Bill Text: IL HB1436 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Medicaid rates for hospitals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1436 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1436-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB1436 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-5.02 from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.02
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Medicaid rates for hospitals.
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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 5-5.02 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5.02) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.02)
Sec. 5-5.02. Hospital reimbursements.
(a) Reimbursement to Hospitals; July 1, 1992 through
September 30, 1992. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Code or the the Illinois Department's Rules promulgated
under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, reimbursement
to hospitals for services provided during the period July 1,
1992 through September 30, 1992, shall be as follows:
(1) For inpatient hospital services rendered, or if
applicable, for inpatient hospital discharges occurring,
on or after July 1, 1992 and on or before September 30,
1992, the Illinois Department shall reimburse hospitals
for inpatient services under the reimbursement
methodologies in effect for each hospital, and at the
inpatient payment rate calculated for each hospital, as of
June 30, 1992. For purposes of this paragraph,
"reimbursement methodologies" means all reimbursement
methodologies that pertain to the provision of inpatient

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hospital services, including, but not limited to, any
adjustments for disproportionate share, targeted access,
critical care access and uncompensated care, as defined by
the Illinois Department on June 30, 1992.
(2) For the purpose of calculating the inpatient
payment rate for each hospital eligible to receive
quarterly adjustment payments for targeted access and
critical care, as defined by the Illinois Department on
June 30, 1992, the adjustment payment for the period July
1, 1992 through September 30, 1992, shall be 25% of the
annual adjustment payments calculated for each eligible
hospital, as of June 30, 1992. The Illinois Department
shall determine by rule the adjustment payments for
targeted access and critical care beginning October 1,
1992.
(3) For the purpose of calculating the inpatient
payment rate for each hospital eligible to receive
quarterly adjustment payments for uncompensated care, as
defined by the Illinois Department on June 30, 1992, the
adjustment payment for the period August 1, 1992 through
September 30, 1992, shall be one-sixth of the total
uncompensated care adjustment payments calculated for each
eligible hospital for the uncompensated care rate year, as
defined by the Illinois Department, ending on July 31,
1992. The Illinois Department shall determine by rule the
adjustment payments for uncompensated care beginning

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October 1, 1992.
(b) Inpatient payments. For inpatient services provided on
or after October 1, 1993, in addition to rates paid for
hospital inpatient services pursuant to the Illinois Health
Finance Reform Act, as now or hereafter amended, or the
Illinois Department's prospective reimbursement methodology,
or any other methodology used by the Illinois Department for
inpatient services, the Illinois Department shall make
adjustment payments, in an amount calculated pursuant to the
methodology described in paragraph (c) of this Section, to
hospitals that the Illinois Department determines satisfy any
one of the following requirements:
(1) Hospitals that are described in Section 1923 of the
federal Social Security Act, as now or hereafter amended,
except that for rate year 2015 and after a hospital
described in Section 1923(b)(1)(B) of the federal Social
Security Act and qualified for the payments described in
subsection (c) of this Section for rate year 2014 provided
the hospital continues to meet the description in Section
1923(b)(1)(B) in the current determination year; or
(2) Illinois hospitals that have a Medicaid inpatient
utilization rate which is at least one-half a standard
deviation above the mean Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate for all hospitals in Illinois receiving Medicaid
payments from the Illinois Department; or
(3) Illinois hospitals that on July 1, 1991 had a

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Medicaid inpatient utilization rate, as defined in
paragraph (h) of this Section, that was at least the mean
Medicaid inpatient utilization rate for all hospitals in
Illinois receiving Medicaid payments from the Illinois
Department and which were located in a planning area with
one-third or fewer excess beds as determined by the Health
Facilities and Services Review Board, and that, as of June
30, 1992, were located in a federally designated Health
Manpower Shortage Area; or
(4) Illinois hospitals that:
(A) have a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate
that is at least equal to the mean Medicaid inpatient
utilization rate for all hospitals in Illinois
receiving Medicaid payments from the Department; and
(B) also have a Medicaid obstetrical inpatient
utilization rate that is at least one standard
deviation above the mean Medicaid obstetrical
inpatient utilization rate for all hospitals in
Illinois receiving Medicaid payments from the
Department for obstetrical services; or
(5) Any children's hospital, which means a hospital
devoted exclusively to caring for children. A hospital
which includes a facility devoted exclusively to caring for
children shall be considered a children's hospital to the
degree that the hospital's Medicaid care is provided to
children if either (i) the facility devoted exclusively to

