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90_SB0268

      30 ILCS 540/1             from Ch. 127, par. 132.401
      30 ILCS 540/3-3           from Ch. 127, par. 132.403-3
          Amends the State Prompt Pay Act.  Provides  that  medical
      assistance  provided  to public aid recipients and reimbursed
      from State funds  under  Articles  V,  VI,  and  XII  of  the
      Illinois Public Aid Code is included within the definition of
      "goods  or  services  furnished to the State" for purposes of
      the Act.  Provides payment schedules for payments for clients
      of the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the State Prompt Payment Act by  changing
 2    Sections 1 and 3-3.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The State Prompt Payment Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Sections 1 and 3-3 as follows:
 7        (30 ILCS 540/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
 8        Sec. 1.  This Act applies to any State official or agency
 9    authorized to provide for payment from State funds, by virtue
10    of  any  appropriation  of the General Assembly, for goods or
11    services furnished to the State.
12        Except as provided in Section 2.1, for purposes  of  this
13    Act,  "goods  or services furnished to the State" include but
14    are not limited to medical assistance provided to public  aid
15    recipients on or after July 1, 1997 and reimbursed from State
16    funds  under  Articles  V, VI, and XII of the Illinois Public
17    Aid Code,  and  covered  health  care  provided  to  eligible
18    members  and  their covered dependents in accordance with the
19    State  Employees  Group  Insurance  Act  of  1971,  including
20    coverage  through  a   physician-owned   health   maintenance
21    organization  under  Section 6.1 of that Act; however, "goods
22    or services furnished to the State" do  not  include  medical
23    assistance  provided  to public aid recipients and reimbursed
24    from State funds  under  Articles  V,  VI,  and  XII  of  the
25    Illinois Public Aid Code.
26        For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official
27    or  agency"  is defined as the Director or Chief Executive or
28    his designee of that State agency or department  or  facility
29    of  such agency or department. With respect to covered health
30    care provided to eligible members  and  their  dependents  in
31    accordance  with  the  State Employees Group Insurance Act of
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 1    1971, "appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
 2    administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
 3        As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who
 4    is eligible for health benefits  under  the  State  Employees
 5    Group  Insurance  Act  of  1971, and "member" and "dependent"
 6    have the meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
 7    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-554,  eff.  7-26-94;  89-21,   eff.
 8    7-1-95.)
 9        (30 ILCS 540/3-3) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.403-3)
10        Sec.  3-3.  The  State  Comptroller and the Department of
11    Central Management Services shall  jointly  promulgate  rules
12    and  policies  to govern the uniform application of this Act.
13    These rules and policies shall include  procedures  and  time
14    frames  for  approving  a  bill  or invoice from a vendor for
15    goods or services furnished to the State. The  approval  date
16    for  payments to managed health care entities under Article V
17    of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall be the 5th day  of  the
18    month  in  which  the  client  is  an enrollee of the managed
19    health care entity.  The approval date for services  rendered
20    by long-term care facilities that provide services to clients
21    of  the  Illinois  Department of Public Aid shall be the 20th
22    day of the month following the calendar month of  service  in
23    which  care  was  provided  to an eligible client, except for
24    claims resulting from retroactive transactions.  These  rules
25    and  policies  shall be binding on all officials and agencies
26    under this Act's jurisdiction.  These rules and policies  may
27    be made effective no earlier than July 1, 1993.
28    (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)

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