305 ILCS 5/ Illinois Public Aid Code.

(305 ILCS 5/Art. V-C heading) ARTICLE V-C. CARE PROVIDER FUNDING FOR PERSONS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

(305 ILCS 5/5C-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5C-1)

Sec. 5C-1. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise:

"Fund" means the Care Provider Fund for Persons with a Developmental Disability.

"Care facility for persons with a developmental disability" means an intermediate care facility for the intellectually disabled within the meaning of Title XIX of the Social Security Act, whether public or private and whether organized for profit or not-for-profit, but shall not include any facility operated by the State.

"Care provider for persons with a developmental disability" means a person conducting, operating, or maintaining a facility for persons with a developmental disability. For this purpose, "person" means any political subdivision of the State, municipal corporation, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock association, or trust, or a receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed by order of any court.

"Adjusted gross developmentally disabled care revenue" shall be computed separately for each facility for persons with a developmental disability conducted, operated, or maintained by a care provider for persons with a developmental disability, and means the total revenue of the care provider for persons with a developmental disability for inpatient residential services less contractual allowances and discounts on patients' accounts, but does not include non-patient revenue from sources such as contributions, donations or bequests, investments, day training services, television and telephone service, and rental of facility space.

"Long-term care facility for persons under 22 years of age serving clinically complex residents" means a facility licensed by the Department of Public Health as a long-term care facility for persons under 22 meeting the qualifications of Section 5-5.4h of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-651, eff. 6-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

(305 ILCS 5/5C-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5C-2)

Sec. 5C-2. Assessment; no local authorization to tax.

(a) For the privilege of engaging in the occupation of care provider for persons with a developmental disability, an assessment is imposed upon each care provider for persons with a developmental disability in an amount equal to 6%, or the maximum allowed under federal regulation, whichever is less, of its adjusted gross developmentally disabled care revenue for the prior State fiscal year. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to the contrary, this assessment shall be construed as a tax, but may not be added to the charges of an individual's nursing home care that is paid for in whole, or in part, by a federal, State, or combined federal-state medical care program, except those individuals receiving Medicare Part B benefits solely.

(b) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be construed to authorize any home rule unit or other unit of local government to license for revenue or impose a tax or assessment upon a care provider for persons with a developmental disability or the occupation of care provider for persons with a developmental disability, or a tax or assessment measured by the income or earnings of a care provider for persons with a developmental disability.

(c) Effective July 1, 2013, for the privilege of engaging in the occupation of long-term care facility for persons under 22 years of age serving clinically complex residents provider, an assessment is imposed upon each long-term care facility for persons under 22 years of age serving clinically complex residents provider in the same amount and upon the same conditions and requirements as imposed in Article V-B of this Code and a license fee is imposed in the same amount and upon the same conditions and requirements as imposed in Article V-E of this Code. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to the contrary, the assessment and license fee imposed by this subsection (c) shall be construed as a tax, but may not be added to the charges of an individual's nursing home care that is paid for in whole, or in part, by a federal, State, or combined federal-State medical care program, except for those individuals receiving Medicare Part B benefits solely.

(Source: P.A. 98-651, eff. 6-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

(305 ILCS 5/5C-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5C-3)

Sec. 5C-3. Payment of assessment; penalty.

(a) The assessment imposed by Section 5C-2 for a State fiscal year shall be due and payable in quarterly installments, each equalling one-fourth of the assessment for the year, on September 30, December 31, March 31, and May 31 of the year.

(b) The Illinois Department is authorized to establish delayed payment schedules for care providers for persons with a developmental disability that are unable to make installment payments when due under this Section due to financial difficulties, as determined by the Illinois Department.

