HB6434ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robert Rita

Filed: 3/10/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6434

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6434 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 5-5.8a-1 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-5.8a-1 new)

Sec. 5-5.8a-1. Long-term care disproportionate share adjustment. The Department shall establish a payment adjustment program to aid long-term care facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health, under the Nursing Home Care Act, as skilled care or intermediate care facilities that serve a preponderance of Medicaid residents. The program shall be referred to as the Long-Term Care Disproportionate Share Adjustment Program. Long-term care facilities determined by the Department to qualify for the program shall receive an add-on adjustment to their nursing component rate, which shall be established by rule no later than December 31, 2010 and adjusted annually thereafter.

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