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SB1816 - MEDICAID-FQHC-BEHAVIORAL HLTH
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Mike Simmons
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop policies and procedures with the goal of increasing the capacity of behavioral health services provided by federally qualified health centers. Requires the Department to develop, no later than July 1, 2023, billing policies that provide reimbursement to federally qualified health centers for services rendered by graduate-level, sub-clinical behavioral health professionals who deliver care under the supervision of a fully licensed behavioral health clinician who is licensed as a clinical social worker, clinical professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, or clinical psychologist. Provides that to be eligible for reimbursement, a graduate-level, sub-clinical professional must meet the educational requirements set forth by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for licensed clinical social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, or licensed clinical psychologists. Provides that an individual seeking to fulfill post-degree experience requirements in order to qualify for licensing as a clinical social worker, clinical professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, or clinical psychologist shall also be eligible for reimbursement so long as the individual complies with certain requirements. Requires the Department to work with a trade association representing a majority of federally qualified health centers operating in Illinois to develop the policies and procedures required under the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1966 - MEDICAID-PERSONAL NEEDS
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $60. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1350 - REVENUE-MEGA PROJECTS
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Seth Lewis
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the mega project property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that mega project property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a mega project shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a mega project is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3373 - DHFS-SRVCE AUTHORIZATION PGRAM
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules, by no later than January 1, 2025, to establish a process under which any provider meeting certain performance standards outlined in the amendatory Act shall be certified for a service authorization exemption from all service authorization programs for a period of no less than one year. Provides that qualification for a service authorization exemption shall be determined by the Department, or its contracted utilization review organization (URO), and shall be binding on a managed care organization (MCO) or the MCO's contracted URO. Provides that a provider shall be eligible for a service authorization exemption if the provider submitted at least 25 service authorization requests to a service authorization program in the preceding calendar year and the service authorization program approved at least 80% of the service authorization requests. Provides that no later than December 1 of each calendar year, each service authorization program shall provide written notification to all providers who qualify for a service authorization exemption for the subsequent calendar year. Requires the Department to adopt rules by January 1, 2025 to establish: (i) a standard method the Department, or its contracted URO, shall use to evaluate whether a provider meets the criteria to qualify for a service authorization exemption; (ii) a standard method the Department, or its contracted URO, shall use to accept and process provider appeals of denied or rescinded exemptions; and (iii) a standard method the MCOs shall use to accept and process professional claims and facility claims, as billed by the provider, for a health care service that is rendered, prescribed, or ordered by a provider granted a service authorization exemption, except in cases of fraud. Contains provisions concerning annual reviews by the Department of service authorization denials made under each service authorization program; quarterly reports issued by the Department that detail the performance of each service authorization program; sanctions on MCOs for noncompliance with any provision of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3308 - DCFS-KINSHIP IN DEMAND
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act. Provides that the KIND Act creates the statutory vision and authority for the Department of Children and Family Services to execute a kin-first approach to service delivery and directs the juvenile courts to provide necessary oversight of the Department's obligations to maintain family connections and promote equitable opportunities for youth and families to thrive with relational permanence. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Contains provisions concerning Department rules on relative, kinship, and licensed foster care; grants to subsidized guardians of hard-to-place children; a requirement on the Department to make reasonable efforts to place a child with a relative; documentation of the Department's reasons for failing to secure a relative placement; foster care maintenance payments for relatives who qualify for certification as a kinship caregiver home; subsidized guardianship support services for children and their guardians; certification and background checks on relative caregivers; annual reports regarding relative and kinship care placements; performance audits; and other matters. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the Department to adopt standards for certifying kinship caregiver family homes that are different from licensing standards used for non-relative foster family homes. Contains provisions concerning background screenings of prospective kinship caregivers; a requirement that the Department assist relatives and prospective kinship caregivers with completing the steps required for approval as a kinship caregiver home; orientation activities for prospective kinship caregivers; Guardianship Assistance Program payments and services for relative caregivers; and other matters. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes changes to provisions concerning "best interest" determinations; emergency placement of a minor with a willing relative pending a temporary custody hearing; court assessments on the Department's effort to place a minor with a relative; court ordered family-finding efforts; required notification to a minor's located relatives that the minor has been removed from the custody of the minor's parents; and other matters. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3421 - POWER OF ATTY HONORING FORMS
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Jay C. Hoffman
Last updated 3 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that it is unreasonable for a third party to refuse to honor an Illinois statutory short form power of attorney properly executed in accordance with the laws in effect at the time of its execution, if the only reason for the refusal is any of the following: (1) the power of attorney is not on a form required by the terms of any account agreement between the account holder and third party; (2) there has been a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney; (3) on the face of the statutory short form power of attorney, there is a lapse of time between the date of acknowledgment of the signature of the principal and the date of the acceptance by the agent; (4) the document provided does not bear an original signature, original witness, or original notarization but is accompanied by a properly executed Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority, Successor Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority, or Co-Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority bearing the original signature of the named agent; or (5) the document appoints an entity as the agent. Provides that nothing shall be interpreted as prohibiting or limiting a third party from requiring the named agent to furnish a properly executed Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority, Successor Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority, or Co-Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority. Provides multiple reasons for which it shall be deemed reasonable cause for a third party to refuse to honor a power of attorney for property.
