Bill Text: IL SB1591 | 2023-2024 | 103rd 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 increase reimbursement rates to facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act on January 1 of 2024 through 2025 to a level that is sufficient to pay wages of not less than the State minimum wage rates in effect on each of those dates. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide that the Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the rate increases. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1591 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1591-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1591 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new
305 ILCS 5/5-47 new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to increase reimbursement rates to facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act on January 1 of 2024 through 2025 to a level that is sufficient to pay wages of not less than the State minimum wage rates in effect on each of those dates. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide that the Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the rate increases. Effective immediately.
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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 Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by adding Section 5-45.35 as follows:
(5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new)
Sec. 5-45.35. Emergency rulemaking; nursing facility rate
increases. To provide for the expeditious and timely
implementation of the provisions of Section 5-47 of the
Illinois Public Aid Code, emergency rules implementing Section
5-47 of the Illinois Public Aid Code may be adopted in
accordance with Section 5-45 by the Department of Healthcare
and Family Services. The adoption of emergency rules
authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be
necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
adding Section 5-47 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-47 new)
Sec. 5-47. Rate increase; nursing facilities.

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(a) The Department shall increase reimbursement rates to
facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act according
to the following schedule:
(1) on January 1, 2024, the Department shall increase
reimbursement rates to a level that is sufficient to pay
wages of not less than the State minimum wage rate in
effect on January 1, 2024;
(2) on January 1, 2025, the Department shall increase
reimbursement rates to a level that is sufficient to pay
wages of not less than the State minimum wage rate in
effect on January 1, 2025;
(b) The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency
rules under Section 5-45.35 of the Illinois Administrative
Code, to implement this Section. For purposes of that Act, the
General Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to implement
this Section is deemed an emergency and necessary for the
public interest, safety, and welfare.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.