Bill Text: IL SB0772 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Medicaid payment rates for skilled nursing and intermediate care services in nursing facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0772 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0772-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB0772 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-5.5 from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.5
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Medicaid payment rates for skilled nursing and intermediate care services in nursing facilities.
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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
changing Section 5-5.5 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.5)
Sec. 5-5.5. Elements of Payment Rate.
(a) The The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
shall develop a prospective method for determining payment
rates for skilled nursing and intermediate care services in
nursing facilities composed of the following cost elements:
(1) Standard Services, with the cost of this component
being determined by taking into account the actual costs to
the facilities of these services subject to cost ceilings
to be defined in the Department's rules.
(2) Resident Services, with the cost of this component
being determined by taking into account the actual costs,
needs and utilization of these services, as derived from an
assessment of the resident needs in the nursing facilities.
(3) Ancillary Services, with the payment rate being
developed for each individual type of service. Payment
shall be made only when authorized under procedures
developed by the Department of Healthcare and Family

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Services.
(4) Nurse's Aide Training, with the cost of this
component being determined by taking into account the
actual cost to the facilities of such training.
(5) Real Estate Taxes, with the cost of this component
being determined by taking into account the figures
contained in the most currently available cost reports
(with no imposition of maximums) updated to the midpoint of
the current rate year for long term care services rendered
between July 1, 1984 and June 30, 1985, and with the cost
of this component being determined by taking into account
the actual 1983 taxes for which the nursing homes were
assessed (with no imposition of maximums) updated to the
midpoint of the current rate year for long term care
services rendered between July 1, 1985 and June 30, 1986.
(b) In developing a prospective method for determining
payment rates for skilled nursing and intermediate care
services in nursing facilities, the Department of Healthcare
and Family Services shall consider the following cost elements:
(1) Reasonable capital cost determined by utilizing
incurred interest rate and the current value of the
investment, including land, utilizing composite rates, or
by utilizing such other reasonable cost related methods
determined by the Department. However, beginning with the
rate reimbursement period effective July 1, 1987, the
Department shall be prohibited from establishing,

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including, and implementing any depreciation factor in
calculating the capital cost element.
(2) Profit, with the actual amount being produced and
accruing to the providers in the form of a return on their
total investment, on the basis of their ability to
economically and efficiently deliver a type of service. The
method of payment may assure the opportunity for a profit,
but shall not guarantee or establish a specific amount as a
cost.
(c) The Illinois Department may implement the amendatory
changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1991
through the use of emergency rules in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5.02 of the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act. For purposes of the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, the adoption of rules to implement the
amendatory changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
of 1991 shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the
public interest, safety and welfare.
(d) No later than January 1, 2001, the Department of Public
Aid shall file with the Joint Committee on Administrative
Rules, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, a
proposed rule, or a proposed amendment to an existing rule,
regarding payment for appropriate services, including
assessment, care planning, discharge planning, and treatment
provided by nursing facilities to residents who have a serious
mental illness.

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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1123, eff. 1-1-11.)