STATUS
Passed
SB2857 - REVENUE-MEGAPROJECTS
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project that meets certain investment and job creation specifications. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located and other local taxing districts to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or development of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1765 - DISTRESSED FACILITY CRITERIA
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt criteria, by rule, to identify distressed facilities and to publish a list of distressed facilities quarterly. Provides that no facility shall be identified as a distressed facility unless it has committed a violation or deficiency that has harmed a resident. Removes existing language requiring the Department of Public Health to generate and publish quarterly a list of distressed facilities based on specified criteria.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1763 - MEDICAID-REIMBURSEMENT RATES
Don Harmon, Dave Syverson, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated almost 2 years ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hospital Services Trust Fund Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Increases by 20% hospital reimbursement rates for dates of service on and after January 1, 2024, for specified services, including, but not limited to: inpatient general acute care services; inpatient psychiatric services for safety-net hospitals; general acute care hospitals that are not safety-net hospitals; and outpatient general acute care services. Provides that the rates for the listed services shall be increased, beginning on January 1, 2025 and each January 1 thereafter, based on the annual increase in the national hospital market basket price proxies (DRI) hospital cost index from the midpoint of the calendar year 2 years prior to the current year, to the midpoint of the preceding calendar year. Provides that in no instance shall the adjustment result in a reduction to the rates in place at the time of the required adjustment. Provides that if the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that the increases required under the amendatory Act would result in rates of reimbursement which exceed the federal maximum limits applicable to hospital payments, then the payments and assessment tax imposed on hospital providers shall be reduced as provided in the Hospital Provider Funding Article. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to promptly take all actions necessary to ensure the changes authorized in the amendatory Act are in effect for dates of service on and after January 1, 2024. Requires the Department to ensure that all necessary adjustments to the managed care organization capitation base rates necessitated by the adjustments in the amendatory Act are completed, published, and applied 90 days prior to the implementation date of the changes required under the amendatory Act. Provides that, by October 1, 2023, the Department shall by rule implement a methodology effective for dates of service beginning on and after January 1, 2024 to reimburse hospitals for extended stays in a hospital emergency department. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1475 - POWER OF ATTY-REFUSAL REASON
Don Harmon, Ann Gillespie
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Changes the definition of "person". Changes the forms for an Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority and a Successor Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority. Creates a form for an Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority Statutory Power of Attorney for Health Care After the Death of the Principal. Provides that no person located or doing business in the State shall refuse, without reasonable cause, to honor a statutory short form power of attorney for property properly executed in accordance with the Act that is valid according to the Act. Includes reasonable causes to refuse to honor a statutory short form power of attorney. Sets forth reasons it shall be deemed unreasonable for a person to refuse to honor a statutory short form power of attorney in accordance with the laws in effect at the time of its execution. Provides that if a proceeding is brought to compel acceptance of a statutory short form power of attorney, the court shall award damages of $1,000 or actual damages. Changes the Notice to the Individual Signing the Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Property. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person who violates the Illinois Power of Attorney Act by unreasonably refusing to comply with a power of attorney commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Illinois district SD-039
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