Full Text of HB5019 95th General Assembly
HB5019ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Human Services Committee
Filed: 3/12/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5019
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5019 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 |
| "Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is | 5 |
| amended by adding Section 65 as follows: | 6 |
| (215 ILCS 106/65 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 65. Fee schedule. Beginning on January 1, 2009, | 8 |
| reimbursement for any physician service must not be lower than | 9 |
| Medicare reimbursement in accordance with the Medicare payment | 10 |
| localities for Illinois. Reimbursement rules and policies | 11 |
| shall not be more restrictive than Medicare physician payment | 12 |
| rules and policies. Payment for services must be made within 30 | 13 |
| days after receipt of a bill or claim for payment in accordance | 14 |
| with Section 368a of the Illinois Insurance Code. | 15 |
| Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | 16 |
| exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under |
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| the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | 2 |
| promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | 3 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | 4 |
| Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 5 |
| enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 6 |
| General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | 7 |
| Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | 8 |
| Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | 9 |
| Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | 10 |
| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | 11 |
| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | 12 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | 13 |
| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | 14 |
| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | 15 |
| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | 16 |
| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | 17 |
| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | 18 |
| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | 19 |
| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | 20 |
| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | 21 |
| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 22 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor. | 23 |
| Section 10. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is | 24 |
| amended by adding Section 52.5 as follows: |
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| (215 ILCS 170/52.5 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 52.5. Fee schedule. Beginning on January 1, 2009, the | 3 |
| physician fee schedule for the Covering ALL KIDS Insurance | 4 |
| Program for any physician service must not be lower than | 5 |
| Medicare reimbursement in accordance with the Medicare payment | 6 |
| localities for Illinois. Reimbursement rules and policies | 7 |
| shall not be more restrictive than Medicare physician payment | 8 |
| rules and policies. Payment for services must be made within 30 | 9 |
| days after receipt of a bill or claim for payment in accordance | 10 |
| with Section 368a of the Illinois Insurance Code. | 11 |
| Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | 12 |
| exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | 13 |
| the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | 14 |
| promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | 15 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | 16 |
| Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 17 |
| enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 18 |
| General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | 19 |
| Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | 20 |
| Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | 21 |
| Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | 22 |
| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | 23 |
| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | 24 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | 25 |
| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | 26 |
| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise |
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| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | 2 |
| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | 3 |
| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | 4 |
| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | 5 |
| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | 6 |
| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | 7 |
| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 8 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor. | 9 |
| Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 10 |
| adding Section 5-5.05 as follows: | 11 |
| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.05 new) | 12 |
| Sec. 5-5.05. Fee schedule. Notwithstanding any other | 13 |
| provision of this Article, beginning on January 1, 2009, | 14 |
| reimbursement for any physician service must not be lower than | 15 |
| Medicare reimbursement in accordance with the Medicare payment | 16 |
| localities for Illinois. Reimbursement rules and policies | 17 |
| shall not be more restrictive than Medicare physician payment | 18 |
| rules and policies. Payment for services must be made within 30 | 19 |
| days after receipt of a bill or claim or payment in accordance | 20 |
| with Section 368a of the Illinois Insurance Code. | 21 |
| Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | 22 |
| exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | 23 |
| the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | 24 |
| promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | 2 |
| Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 3 |
| enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 4 |
| General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | 5 |
| Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | 6 |
| Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | 7 |
| Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | 8 |
| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | 9 |
| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | 10 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | 11 |
| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | 12 |
| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | 13 |
| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | 14 |
| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | 15 |
| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | 16 |
| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | 17 |
| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | 18 |
| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | 19 |
| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 20 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.".
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