Illinois Senate Bill 1515 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-08 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2010, the physician fee schedule for the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program and for pediatric physician specialists under the medical assistance program must increase to become competitive with those of non-governmental, third-party health insurance programs. Provides that by January 1, 2012, the payment for a pediatric specialty physician service must not be lower than Medicare reimbursement in accordance with the Medicare payment localities for Illinois. Provides that the Department shall annually increase pediatric specialty physician payments under the provisions of the Act by an amount approximately equal to one-third of the difference between the actual rates available for such purposes on January 1, 2009 and the Medicare reimbursement rates effective on January 1, 2007. Makes other changes.

INS-PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST FEE

Sen. Pamela Althoff [R]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Kirk Dillard [R]	Sen. Susan Garrett [D]
Sen. Don Harmon [D]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. Michael Noland [D]	Sen. Kwame Raoul [D]
Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg [D]	Sen. Heather Steans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-08		Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
2009-03-13		Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2009-03-13		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2009-03-12		Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2009-03-11		To Human Services Subcommittee on Medicaid & Provider Rate Reform
2009-03-11		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Human Services Subcommittee on Medicaid & Provider Rate Reform
2009-03-10		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
2009-03-10		Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
2009-03-04		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2009-03-04		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans
2009-03-04		Assigned to Human Services
2009-02-25		Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
2009-02-25		Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
2009-02-25		Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
2009-02-25		Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
2009-02-25		Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2009-02-24		Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
2009-02-18		Referred to Assignments
2009-02-18		First Reading
2009-02-18		Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1515&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=76&GA=96
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/09600SB1515.htm