Full Text of HB0489 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning deferred compensation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 24-102 and adding Section 24-104.2 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/24-102) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 24-102)
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| Sec. 24-102.
As used in this Article, "employee" means any | 8 |
| person,
including a person elected, appointed or under | 9 |
| contract, receiving
compensation from the State or a unit of | 10 |
| local government or school
district for personal services | 11 |
| rendered, including salaried persons. A health care provider | 12 |
| who elects to participate in the State Employees Deferred | 13 |
| Compensation Plan established under Section 24-104 of this Code | 14 |
| shall, for purposes of that participation, be deemed an | 15 |
| "employee" as defined in this Section.
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| As used in this Article, "health care provider" means a | 17 |
| dentist, physician, optometrist, pharmacist, or podiatrist | 18 |
| that participates and receives compensation as a provider under | 19 |
| the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health Insurance | 20 |
| Act, or the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. | 21 |
| As used in this Article, "compensation" includes | 22 |
| compensation received
in a lump sum for accumulated unused | 23 |
| vacation, personal leave or sick leave , with the exception of |
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| health care providers. "Compensation" with respect to health | 2 |
| care providers is defined under the Illinois Public Aid Code, | 3 |
| the Children's Health Insurance Act, or the Covering ALL KIDS | 4 |
| Health Insurance Act .
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| Where applicable, in In no event shall the total of the | 6 |
| amount of deferred compensation of an
employee set aside in | 7 |
| relation to a particular year under the Illinois
State | 8 |
| Employees Deferred Compensation Plan and the employee's
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| nondeferred compensation for that year exceed the total annual | 10 |
| salary or
compensation under the existing salary schedule or | 11 |
| classification plan
applicable to such employee in such year; | 12 |
| except that any compensation
received in a lump sum for | 13 |
| accumulated unused vacation, personal leave or sick
leave shall | 14 |
| not be included in the calculation of such totals.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-878.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/24-104.2 new)
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| Sec. 24-104.2. Health care providers; tax-exempt status. | 18 |
| Health care providers may participate in the Illinois State | 19 |
| Employees Deferred Compensation Plan to the extent that the | 20 |
| health care providers' participation does not interfere with | 21 |
| the Plan's tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.
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| Section 10. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is | 23 |
| amended by adding Section 31 as follows: |
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| (215 ILCS 106/31 new)
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| Sec. 31. Health care provider participation in State | 3 |
| Employees Deferred Compensation Plan. Notwithstanding any | 4 |
| other provision of law, a health care provider who participates | 5 |
| under the Program may elect, in lieu of receiving direct | 6 |
| payment for services provided under the Program, to participate | 7 |
| in the State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan adopted under | 8 |
| Article 24 of the Illinois Pension Code. A health care provider | 9 |
| who elects to participate in the plan does not have a cause of | 10 |
| action against the State for any damages allegedly suffered by | 11 |
| the provider as a result of any delay by the State in crediting | 12 |
| the amount of any contribution to the provider's plan account. | 13 |
| Section 15. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is | 14 |
| amended by adding Section 41 as follows: | 15 |
| (215 ILCS 170/41 new)
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| Sec. 41. Health care provider participation in State | 17 |
| Employees Deferred Compensation Plan. Notwithstanding any | 18 |
| other provision of law, a health care provider who participates | 19 |
| under the Program may elect, in lieu of receiving direct | 20 |
| payment for services provided under the Program, to participate | 21 |
| in the State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan adopted under | 22 |
| Article 24 of the Illinois Pension Code. A health care provider | 23 |
| who elects to participate in the plan does not have a cause of | 24 |
| action against the State for any damages allegedly suffered by |
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| the provider as a result of any delay by the State in crediting | 2 |
| the amount of any contribution to the provider's plan account.
