Bill Text: IL HB2944 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for an extended hospital stay beyond medical necessity due to multiple failed attempts to place an emergency room patient who presented for dementia or other long-term care needs into a nursing or other long-term care facility, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse the hospital at a rate calculated to cover the entire hospital stay if (i) the hospital presents documentation, as prescribed by the Department, of multiple unsuccessful attempts to place the patient in a nursing or other long-term care facility and (ii) if each nursing or long-term care facility the hospital solicited for placement gave a substantially similar reason for denying the patient admission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2944 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2944-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2944 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-65 new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for an extended hospital stay beyond medical necessity due to multiple failed attempts to place an emergency room patient who presented for dementia or other long-term care needs into a nursing or other long-term care facility, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse the hospital at a rate calculated to cover the entire hospital stay if (i) the hospital presents documentation, as prescribed by the Department, of multiple unsuccessful attempts to place the patient in a nursing or other long-term care facility and (ii) if each nursing or long-term care facility the hospital solicited for placement gave a substantially similar reason for denying the patient admission.
LRB104 10454 KTG 20529 b
A BILL FOR
HB2944 LRB104 10454 KTG 20529 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 5-65 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-65 new)
Sec. 5-65. Reimbursement for extended hospital stays for
dementia patient. For an extended hospital stay beyond medical
necessity due to multiple failed attempts to place an
emergency room patient who presented for dementia or other
long-term care needs into a nursing or other long-term care
facility, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
shall reimburse the hospital at a rate calculated to cover the
entire hospital stay if (i) the hospital presents
documentation, as prescribed by the Department, of multiple
unsuccessful attempts to place the patient in a nursing or
other long-term care facility and (ii) if each nursing or
long-term care facility the hospital solicited for placement
gave a substantially similar reason for denying the patient
admission.