HB5269 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5269

Introduced 2/3/2010, by Rep. Harry Osterman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 40/15

from Ch. 23, par. 7100-15

Amends the Nursing Home Grant Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning fees.

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 Nursing Home Grant Assistance Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(305 ILCS 40/15) (from Ch. 23, par. 7100-15)

Sec. 15. Fee.

(a) A nursing home that that is a distribution agent under this Act shall file with the Department on or before the last day of September, December, March and June a certification disclosing the following information:

(1) the name of each eligible individual residing in the nursing home during one or more days of the quarter immediately preceding the quarter in which the certification is made;

(2) for each eligible individual, the eligible individual's annual income from all sources for the year immediately preceding the year in which the certification with respect to that individual is made;

(3) the total number of occupied bed days for each eligible individual residing in the nursing home during the quarter immediately preceding the quarter in which the certification is made;

(4) the total number of occupied bed days for the quarter immediately preceding the quarter in which the certification is made.

(b) A nursing home making a certification under this Act shall pay to the Department at the time of filing the certification with the Department a fee in the amount of $1 for each occupied bed day for the quarter immediately preceding the quarter in which the certification is made. The certification required by this Act may be made on forms provided by the Department for such purpose or in such form as substantially conforms to such requirements as the Department may provide by rule.

This fee may not be billed or passed on to any resident or third-party payor.

(Source: P.A. 87-863.)