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caring for children is separately licensed as a hospital by
a municipality prior to February 28, 2013 or (ii) the
hospital has been designated by the State as a Level III
perinatal care facility, has a Medicaid Inpatient
Utilization rate greater than 55% for the rate year 2003
disproportionate share determination, and has more than
10,000 qualified children days as defined by the Department
in rulemaking.
(c) Inpatient adjustment payments. The adjustment payments
required by paragraph (b) shall be calculated based upon the
hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate as follows:
(1) hospitals with a Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate below the mean shall receive a per day adjustment
payment equal to $25;
(2) hospitals with a Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate that is equal to or greater than the mean Medicaid
inpatient utilization rate but less than one standard
deviation above the mean Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate shall receive a per day adjustment payment equal to
the sum of $25 plus $1 for each one percent that the
hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate exceeds the
mean Medicaid inpatient utilization rate;
(3) hospitals with a Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate that is equal to or greater than one standard
deviation above the mean Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate but less than 1.5 standard deviations above the mean

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Medicaid inpatient utilization rate shall receive a per day
adjustment payment equal to the sum of $40 plus $7 for each
one percent that the hospital's Medicaid inpatient
utilization rate exceeds one standard deviation above the
mean Medicaid inpatient utilization rate; and
(4) hospitals with a Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate that is equal to or greater than 1.5 standard
deviations above the mean Medicaid inpatient utilization
rate shall receive a per day adjustment payment equal to
the sum of $90 plus $2 for each one percent that the
hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate exceeds 1.5
standard deviations above the mean Medicaid inpatient
utilization rate.
(d) Supplemental adjustment payments. In addition to the
adjustment payments described in paragraph (c), hospitals as
defined in clauses (1) through (5) of paragraph (b), excluding
county hospitals (as defined in subsection (c) of Section 15-1
of this Code) and a hospital organized under the University of
Illinois Hospital Act, shall be paid supplemental inpatient
adjustment payments of $60 per day. For purposes of Title XIX
of the federal Social Security Act, these supplemental
adjustment payments shall not be classified as adjustment
payments to disproportionate share hospitals.
(e) The inpatient adjustment payments described in
paragraphs (c) and (d) shall be increased on October 1, 1993
and annually thereafter by a percentage equal to the lesser of

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(i) the increase in the DRI hospital cost index for the most
recent 12 month period for which data are available, or (ii)
the percentage increase in the statewide average hospital
payment rate over the previous year's statewide average
hospital payment rate. The sum of the inpatient adjustment
payments under paragraphs (c) and (d) to a hospital, other than
a county hospital (as defined in subsection (c) of Section 15-1
of this Code) or a hospital organized under the University of
Illinois Hospital Act, however, shall not exceed $275 per day;
that limit shall be increased on October 1, 1993 and annually
thereafter by a percentage equal to the lesser of (i) the
increase in the DRI hospital cost index for the most recent
12-month period for which data are available or (ii) the
percentage increase in the statewide average hospital payment
rate over the previous year's statewide average hospital
payment rate.
(f) Children's hospital inpatient adjustment payments. For
children's hospitals, as defined in clause (5) of paragraph
(b), the adjustment payments required pursuant to paragraphs
(c) and (d) shall be multiplied by 2.0.
(g) County hospital inpatient adjustment payments. For
county hospitals, as defined in subsection (c) of Section 15-1
of this Code, there shall be an adjustment payment as
determined by rules issued by the Illinois Department.
(h) For the purposes of this Section the following terms
shall be defined as follows:

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(1) "Medicaid inpatient utilization rate" means a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of a
hospital's inpatient days provided in a given 12-month
period to patients who, for such days, were eligible for
Medicaid under Title XIX of the federal Social Security
Act, and the denominator of which is the total number of
the hospital's inpatient days in that same period.
(2) "Mean Medicaid inpatient utilization rate" means
the total number of Medicaid inpatient days provided by all
Illinois Medicaid-participating hospitals divided by the
total number of inpatient days provided by those same
hospitals.
(3) "Medicaid obstetrical inpatient utilization rate"
means the ratio of Medicaid obstetrical inpatient days to
total Medicaid inpatient days for all Illinois hospitals
receiving Medicaid payments from the Illinois Department.
(i) Inpatient adjustment payment limit. In order to meet
the limits of Public Law 102-234 and Public Law 103-66, the
Illinois Department shall by rule adjust disproportionate
share adjustment payments.
(j) University of Illinois Hospital inpatient adjustment
payments. For hospitals organized under the University of
Illinois Hospital Act, there shall be an adjustment payment as
determined by rules adopted by the Illinois Department.
(k) The Illinois Department may by rule establish criteria
for and develop methodologies for adjustment payments to

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hospitals participating under this Article.
(l) On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce
any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or
alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any
rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in
accordance with Section 5-5e.
(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)