Bill Text: IL HB1558 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes language requiring the Department of Public Health to establish, by rule, and charge a fee to any facility or program applying to be certified to participate in the Medicare program or in the Medicaid program to cover the costs associated with the application, inspection, and survey of the facility or program and processing of the application.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0127 [HB1558 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1558-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0127
HB1558 Enrolled LRB103 27096 CPF 53464 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 2310-130 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-130) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.82)
Sec. 2310-130. Long term care surveyors; surveyor
development unit Medicare or Medicaid certification fee;
Health Care Facility and Program Survey Fund. To establish and
charge a fee to any facility or program applying to be
certified to participate in the Medicare program under Title
XVIII of the federal Social Security Act or in the Medicaid
program under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act to
cover the costs associated with the application, inspection,
and survey of the facility or program and processing of the
application. The Department shall establish the fee by rule,
and the fee shall be based only on those application,
inspection, and survey and processing costs not reimbursed to
the State by the federal government. The fee shall be paid by
the facility or program before the application is processed.
The fees received by the Department under this Section
shall be deposited into the Health Care Facility and Program

Survey Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the
State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to
the Department and may be used for any costs incurred by the
Department, including personnel costs, in the processing of
applications for Medicare or Medicaid certification.
Beginning July 1, 2011, the Department shall employ a
minimum of one surveyor for every 500 licensed long term care
beds. Beginning July 1, 2012, the Department shall employ a
minimum of one surveyor for every 400 licensed long term care
beds. Beginning July 1, 2013, the Department shall employ a
minimum of one surveyor for every 300 licensed long term care
beds.
The Department shall establish a surveyor development unit
funded from money deposited in the Long Term Care
Monitor/Receiver Fund.
(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10; 97-489, eff. 1-1-12.)