98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0751

 

Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5B-2  from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning long-term care provider assessments.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 5B-2 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5B-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2)
7    Sec. 5B-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.
8    (a) For the the privilege of engaging in the occupation of
9long-term care provider, beginning July 1, 2011 an assessment
10is imposed upon each long-term care provider in an amount equal
11to $6.07 times the number of occupied bed days due and payable
12each month. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to
13the contrary, this assessment shall be construed as a tax, but
14shall not be billed or passed on to any resident of a nursing
15home operated by the nursing home provider.
16    (b) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1992 shall be
17construed to authorize any home rule unit or other unit of
18local government to license for revenue or impose a tax or
19assessment upon long-term care providers or the occupation of
20long-term care provider, or a tax or assessment measured by the
21income or earnings or occupied bed days of a long-term care
22provider.
23    (c) The assessment imposed by this Section shall not be due

 

 

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1and payable, however, until after the Department notifies the
2long-term care providers, in writing, that the payment
3methodologies to long-term care providers required under
4Section 5-5.4 of this Code have been approved by the Centers
5for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the U.S. Department of
6Health and Human Services and the waivers under 42 CFR 433.68
7for the assessment imposed by this Section, if necessary, have
8been granted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
9of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1530, eff. 2-16-11; 97-10, eff. 6-14-11;
1197-584, eff. 8-26-11.)