HB1865 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1865

Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-26 new
405 ILCS 30/4.05 new

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code; provides that in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the per diem Medicaid rate by an amount equal to the increase for total Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments for intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled. Amends the Community Services Act; provides that in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the per diem Medicaid rate by an amount equal to the increase for total Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments to community providers of developmental disability, mental health, and alcohol and substance abuse services and supports. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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 5-26 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-26 new)

Sec. 5-26. Pass-through of SSI or Social Security increase. In any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the per diem Medicaid rate by an amount equal to the increase for total Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments for intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled.

Section 10. The Community Services Act is amended by adding Section 4.05 as follows:

(405 ILCS 30/4.05 new)

Sec. 4.05. Pass-through of SSI or Social Security increase. In any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the per diem Medicaid rate by an amount equal to the increase for total Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments to community providers of developmental disability, mental health, and alcohol and substance abuse services and supports.

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