%. For facilities
24 licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing
25 Home Care Act as Intermediate Care Facilities for the
26 Developmentally Disabled or Long Term Care for Under Age 22

 

 

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1 facilities, the rates taking effect on July 1, 2008 shall
2 include a $0.50-per-hour wage increase for non-executive
3 staff.
4     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
5 under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the
6 Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care for Under
7 Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on July 1, 1999
8 shall include an increase of 1.6% plus $3.00 per resident-day,
9 as defined by the Department. For facilities licensed by the
10 Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as
11 Skilled Nursing facilities or Intermediate Care facilities,
12 the rates taking effect on July 1, 1999 shall include an
13 increase of 1.6% and, for services provided on or after October
14 1, 1999, shall be increased by $4.00 per resident-day, as
15 defined by the Department.
16     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
17 under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the
18 Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care for Under
19 Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on July 1, 2000
20 shall include an increase of 2.5% per resident-day, as defined
21 by the Department. For facilities licensed by the Department of
22 Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Skilled
23 Nursing facilities or Intermediate Care facilities, the rates
24 taking effect on July 1, 2000 shall include an increase of 2.5%
25 per resident-day, as defined by the Department.
26     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health

 

 

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1 under the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing facilities
2 or intermediate care facilities, a new payment methodology must
3 be implemented for the nursing component of the rate effective
4 July 1, 2003. The Department of Public Aid (now Healthcare and
5 Family Services) shall develop the new payment methodology
6 using the Minimum Data Set (MDS) as the instrument to collect
7 information concerning nursing home resident condition
8 necessary to compute the rate. The Department shall develop the
9 new payment methodology to meet the unique needs of Illinois
10 nursing home residents while remaining subject to the
11 appropriations provided by the General Assembly. A transition
12 period from the payment methodology in effect on June 30, 2003
13 to the payment methodology in effect on July 1, 2003 shall be
14 provided for a period not exceeding 3 years and 184 days after
15 implementation of the new payment methodology as follows:
16         (A) For a facility that would receive a lower nursing
17     component rate per patient day under the new system than
18     the facility received effective on the date immediately
19     preceding the date that the Department implements the new
20     payment methodology, the nursing component rate per
21     patient day for the facility shall be held at the level in
22     effect on the date immediately preceding the date that the
23     Department implements the new payment methodology until a
24     higher nursing component rate of reimbursement is achieved
25     by that facility.
26         (B) For a facility that would receive a higher nursing

 

 

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1     component rate per patient day under the payment
2     methodology in effect on July 1, 2003 than the facility
3     received effective on the date immediately preceding the
4     date that the Department implements the new payment
5     methodology, the nursing component rate per patient day for
6     the facility shall be adjusted.
7         (C) Notwithstanding paragraphs (A) and (B), the
8     nursing component rate per patient day for the facility
9     shall be adjusted subject to appropriations provided by the
10     General Assembly.
11     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
12 under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the
13 Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care for Under
14 Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on March 1, 2001
15 shall include a statewide increase of 7.85%, as defined by the
16 Department.
17     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
18 under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the
19 Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care for Under
20 Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on April 1, 2002
21 shall include a statewide increase of 2.0%, as defined by the
22 Department. This increase terminates on July 1, 2002; beginning
23 July 1, 2002 these rates are reduced to the level of the rates
24 in effect on March 31, 2002, as defined by the Department.
25     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
26 under the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing facilities

 

 

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1 or intermediate care facilities, the rates taking effect on
2 July 1, 2001 shall be computed using the most recent cost
3 reports on file with the Department of Public Aid no later than
4 April 1, 2000, updated for inflation to January 1, 2001. For
5 rates effective July 1, 2001 only, rates shall be the greater
6 of the rate computed for July 1, 2001 or the rate effective on
7 June 30, 2001.
8     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for
9 facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under
10 the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing facilities or
11 intermediate care facilities, the Illinois Department shall
12 determine by rule the rates taking effect on July 1, 2002,
13 which shall be 5.9% less than the rates in effect on June 30,
14 2002.
15     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for
16 facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under
17 the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing facilities or
18 intermediate care facilities, if the payment methodologies
19 required under Section 5A-12 and the waiver granted under 42
20 CFR 433.68 are approved by the United States Centers for
21 Medicare and Medicaid Services, the rates taking effect on July
22 1, 2004 shall be 3.0% greater than the rates in effect on June
23 30, 2004. These rates shall take effect only upon approval and
24 implementation of the payment methodologies required under
25 Section 5A-12.
26     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, for

