Bill Status of HB 2944   104th General Assembly


Short Description:  MEDICAID-EXTENDED HOSP STAYS

House Sponsors
Rep. Ryan Spain

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  3/21/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
305 ILCS 5/5-65 new

Synopsis As Introduced
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.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/5/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain
  2/6/2025HouseFirst Reading
  2/6/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/4/2025HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
  3/21/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  4/22/2025HouseFiscal Note Requested by Rep. Ryan Spain

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