Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 4/9/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2531

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2531 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 5-5.21 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.21)
7     Sec. 5-5.21. Reimbursement methodology. The Department
8 shall form a workgroup comprised of representatives of the
9 Department, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and
10 members of the long-term care provider community to implement a
11 reimbursement methodology based upon the federally mandated
12 resident assessment instrument. No later than January 1, 1997,
13 the Illinois Department in conjunction with the work group will
14 recommend to the Governor a methodology for determining payment
15 rates for services in nursing facilities based upon the
16 federally mandated resident assessment instrument. No later

 

 

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1 than June 30, 1997, the Illinois Department shall implement a
2 methodology for determining payment rates for services in
3 nursing facilities based upon federal requirements. On January
4 15, 2009 and every January 15 thereafter, the Illinois
5 Department shall notify the Governor and the General Assembly
6 of the status of the full implementation of the Minimum Data
7 Set (MDS) reimbursement methodology and the cost report year on
8 which the current support component of the reimbursement rate
9 is based.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-415, eff. 1-1-96.)".