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| Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 4 |
| changing Section 5-5 as follows: | 5 |
| (305 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5) | 6 |
| Sec. 5-5. Medical services. The Illinois Department, by | 7 |
| rule, shall
determine the quantity and quality of and the rate | 8 |
| of reimbursement for the
medical assistance for which
payment | 9 |
| will be authorized, and the medical services to be provided,
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| which may include all or part of the following: (1) inpatient | 11 |
| hospital
services; (2) outpatient hospital services; (3) other | 12 |
| laboratory and
X-ray services; (4) skilled nursing home | 13 |
| services; (5) physicians'
services whether furnished in the | 14 |
| office, the patient's home, a
hospital, a skilled nursing home, | 15 |
| or elsewhere; (6) medical care, or any
other type of remedial | 16 |
| care furnished by licensed practitioners; (7)
home health care | 17 |
| services; (8) private duty nursing service; (9) clinic
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| services; (10) dental services, including prevention and | 19 |
| treatment of periodontal disease and dental caries disease for | 20 |
| pregnant women; (11) physical therapy and related
services; | 21 |
| (12) prescribed drugs, dentures, and prosthetic devices; and
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| eyeglasses prescribed by a physician skilled in the diseases of | 23 |
| the eye,
or by an optometrist, whichever the person may select; | 24 |
| (13) other
diagnostic, screening, preventive, and |
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| rehabilitative services; (14)
transportation and such other | 2 |
| expenses as may be necessary; (15) medical
treatment of sexual | 3 |
| assault survivors, as defined in
Section 1a of the Sexual | 4 |
| Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, for
injuries | 5 |
| sustained as a result of the sexual assault, including
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| examinations and laboratory tests to discover evidence which | 7 |
| may be used in
criminal proceedings arising from the sexual | 8 |
| assault; (16) the
diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell | 9 |
| anemia; and (17)
any other medical care, and any other type of | 10 |
| remedial care recognized
under the laws of this State, but not | 11 |
| including abortions, or induced
miscarriages or premature | 12 |
| births, unless, in the opinion of a physician,
such procedures | 13 |
| are necessary for the preservation of the life of the
woman | 14 |
| seeking such treatment, or except an induced premature birth
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| intended to produce a live viable child and such procedure is | 16 |
| necessary
for the health of the mother or her unborn child. The | 17 |
| Illinois Department,
by rule, shall prohibit any physician from | 18 |
| providing medical assistance
to anyone eligible therefor under | 19 |
| this Code where such physician has been
found guilty of | 20 |
| performing an abortion procedure in a wilful and wanton
manner | 21 |
| upon a woman who was not pregnant at the time such abortion
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| procedure was performed. The term "any other type of remedial | 23 |
| care" shall
include nursing care and nursing home service for | 24 |
| persons who rely on
treatment by spiritual means alone through | 25 |
| prayer for healing.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a |
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| comprehensive
tobacco use cessation program that includes | 2 |
| purchasing prescription drugs or
prescription medical devices | 3 |
| approved by the Food and Drug administration shall
be covered | 4 |
| under the medical assistance
program under this Article for | 5 |
| persons who are otherwise eligible for
assistance under this | 6 |
| Article.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the | 8 |
| Illinois
Department may not require, as a condition of payment | 9 |
| for any laboratory
test authorized under this Article, that a | 10 |
| physician's handwritten signature
appear on the laboratory | 11 |
| test order form. The Illinois Department may,
however, impose | 12 |
| other appropriate requirements regarding laboratory test
order | 13 |
| documentation.
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| The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | 15 |
| provide the following services to
persons
eligible for | 16 |
| assistance under this Article who are participating in
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| education, training or employment programs operated by the | 18 |
| Department of Human
Services as successor to the Department of | 19 |
| Public Aid:
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| (1) dental services, which shall include but not be | 21 |
| limited to
prosthodontics; and
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| (2) eyeglasses prescribed by a physician skilled in the | 23 |
| diseases of the
eye, or by an optometrist, whichever the | 24 |
| person may select.
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| The Illinois Department, by rule, may distinguish and | 26 |
| classify the
medical services to be provided only in accordance |
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| with the classes of
persons designated in Section 5-2.
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| The Department of Healthcare and Family Services must | 3 |
| provide coverage and reimbursement for amino acid-based | 4 |
| elemental formulas, regardless of delivery method, for the | 5 |
| diagnosis and treatment of (i) eosinophilic disorders and (ii) | 6 |
| short bowel syndrome when the prescribing physician has issued | 7 |
| a written order stating that the amino acid-based elemental | 8 |
| formula is medically necessary.
