305 ILCS 5/5A-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 305 - PUBLIC AID|305 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Public Aid Code.|Article V-A - Hospital Provider Funding

 (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-10)Sec. 5A-10. Applicability.(a) The assessment imposed by subsection (a) of Section 5A-2 shall cease to be imposed  and the Department's obligation to make payments shall immediately cease, and  any moneys  remaining in the Fund shall be refunded to hospital providers  in proportion to the amounts paid by them, if:(1) The payments to hospitals required under this     Article are not eligible for federal matching funds under Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act;(2) For State fiscal years 2009 through 2018, and as     provided in Section 5A-16, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services adopts any administrative rule change to reduce payment rates or alters any payment methodology that reduces any payment rates made to operating hospitals under the approved Title XIX or Title XXI State plan in effect January 1, 2008 except for:(A)   any changes for hospitals described in         subsection (b) of Section 5A-3;(B)   any rates for payments made under this         Article V-A;(C) any changes proposed in State plan amendment         transmittal numbers 08-01, 08-02, 08-04, 08-06, and 08-07;(D) in relation to any admissions on or after         January 1, 2011, a modification in the methodology for calculating outlier payments to hospitals for exceptionally costly stays, for hospitals reimbursed under the diagnosis-related grouping methodology in effect on July 1, 2011; provided that the Department shall be limited to one such modification during the 36-month period after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly;(E) any changes affecting hospitals authorized by         Public Act 97-689;(F) any changes authorized by Section 14-12 of         this Code, or for any changes authorized under Section 5A-15 of this Code; or(G) any changes authorized under Section 5-5b.1.(b) The assessment imposed by Section 5A-2 shall not take effect or  shall  cease to be imposed, and the Department's obligation to make payments shall immediately cease, if the assessment is determined to be an impermissible  tax under Title XIX  of the Social Security Act.  Moneys in the Hospital Provider Fund derived  from assessments imposed prior thereto shall be  disbursed in accordance with Section 5A-8 to the extent federal financial participation is  not reduced due to the impermissibility of the assessments, and any  remaining  moneys shall be  refunded to hospital providers in proportion to the amounts paid by them.(c)  The assessments imposed by subsection (b-5) of Section 5A-2 shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed, the Department's obligation to make payments shall immediately cease, and any moneys remaining in the Fund shall be refunded to hospital providers in proportion to the amounts paid by them, if the payments to hospitals required under Section 5A-12.4 or Section 5A-12.6 are not eligible for federal matching funds under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.(d)  The assessments imposed by Section 5A-2 shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed, the  Department's obligation to make payments shall immediately cease, and any moneys remaining in the Fund shall be refunded to hospital providers in proportion to the amounts paid by them, if:(1) for State fiscal years 2013 through 2018, and as     provided in Section 5A-16, the Department reduces any payment rates to hospitals as in effect on May 1, 2012, or alters any payment methodology as in effect on May 1, 2012, that has the effect of reducing payment rates to hospitals, except for any changes affecting hospitals authorized in Public Act 97-689 and any changes authorized by Section 14-12 of this Code, and except for any changes authorized under Section 5A-15, and except for any changes authorized under Section 5-5b.1;(2) for State fiscal years 2013 through 2018, and as     provided in Section 5A-16, the Department reduces any supplemental payments made to hospitals below the amounts paid for services provided in State fiscal year 2011 as implemented by administrative rules adopted and in effect on or prior to June 30, 2011, except for any changes affecting hospitals authorized in Public Act 97-689 and any changes authorized by Section 14-12 of this Code, and except for any changes authorized under Section 5A-15, and except for any changes authorized under Section 5-5b.1; or(3) for State fiscal years 2015 through 2018, and as     provided in Section 5A-16, the Department reduces the overall effective rate of reimbursement to hospitals below the level authorized under Section 14-12 of this Code, except for any changes under Section 14-12 or Section 5A-15 of this Code, and except for any changes authorized under Section 5-5b.1.(e)  In State fiscal year 2019 through State fiscal year 2020, the assessments imposed under Section 5A-2 shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed, the Department's obligation to make payments shall immediately cease, and any moneys remaining in the Fund shall be refunded to hospital providers in proportion to the amounts paid by them, if:(1) the payments to hospitals required under Section     5A12.6 are not eligible for federal matching funds under Title XIX of the Social Security Act; or(2) the  Department reduces the overall effective     rate of reimbursement to hospitals below the level authorized under Section 14-12 of this Code, as in effect on December 31, 2017, except for any changes authorized under Sections 14-12 or Section 5A-15 of this Code, and except for any changes authorized under changes to Sections 5A-12.2, 5A-12.4, 5A-12.5, 5A-12.6, and  14-12 made by Public Act 100-581.(f) Beginning in State Fiscal Year 2021, the assessments imposed under Section 5A-2 shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed, the Department's obligation to make payments shall immediately cease, and any moneys remaining in the Fund shall be refunded to hospital providers in proportion to the amounts paid by them, if:(1) the payments to hospitals required under Section     5A-12.7 are not eligible for federal matching funds under Title XIX of the Social Security Act; or(2) the Department reduces the overall effective rate     of reimbursement to hospitals below the level authorized under Section 14-12, as in effect on December 31, 2019, except for any changes authorized under Sections 14-12 or 5A-15, and except for any changes authorized under changes to Sections 5A-12.7 and 14-12 made by this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 100-581, eff. 3-12-18; 101-650, eff. 7-7-20.)