Bill Text: IL HB2899 | 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 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 - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2899 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2899-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2899 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-41 new
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.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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
adding Section 5-41 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-41 new)
Sec. 5-41. Inpatient hospitalization for opioid-related
overdose or withdrawal patients. Due to the disproportionately
high opioid-related fatality rates among African Americans in
under-resourced communities in Illinois, the lack of community
resources, the comorbidities experienced by these patients,
and the high rate of hospital readmission associated with this
population when improperly treated, the Department shall
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. Managed care
organizations may not deny 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.