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| The Illinois Department shall authorize the provision of, | 10 |
| and shall
authorize payment for, screening by low-dose | 11 |
| mammography for the presence of
occult breast cancer for women | 12 |
| 35 years of age or older who are eligible
for medical | 13 |
| assistance under this Article, as follows: | 14 |
| (A) A baseline
mammogram for women 35 to 39 years of | 15 |
| age.
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| (B) An annual mammogram for women 40 years of age or | 17 |
| older. | 18 |
| (C) A mammogram at the age and intervals considered | 19 |
| medically necessary by the woman's health care provider for | 20 |
| women under 40 years of age and having a family history of | 21 |
| breast cancer, prior personal history of breast cancer, | 22 |
| positive genetic testing, or other risk factors. | 23 |
| (D) A comprehensive ultrasound screening of an entire | 24 |
| breast or breasts if a mammogram demonstrates | 25 |
| heterogeneous or dense breast tissue, when medically | 26 |
| necessary as determined by a physician licensed to practice |
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| medicine in all of its branches. | 2 |
| All screenings
shall
include a physical breast exam, | 3 |
| instruction on self-examination and
information regarding the | 4 |
| frequency of self-examination and its value as a
preventative | 5 |
| tool. For purposes of this Section, "low-dose mammography" | 6 |
| means
the x-ray examination of the breast using equipment | 7 |
| dedicated specifically
for mammography, including the x-ray | 8 |
| tube, filter, compression device,
and image receptor, with an | 9 |
| average radiation exposure delivery
of less than one rad per | 10 |
| breast for 2 views of an average size breast. The term also | 11 |
| includes digital mammography.
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| On and after July 1, 2008, screening and diagnostic | 13 |
| mammography shall be reimbursed at the same rate as the | 14 |
| Medicare program's rates, including the increased | 15 |
| reimbursement for digital mammography. | 16 |
| The Department shall convene an expert panel including | 17 |
| representatives of hospitals, free-standing mammography | 18 |
| facilities, and doctors, including radiologists, to establish | 19 |
| quality standards. Based on these quality standards, the | 20 |
| Department shall provide for bonus payments to mammography | 21 |
| facilities meeting the standards for screening and diagnosis. | 22 |
| The bonus payments shall be at least 15% higher than the | 23 |
| Medicare rates for mammography. | 24 |
| Subject to federal approval, the Department shall | 25 |
| establish a rate methodology for mammography at federally | 26 |
| qualified health centers and other encounter-rate clinics. |
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| These clinics or centers may also collaborate with other | 2 |
| hospital-based mammography facilities. | 3 |
| The Department shall establish a methodology to remind | 4 |
| women who are age-appropriate for screening mammography, but | 5 |
| who have not received a mammogram within the previous 18 | 6 |
| months, of the importance and benefit of screening mammography. | 7 |
| The Department shall establish a performance goal for | 8 |
| primary care providers with respect to their female patients | 9 |
| over age 40 receiving an annual mammogram. This performance | 10 |
| goal shall be used to provide additional reimbursement in the | 11 |
| form of a quality performance bonus to primary care providers | 12 |
| who meet that goal. | 13 |
| The Department shall devise a means of case-managing or | 14 |
| patient navigation for beneficiaries diagnosed with breast | 15 |
| cancer. This program shall initially operate as a pilot program | 16 |
| in areas of the State with the highest incidence of mortality | 17 |
| related to breast cancer. At least one pilot program site shall | 18 |
| be in the metropolitan Chicago area and at least one site shall | 19 |
| be outside the metropolitan Chicago area. An evaluation of the | 20 |
| pilot program shall be carried out measuring health outcomes | 21 |
| and cost of care for those served by the pilot program compared | 22 |
| to similarly situated patients who are not served by the pilot | 23 |
| program. | 24 |
| Any medical or health care provider shall immediately | 25 |
| recommend, to
any pregnant woman who is being provided prenatal | 26 |
| services and is suspected
of drug abuse or is addicted as |
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| defined in the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse
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| Act, referral to a local substance abuse treatment provider
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| licensed by the Department of Human Services or to a licensed
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| hospital which provides substance abuse treatment services. | 5 |
| The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
shall assure | 6 |
| coverage for the cost of treatment of the drug abuse or
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| addiction for pregnant recipients in accordance with the | 8 |
| Illinois Medicaid
Program in conjunction with the Department of | 9 |
| Human Services.