 

 

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1 facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under
2 the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing facilities or
3 intermediate care facilities, the rates taking effect on
4 January 1, 2005 shall be 3% more than the rates in effect on
5 December 31, 2004.
6     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, for
7 facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under
8 the Nursing Home Care Act as intermediate care facilities that
9 are federally defined as Institutions for Mental Disease, a
10 socio-development component rate equal to 6.6% of the
11 facility's nursing component rate as of January 1, 2006 shall
12 be established and paid effective July 1, 2006. The Illinois
13 Department may by rule adjust these socio-development
14 component rates, but in no case may such rates be diminished.
15     For facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
16 under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the
17 Developmentally Disabled facilities or as long-term care
18 facilities for residents under 22 years of age, the rates
19 taking effect on July 1, 2003 shall include a statewide
20 increase of 4%, as defined by the Department.
21     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for
22 facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under
23 the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled nursing facilities or
24 intermediate care facilities, effective January 1, 2005,
25 facility rates shall be increased by the difference between (i)
26 a facility's per diem property, liability, and malpractice

 

 

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1 insurance costs as reported in the cost report filed with the
2 Department of Public Aid and used to establish rates effective
3 July 1, 2001 and (ii) those same costs as reported in the
4 facility's 2002 cost report. These costs shall be passed
5 through to the facility without caps or limitations, except for
6 adjustments required under normal auditing procedures.
7     Rates established effective each July 1 shall govern
8 payment for services rendered throughout that fiscal year,
9 except that rates established on July 1, 1996 shall be
10 increased by 6.8% for services provided on or after January 1,
11 1997. Such rates will be based upon the rates calculated for
12 the year beginning July 1, 1990, and for subsequent years
13 thereafter until June 30, 2001 shall be based on the facility
14 cost reports for the facility fiscal year ending at any point
15 in time during the previous calendar year, updated to the
16 midpoint of the rate year. The cost report shall be on file
17 with the Department no later than April 1 of the current rate
18 year. Should the cost report not be on file by April 1, the
19 Department shall base the rate on the latest cost report filed
20 by each skilled care facility and intermediate care facility,
21 updated to the midpoint of the current rate year. In
22 determining rates for services rendered on and after July 1,
23 1985, fixed time shall not be computed at less than zero. The
24 Department shall not make any alterations of regulations which
25 would reduce any component of the Medicaid rate to a level
26 below what that component would have been utilizing in the rate

 

 

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1 effective on July 1, 1984.
2     (2) Shall take into account the actual costs incurred by
3 facilities in providing services for recipients of skilled
4 nursing and intermediate care services under the medical
5 assistance program.
6     (3) Shall take into account the medical and psycho-social
7 characteristics and needs of the patients.
8     (4) Shall take into account the actual costs incurred by
9 facilities in meeting licensing and certification standards
10 imposed and prescribed by the State of Illinois, any of its
11 political subdivisions or municipalities and by the U.S.
12 Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Title XIX
13 of the Social Security Act.
14     The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
15 develop precise standards for payments to reimburse nursing
16 facilities for any utilization of appropriate rehabilitative
17 personnel for the provision of rehabilitative services which is
18 authorized by federal regulations, including reimbursement for
19 services provided by qualified therapists or qualified
20 assistants, and which is in accordance with accepted
21 professional practices. Reimbursement also may be made for
22 utilization of other supportive personnel under appropriate
23 supervision.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-48, eff. 7-1-05; 94-85, eff. 6-28-05; 94-697,
25 eff. 11-21-05; 94-838, eff. 6-6-06; 94-964, eff. 6-28-06;
26 95-12, eff. 7-2-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2 2008.