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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. LRB9002113KDsb LRB9002113KDsb 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, "goods22or services furnished to the State" do not include medical23assistance provided to public aid recipients and reimbursed24from State funds under Articles V, VI, and XII of the25Illinois 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 -2- LRB9002113KDsb 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.)