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| All medical providers providing medical assistance to | 11 |
| pregnant women
under this Code shall receive information from | 12 |
| the Department on the
availability of services under the Drug | 13 |
| Free Families with a Future or any
comparable program providing | 14 |
| case management services for addicted women,
including | 15 |
| information on appropriate referrals for other social services
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| that may be needed by addicted women in addition to treatment | 17 |
| for addiction.
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| The Illinois Department, in cooperation with the | 19 |
| Departments of Human
Services (as successor to the Department | 20 |
| of Alcoholism and Substance
Abuse) and Public Health, through a | 21 |
| public awareness campaign, may
provide information concerning | 22 |
| treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse and
addiction, prenatal | 23 |
| health care, and other pertinent programs directed at
reducing | 24 |
| the number of drug-affected infants born to recipients of | 25 |
| medical
assistance.
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| Neither the Department of Healthcare and Family Services |
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| nor the Department of Human
Services shall sanction the | 2 |
| recipient solely on the basis of
her substance abuse.
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| The Illinois Department shall establish such regulations | 4 |
| governing
the dispensing of health services under this Article | 5 |
| as it shall deem
appropriate. The Department
should
seek the | 6 |
| advice of formal professional advisory committees appointed by
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| the Director of the Illinois Department for the purpose of | 8 |
| providing regular
advice on policy and administrative matters, | 9 |
| information dissemination and
educational activities for | 10 |
| medical and health care providers, and
consistency in | 11 |
| procedures to the Illinois Department.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health care | 13 |
| provider under the medical assistance program may elect, in | 14 |
| lieu of receiving direct payment for services provided under | 15 |
| that program, to participate in the State Employees Deferred | 16 |
| Compensation Plan adopted under Article 24 of the Illinois | 17 |
| Pension Code. A health care provider who elects to participate | 18 |
| in the plan does not have a cause of action against the State | 19 |
| for any damages allegedly suffered by the provider as a result | 20 |
| of any delay by the State in crediting the amount of any | 21 |
| contribution to the provider's plan account. | 22 |
| The Illinois Department may develop and contract with | 23 |
| Partnerships of
medical providers to arrange medical services | 24 |
| for persons eligible under
Section 5-2 of this Code. | 25 |
| Implementation of this Section may be by
demonstration projects | 26 |
| in certain geographic areas. The Partnership shall
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| represented by a sponsor organization. The Department, by rule, | 2 |
| shall
develop qualifications for sponsors of Partnerships. | 3 |
| Nothing in this
Section shall be construed to require that the | 4 |
| sponsor organization be a
medical organization.
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| The sponsor must negotiate formal written contracts with | 6 |
| medical
providers for physician services, inpatient and | 7 |
| outpatient hospital care,
home health services, treatment for | 8 |
| alcoholism and substance abuse, and
other services determined | 9 |
| necessary by the Illinois Department by rule for
delivery by | 10 |
| Partnerships. Physician services must include prenatal and
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| obstetrical care. The Illinois Department shall reimburse | 12 |
| medical services
delivered by Partnership providers to clients | 13 |
| in target areas according to
provisions of this Article and the | 14 |
| Illinois Health Finance Reform Act,
except that:
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| (1) Physicians participating in a Partnership and | 16 |
| providing certain
services, which shall be determined by | 17 |
| the Illinois Department, to persons
in areas covered by the | 18 |
| Partnership may receive an additional surcharge
for such | 19 |
| services.
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| (2) The Department may elect to consider and negotiate | 21 |
| financial
incentives to encourage the development of | 22 |
| Partnerships and the efficient
delivery of medical care.
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| (3) Persons receiving medical services through | 24 |
| Partnerships may receive
medical and case management | 25 |
| services above the level usually offered
through the | 26 |
| medical assistance program.
