HB1908 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1908

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-30.15 new

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if a Medicaid enrollee of a managed care organization is referred by his or her primary care provider to another provider who was on the in-network referral list provided by the managed care organization for a medical service, the managed care organization must cover the medical service from that provider if it was a covered service on the date of referral.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 5-30.15 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-30.15 new)

Sec. 5-30.15. Guaranteed coverage for referral services; managed care. If a Medicaid enrollee of a managed care organization is referred by his or her primary care provider to another provider who was on the in-network referral list provided by the managed care organization for a medical service, the managed care organization must cover the medical service from that provider if it was a covered service on the date of referral.