SB2394 Engrossed LRB095 19734 DRJ 46101 b

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 adding Sections 5-5.4d and 5-5.4e as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4d new)
7     Sec. 5-5.4d. ICF/DD; pass-through of SSI or Social Security
8 increase. For facilities licensed by the Department of Public
9 Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for
10 the Developmentally Disabled facilities, in any calendar year
11 in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal
12 Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security
13 Administration payments, the Department of Healthcare and
14 Family Services shall increase the per diem rate paid to those
15 facilities under this Article by an amount equal to the total
16 amount of the increase in Supplemental Security Income benefits
17 or Social Security Administration payments.
 
18     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4e new)
19     Sec. 5-5.4e. CILA; pass-through of SSI or Social Security
20 increase. For facilities licensed by the Department of Human
21 Services under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
22 Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which

 

 

SB2394 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 19734 DRJ 46101 b

1 there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental
2 Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration
3 payments, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
4 shall increase the per diem rate paid to those facilities under
5 this Article by an amount equal to the total amount of the
6 increase in Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social
7 Security Administration payments.
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.