Bill Text: IL HB1603 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require any resident of a nursing home licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to enroll in or transition to the State's managed care medical assistance program, including any demonstration program operated by contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1603 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB1603-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB1603 Introduced , by Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-30b new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require any resident of a nursing home licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to enroll in or transition to the State's managed care medical assistance program, including any demonstration program operated by contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Effective immediately.
LRB101 05265 KTG 50278 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB1603 LRB101 05265 KTG 50278 b
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
adding Section 5-30b as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-30b new)
Sec. 5-30b. Managed care exemption; nursing home
residents. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Department shall not require any resident of a nursing home
licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to enroll in or
transition to the State's managed care medical assistance
program, including any demonstration program operated by
contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services or its successor.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.