Bill Amendment: IL SB1707 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: MEDICAL CANNABIS PILOT PROGRAM
Status: 2018-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1024 [SB1707 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1707-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: MEDICAL CANNABIS PILOT PROGRAM
Status: 2018-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1024 [SB1707 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1707-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1707
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1707 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 5-30.6 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-30.6 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5-30.6. Purchase of care contracts; | ||||||
8 | provider-sponsored, not-for-profit managed care organizations. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section, "provider-sponsored, | ||||||
10 | not-for-profit managed care organization" means any | ||||||
11 | non-governmental not-for-profit, hospital-sponsored, managed | ||||||
12 | care organization that has provided services to the State of | ||||||
13 | Illinois for at least 10 years. | ||||||
14 | (b) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the | ||||||
15 | State of Illinois to encourage the Department to utilize | ||||||
16 | provider-sponsored, not-for-profit managed care organizations |
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1 | and minority-owned managed care organizations serving | ||||||
2 | lower-income and minority populations for the provision of | ||||||
3 | health care services for the Department's Medicaid Managed Care | ||||||
4 | Program and to take affirmative steps to remove any barriers | ||||||
5 | for the full participation of such managed care organizations | ||||||
6 | in opportunities afforded by the Department. | ||||||
7 | (c) In any procurement and resulting award for health care | ||||||
8 | services or any purchase of care, any provider-sponsored, | ||||||
9 | not-for-profit managed care organization or minority-owned | ||||||
10 | managed care organization providing health care services in | ||||||
11 | Cook County under an existing contract with the Department at | ||||||
12 | the time the procurement is initiated is exempt from fulfilling | ||||||
13 | any formal procurement requirements and is allowed to continue | ||||||
14 | providing such services. Notwithstanding any procurement and | ||||||
15 | resulting award for health care services or any purchase of | ||||||
16 | care, the Department is prohibited from terminating any | ||||||
17 | existing contract between the Department and any | ||||||
18 | provider-sponsored, not-for-profit managed care organization | ||||||
19 | or minority-owned managed care organization then providing | ||||||
20 | health care services in Cook County under an existing contract, | ||||||
21 | and any renewal thereof, with the Department for any reason in | ||||||
22 | the absence of a material breach to the then existing contract | ||||||
23 | and any renewal thereof. Additionally, the Department shall | ||||||
24 | take all necessary steps to ensure that the enrollment with | ||||||
25 | each such managed care organization in Cook County shall not be | ||||||
26 | diminished by any action of the Department. |
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1 | (d) This Section applies to any procurement conducted after | ||||||
2 | the enactment of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
3 | Assembly and to any procurement conducted prior to the | ||||||
4 | enactment of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly | ||||||
5 | that seeks to award or has awarded contracts during fiscal year | ||||||
6 | 2018.
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.".
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