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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4300 Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 305 ILCS 5/5B-2 | from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2 |
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Amends the Long-Term Care Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2014 an additional assessment is imposed upon each long-term care provider in an amount equal to $1.00 times the number of occupied bed days due and payable each month, which shall be deposited into the Long Term Care Ombudsman Fund. Provides that these assessments shall each be construed as a tax, but shall not be billed or passed on to any resident of a nursing home operated by the nursing home provider (rather than this assessment shall be construed as a tax, but shall not be billed or passed on to any resident of a nursing home operated by the nursing home provider). Effective immediately.
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| | HB4300 | | LRB098 18019 KTG 53147 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 5B-2 as follows:
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6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5B-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2)
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7 | | Sec. 5B-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
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8 | | (a) For the privilege of engaging in the occupation of |
9 | | long-term care
provider, beginning July 1, 2011 an assessment |
10 | | is imposed upon each long-term care provider in an amount equal |
11 | | to $6.07 times the number of occupied bed days due and payable |
12 | | each month. Beginning July 1, 2014 an additional assessment is |
13 | | imposed upon each long-term care provider in an amount equal to |
14 | | $1.00 times the number of occupied bed days due and payable |
15 | | each month, which shall be deposited into the Long Term Care |
16 | | Ombudsman Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act |
17 | | to the
contrary, these assessments this assessment shall each |
18 | | be construed as a tax, but shall not be billed or passed on to |
19 | | any resident of a nursing home operated by the nursing home |
20 | | provider.
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21 | | (b) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1992 shall be |
22 | | construed to
authorize any home rule unit or other unit of |
23 | | local government to license
for revenue or impose a tax or |