Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

Filed: 3/5/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 616

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 616 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 540/1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
7     Sec. 1. This Act applies to any State official or agency
8 authorized to provide for payment from State funds, by virtue
9 of any appropriation of the General Assembly, for goods or
10 services furnished to the State.
11     For purposes of this Act, "goods or services furnished to
12 the State" include but are not limited to (i) covered health
13 care provided to eligible members and their covered dependents
14 in accordance with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of
15 1971, including coverage through a physician-owned health
16 maintenance organization under Section 6.1 of that Act, and

 

 

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1 (ii) goods and services furnished by a qualified provider. For
2 the purposes of this Section, "qualified provider" means an
3 organization that provides non-residential services for the
4 elderly or for the prevention, intervention, or treatment of
5 mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism, or
6 substance abuse. A "qualified provider" also includes an entity
7 licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
8 Licensure and Certification Act. A "qualified provider" does
9 not include a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing
10 Act or a local governmental unit or university.
11     For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official
12 or agency" is defined as the Director or Chief Executive or his
13 designee of that State agency or department or facility of such
14 agency or department. With respect to covered health care
15 provided to eligible members and their dependents in accordance
16 with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971,
17 "appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
18 administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
19     As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who
20 is eligible for health benefits under the State Employees Group
21 Insurance Act of 1971, and "member" and "dependent" have the
22 meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
23     As used in this Act, "a proper bill or invoice" means a
24 bill or invoice that includes the information necessary for
25 processing the payment as may be specified by a State agency
26 and in rules adopted in accordance with this Act.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 91-266, eff. 7-23-99; 92-384, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.".