Bill Text: IL HB5485 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that any entity that contracts with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, its subsequent agency, or the State to provide managed care to individuals enrolled as clients, beneficiaries, or recipients, who receive medical benefits under the Illinois medical assistance program, must be National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accredited within 3 years after beginning to provide services under the Illinois medical assistance program, and any such entities engaged in providing managed care or coordinated care under the Illinois medical assistance program on the effective date of this amendatory Act must be NCQA accredited by January 1, 2015.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5485 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5485-Amended.html

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Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

Filed: 3/1/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5485
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5485 as follows:
on page 2, line 18, by replacing "entity" with "managed care
organization (MCO) or health maintenance organization (HMO)";
and
on page 2, by replacing lines 25 and 26 with "program, and any
managed care organization (MCO) or health maintenance
organization (HMO) contracted with the Department under the
Illinois medical assistance".