Bill Text: IL SB0526 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Reenacts a Section of the Code that requires the Department of Children and Family Services to pay the DCFS per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stay at a free-standing psychiatric hospital effective the 11th day when a child is in the hospital beyond medical necessity, and the parent or caregiver has denied the child access to the home and has refused or failed to make provisions for another living arrangement for the child or the child's discharge is being delayed due to a pending inquiry or investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services. Removes the repeal date for the Section and instead makes the Section inoperative on and after July 1, 2019. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0015 [SB0526 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0526-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 101-0015
SB0526 Enrolled LRB101 04287 RJF 49295 b
AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
reenacting and changing Section 5-5.07 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5.07)
Sec. 5-5.07. Inpatient psychiatric stay; DCFS per diem
rate. The Department of Children and Family Services shall pay
the DCFS per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stay at a
free-standing psychiatric hospital effective the 11th day when
a child is in the hospital beyond medical necessity, and the
parent or caregiver has denied the child access to the home and
has refused or failed to make provisions for another living
arrangement for the child or the child's discharge is being
delayed due to a pending inquiry or investigation by the
Department of Children and Family Services. This Section is
inoperative on and after July 1, 2019. This Section is repealed
6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 100-646, eff. 7-27-18.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.