(c) If a care provider for persons with a developmental disability fails to pay the full amount of an installment when due (including any extensions granted under subsection (b)), there shall, unless waived by the Illinois Department for reasonable cause, be added to the assessment imposed by Section 5C-2 for the State fiscal year a penalty assessment equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the amount of the installment not paid on or before the due date plus 5% of the portion thereof remaining unpaid on the last day of each month thereafter or (ii) 100% of the installment amount not paid on or before the due date. For purposes of this subsection, payments will be credited first to unpaid installment amounts (rather than to penalty or interest), beginning with the most delinquent installments.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

(305 ILCS 5/5C-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5C-4)

Sec. 5C-4. Reporting; penalty; maintenance of records.

(a) After June 30 of each State fiscal year, and on or before September 30 of the succeeding State fiscal year, every care provider for persons with a developmental disability subject to assessment under this Article shall file a return with the Illinois Department. The return shall report the adjusted gross developmentally disabled care revenue from the State fiscal year just ended and shall be utilized by the Illinois Department to calculate the assessment for the State fiscal year commencing on the preceding July 1. The return shall be on a form prepared by the Illinois Department and shall state the following:

(1) The name of the care provider for persons with a developmental disability.

(2) The address of the care provider's principal place of business from which the provider engages in the occupation of care provider for persons with a developmental disability in this State, and the name and address of all care facilities for persons with a developmental disability operated or maintained by the provider in this State.

(3) The adjusted gross developmentally disabled care revenue for the State fiscal year just ended, the amount of assessment imposed under Section 5C-2 for the State fiscal year for which the return is filed, and the amount of each quarterly installment to be paid during the State fiscal year.

(4) The amount of penalty due, if any.

(5) Other reasonable information the Illinois Department requires.

(b) If a care provider for persons with a developmental disability operates or maintains more than one care facility for persons with a developmental disability in this State, the provider may not file a single return covering all those care facilities for persons with a developmental disability, but shall file a separate return for each care facility for persons with a developmental disability and shall compute and pay the assessment for each care facility for persons with a developmental disability separately.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article, a person who ceases to conduct, operate, or maintain a care facility for persons with a developmental disability in respect of which the person is subject to assessment under this Article as a care provider for persons with a developmental disability, the assessment for the State fiscal year in which the cessation occurs shall be adjusted by multiplying the assessment computed under Section 5C-2 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the year during which the provider conducts, operates, or maintains the care facility for persons with a developmental disability and the denominator of which is 12. The person shall file a final, amended return with the Illinois Department not more than 90 days after the cessation reflecting the adjustment and shall pay with the final return the assessment for the year as so adjusted (to the extent not previously paid).

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a provider who commences conducting, operating, or maintaining a care facility for persons with a developmental disability shall file an initial return for the State fiscal year in which the commencement occurs within 90 days thereafter and shall pay the assessment computed under Section 5C-2 and subsection (e) in equal installments on the due date of the return and on the regular installment due dates for the State fiscal year occurring after the due date of the initial return.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, in the case of a care provider for persons with a developmental disability that did not conduct, operate, or maintain a care facility for persons with a developmental disability throughout the prior State fiscal year, the assessment for that State fiscal year shall be computed on the basis of hypothetical adjusted gross developmentally disabled care revenue for the prior year as determined by rules adopted by the Illinois Department (which may be based on annualization of the provider's actual revenues for a portion of the State fiscal year, or revenues of a comparable facility for such year, including revenues realized by a prior provider from the same facility during such year).

(f) In the case of a care provider for persons with a developmental disability existing as a corporation or legal entity other than an individual, the return filed by it shall be signed by its president, vice-president, secretary, or treasurer or by its properly authorized agent.

(g) If a care provider for persons with a developmental disability fails to file its return for a State fiscal year on or before the due date of the return, there shall, unless waived by the Illinois Department for reasonable cause, be added to the assessment imposed by Section 5C-2 for the State fiscal year a penalty assessment equal to 25% of the assessment imposed for the year.

(h) Every care provider for persons with a developmental disability subject to assessment under this Article shall keep records and books that will permit the determination of adjusted gross developmentally disabled care revenue on a State fiscal year basis. All such books and records shall be kept in the English language and shall, at all times during business hours of the day, be subject to inspection by the Illinois Department or its duly authorized agents and employees.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)