Bill Text: IL HB2428 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to ensure that patients experiencing opioid-related overdose or withdrawal are admitted on inpatient status, rather than observation status, for at least 48 hours from the time of admittance to a safety-net hospital. Prohibits managed care organizations from denying inpatient coverage to safety-net hospitals for patients presenting with opioid overdose or withdrawal diagnosis for at least 48 hours from the time of admittance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2428 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2428-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 5-47 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-47 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 5-47. Inpatient hospitalization for opioid-related | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | overdose or withdrawal patients. Due to the disproportionately | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | high opioid-related fatality rates among African Americans in | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | under-resourced communities in Illinois, the lack of community | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | resources, the comorbidities experienced by these patients, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | and the high rate of hospital readmission associated with this | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | population when improperly treated, the Department shall | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | ensure that patients experiencing opioid-related overdose or | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | withdrawal are admitted on inpatient status, rather than | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | observation status, for at least 48 hours from the time of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | admittance to a safety-net hospital. Managed care | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | organizations may not deny inpatient coverage to safety-net | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | hospitals for patients presenting with opioid overdose or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | withdrawal diagnosis for at least 48 hours from the time of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | admittance.
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