HB2159 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2159

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Margaret Croke

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-47 new

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt policies and rates for long-acting reversible contraception by January 1, 2024 to ensure that reimbursement is not less than actual acquisition cost. Requires the Department to submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purposes of implementing such policies and rates. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 5-47 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-47 new)

Sec. 5-47. Long-acting reversible contraception. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt policies and rates for long-acting reversible contraception by January 1, 2024 to ensure that reimbursement is not less than actual acquisition cost. The Department shall submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purposes of implementing such policies and rates.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.