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| Medical providers shall be required to meet certain | 2 |
| qualifications to
participate in Partnerships to ensure the | 3 |
| delivery of high quality medical
services. These | 4 |
| qualifications shall be determined by rule of the Illinois
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| Department and may be higher than qualifications for | 6 |
| participation in the
medical assistance program. Partnership | 7 |
| sponsors may prescribe reasonable
additional qualifications | 8 |
| for participation by medical providers, only with
the prior | 9 |
| written approval of the Illinois Department.
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| Nothing in this Section shall limit the free choice of | 11 |
| practitioners,
hospitals, and other providers of medical | 12 |
| services by clients.
In order to ensure patient freedom of | 13 |
| choice, the Illinois Department shall
immediately promulgate | 14 |
| all rules and take all other necessary actions so that
provided | 15 |
| services may be accessed from therapeutically certified | 16 |
| optometrists
to the full extent of the Illinois Optometric | 17 |
| Practice Act of 1987 without
discriminating between service | 18 |
| providers.
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| The Department shall apply for a waiver from the United | 20 |
| States Health
Care Financing Administration to allow for the | 21 |
| implementation of
Partnerships under this Section.
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| The Illinois Department shall require health care | 23 |
| providers to maintain
records that document the medical care | 24 |
| and services provided to recipients
of Medical Assistance under | 25 |
| this Article. The Illinois Department shall
require health care | 26 |
| providers to make available, when authorized by the
patient, in |
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| writing, the medical records in a timely fashion to other
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| health care providers who are treating or serving persons | 3 |
| eligible for
Medical Assistance under this Article. All | 4 |
| dispensers of medical services
shall be required to maintain | 5 |
| and retain business and professional records
sufficient to | 6 |
| fully and accurately document the nature, scope, details and
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| receipt of the health care provided to persons eligible for | 8 |
| medical
assistance under this Code, in accordance with | 9 |
| regulations promulgated by
the Illinois Department. The rules | 10 |
| and regulations shall require that proof
of the receipt of | 11 |
| prescription drugs, dentures, prosthetic devices and
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| eyeglasses by eligible persons under this Section accompany | 13 |
| each claim
for reimbursement submitted by the dispenser of such | 14 |
| medical services.
No such claims for reimbursement shall be | 15 |
| approved for payment by the Illinois
Department without such | 16 |
| proof of receipt, unless the Illinois Department
shall have put | 17 |
| into effect and shall be operating a system of post-payment
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| audit and review which shall, on a sampling basis, be deemed | 19 |
| adequate by
the Illinois Department to assure that such drugs, | 20 |
| dentures, prosthetic
devices and eyeglasses for which payment | 21 |
| is being made are actually being
received by eligible | 22 |
| recipients. Within 90 days after the effective date of
this | 23 |
| amendatory Act of 1984, the Illinois Department shall establish | 24 |
| a
current list of acquisition costs for all prosthetic devices | 25 |
| and any
other items recognized as medical equipment and | 26 |
| supplies reimbursable under
this Article and shall update such |
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| list on a quarterly basis, except that
the acquisition costs of | 2 |
| all prescription drugs shall be updated no
less frequently than | 3 |
| every 30 days as required by Section 5-5.12.
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| The rules and regulations of the Illinois Department shall | 5 |
| require
that a written statement including the required opinion | 6 |
| of a physician
shall accompany any claim for reimbursement for | 7 |
| abortions, or induced
miscarriages or premature births. This | 8 |
| statement shall indicate what
procedures were used in providing | 9 |
| such medical services.
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| The Illinois Department shall require all dispensers of | 11 |
| medical
services, other than an individual practitioner or | 12 |
| group of practitioners,
desiring to participate in the Medical | 13 |
| Assistance program
established under this Article to disclose | 14 |
| all financial, beneficial,
ownership, equity, surety or other | 15 |
| interests in any and all firms,
corporations, partnerships, | 16 |
| associations, business enterprises, joint
ventures, agencies, | 17 |
| institutions or other legal entities providing any
form of | 18 |
| health care services in this State under this Article.
