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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
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 Section 12-4.37 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/12-4.37 new)
7     Sec. 12-4.37. Children's Healthcare Partnership Pilot
8 Program.
9     (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in
10 cooperation with the Department of Human Services, shall
11 establish a Children's Healthcare Partnership Pilot Program in
12 Sangamon County to fund the provision of various health care
13 services by a single provider, or a group of providers that
14 have entered into an agreement for that purpose, at a single
15 location in the county. Services covered under the pilot
16 program shall include, but need not be limited to, family
17 practice, pediatric, nursing (including advanced practice
18 nursing), psychiatric, dental, and vision services. The
19 Departments shall fund the provision of all services provided
20 under the pilot program using a rate structure that is
21 cost-based. To be selected by the Departments as the provider
22 of health care services under the pilot program, a provider or
23 group of providers must serve a disproportionate share of

 

 

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1 low-income or indigent patients, including recipients of
2 medical assistance under Article V of this Code. The
3 Departments shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this
4 Section.
5     (b) Implementation of this Section is contingent on federal
6 approval. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
7 shall take appropriate action by January 1, 2010 to seek
8 federal approval.
9     (c) This Section is inoperative if the provider of health
10 care services under the pilot program receives designation as a
11 Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or FQHC Look-Alike.
 
12     Section 10. The Community Services Act is amended by adding
13 Section 4.6 as follows:
 
14     (405 ILCS 30/4.6 new)
15     Sec. 4.6. Children's Healthcare Partnership Pilot Program.
16 The Department of Human Services shall participate in the
17 Children's Healthcare Partnership Pilot Program established
18 under Section 12-4.37 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and may
19 fund the provision of community services under this Act in
20 Sangamon County through participation in that pilot program.
 
21     Section 15. The Community Support Systems Act is amended by
22 adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (405 ILCS 35/3.5 new)
2     Sec. 3.5. Children's Healthcare Partnership Pilot Program.
3 The Department of Human Services shall participate in the
4 Children's Healthcare Partnership Pilot Program established
5 under Section 12-4.37 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and may
6 fund the provision of community support system services under
7 this Act in Sangamon County through participation in that pilot
8 program.
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.