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LRB094 03505 DRJ 33508 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 5-5.25 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.25 new)
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| Sec. 5-5.25. Rates for home health services. On and after |
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| July 1, 2005,
the
Department of Public Aid shall reimburse |
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| providers of home health services
under this
Article at the |
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| same rates at which the federal government reimburses providers
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| of those
services under the Medicare program, using the Low |
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| Utilization Payment
Adjustment
(LUPA) national-average rate |
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| structure. The Department shall adjust those rates
annually
to |
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| reflect changes in the LUPA national-average rate structure.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law. |