Bill Text: IL HB1409 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adjust the Department's criteria for determining the appropriateness of non-emergency transportation by striking any reference to prohibiting approval of ground ambulance services when the sole purpose of the transport is for the navigation of stairs or the assisting or lifting of a patient at a medical facility or during a medical appointment. Provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly to permit ground ambulance reimbursement for lifting, moving, or navigating stairs when a recipient exhibits extenuating circumstances related to the social determinants of health which would make an otherwise non-eligible ground ambulance transport eligible for reimbursement. Provides that such extenuating circumstances may be established through the completion of a Physician Certification Statement. Requires the Department to establish a methodology for providing reimbursement for: (i) bariatric transports at an amount of one additional base rate for each additional 2 personnel necessary to safely move the patient; and (ii) specialty care transports to include transports originating or terminating at a residence and for intra-facility transports. Provides that, to increase access to non-emergency transportation services, the Department shall increase the base rate for medi-car and stretcher van services to at least $50, and the rate of each attendant for medi-car and stretcher van services to at least $50. Provides that the reimbursement rate shall only apply to stretcher van providers licensed by the Department of Public Health in accordance with the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a grant program for the purpose of building capacity among IMPACT-enrolled and BEP-certified providers of medi-car and stretcher van transportation services. Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Removes pre-hospital or inter-hospital transportation from the definition of "critical care transport". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-04-07 - Referred to Assignments [HB1409 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1409-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1409 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/3-2 from Ch. 23, par. 3-2
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning conditions for basic maintenance grants of aid to the aged, blind, or disabled.
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A BILL FOR
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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
changing Section 3-2 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/3-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-2)
Sec. 3-2. Conditions for basic maintenance grants to
persons receiving institutional care. A resident of a public
or private home or institution maintained for the the care of
persons who are sick, convalescent, infirm or chronically ill,
may, if otherwise qualified, be granted financial aid for
basic maintenance, subject to the rules and regulations of the
Illinois Department, if the facilities of the home or
institution are in conformity with standards prescribed by the
Department of Public Health for safeguarding the health,
safety, and comfort of the residents thereof, and provide such
services as may be prescribed by the Illinois Department for
enhancing their rehabilitation or increasing their capacity
for self-care.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)