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| The Illinois Department may require that all dispensers of | 20 |
| medical
services desiring to participate in the medical | 21 |
| assistance program
established under this Article disclose, | 22 |
| under such terms and conditions as
the Illinois Department may | 23 |
| by rule establish, all inquiries from clients
and attorneys | 24 |
| regarding medical bills paid by the Illinois Department, which
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| inquiries could indicate potential existence of claims or liens | 26 |
| for the
Illinois Department.
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| Enrollment of a vendor that provides non-emergency medical | 2 |
| transportation,
defined by the Department by rule,
shall be
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| conditional for 180 days. During that time, the Department of | 4 |
| Healthcare and Family Services may
terminate the vendor's | 5 |
| eligibility to participate in the medical assistance
program | 6 |
| without cause. That termination of eligibility is not subject | 7 |
| to the
Department's hearing process.
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| The Illinois Department shall establish policies, | 9 |
| procedures,
standards and criteria by rule for the acquisition, | 10 |
| repair and replacement
of orthotic and prosthetic devices and | 11 |
| durable medical equipment. Such
rules shall provide, but not be | 12 |
| limited to, the following services: (1)
immediate repair or | 13 |
| replacement of such devices by recipients without
medical | 14 |
| authorization; and (2) rental, lease, purchase or | 15 |
| lease-purchase of
durable medical equipment in a | 16 |
| cost-effective manner, taking into
consideration the | 17 |
| recipient's medical prognosis, the extent of the
recipient's | 18 |
| needs, and the requirements and costs for maintaining such
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| equipment. Such rules shall enable a recipient to temporarily | 20 |
| acquire and
use alternative or substitute devices or equipment | 21 |
| pending repairs or
replacements of any device or equipment | 22 |
| previously authorized for such
recipient by the Department.
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| The Department shall execute, relative to the nursing home | 24 |
| prescreening
project, written inter-agency agreements with the | 25 |
| Department of Human
Services and the Department on Aging, to | 26 |
| effect the following: (i) intake
procedures and common |
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| eligibility criteria for those persons who are receiving
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| non-institutional services; and (ii) the establishment and | 3 |
| development of
non-institutional services in areas of the State | 4 |
| where they are not currently
available or are undeveloped.
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| The Illinois Department shall develop and operate, in | 6 |
| cooperation
with other State Departments and agencies and in | 7 |
| compliance with
applicable federal laws and regulations, | 8 |
| appropriate and effective
systems of health care evaluation and | 9 |
| programs for monitoring of
utilization of health care services | 10 |
| and facilities, as it affects
persons eligible for medical | 11 |
| assistance under this Code.
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| The Illinois Department shall report annually to the | 13 |
| General Assembly,
no later than the second Friday in April of | 14 |
| 1979 and each year
thereafter, in regard to:
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| (a) actual statistics and trends in utilization of | 16 |
| medical services by
public aid recipients;
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| (b) actual statistics and trends in the provision of | 18 |
| the various medical
services by medical vendors;
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| (c) current rate structures and proposed changes in | 20 |
| those rate structures
for the various medical vendors; and
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| (d) efforts at utilization review and control by the | 22 |
| Illinois Department.
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| The period covered by each report shall be the 3 years | 24 |
| ending on the June
30 prior to the report. The report shall | 25 |
| include suggested legislation
for consideration by the General | 26 |
| Assembly. The filing of one copy of the
report with the |
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| Speaker, one copy with the Minority Leader and one copy
with | 2 |
| the Clerk of the House of Representatives, one copy with the | 3 |
| President,
one copy with the Minority Leader and one copy with | 4 |
| the Secretary of the
Senate, one copy with the Legislative | 5 |
| Research Unit, and such additional
copies
with the State | 6 |
| Government Report Distribution Center for the General
Assembly | 7 |
| as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
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| Library Act shall be deemed sufficient to comply with this | 9 |
| Section.
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| Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of | 11 |
| the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules | 12 |
| being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois | 13 |
| Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of | 14 |
| the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule | 15 |
| not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-520, eff. 8-28-07; | 17 |
| 95-1045, eff. 3-27-09.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 19 |
| 2010.
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