2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 305 - PUBLIC AID › 305 ILCS 35/ - Medicaid Revenue Act. › Article 6

(305 ILCS 35/Art. 6 heading)
ARTICLE 6
(305 ILCS 35/6-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 7056-1)
Sec. 6-1. 
		
		If any Section or provision of this amendatory Act of 1992
shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remainder
of this Act or its application to persons or circumstances other than
those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
(Source: P.A. 87-861.)
(305 ILCS 35/6-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 7056-2)
Sec. 6-2. 
		
		The Illinois Department may implement this amendatory Act
of 1992 through the use of emergency rules in accordance with Section 5.02
of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.  For purposes of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of rules to implement this
amendatory Act of 1992 shall be considered an emergency and necessary for the
public interest, safety and welfare.
(Source: P.A. 87-861.)
(305 ILCS 35/6-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 7056-3)
Sec. 6-3. 
		
		Within 60 days after the effective date of this Article 6,
the Illinois Department shall apply to the U.S. Secretary of Health and
Human Services for a waiver pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w)(3)(E)
for Illinois sole community hospital providers.
(Source: P.A. 87-861.)
(305 ILCS 35/6-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 7056-4)
Sec. 6-4. 
		
		Within 90 days after the effective date of this Article 6, the
State shall create an Illinois Health Care Reform Task Force.  The Task Force
shall be responsible for the development of long-term strategies for
controlling rising health care costs, shall explore the need for changes to the
design of the current service delivery systems and the manner in which health
care is provided to the citizens of Illinois, and shall generate
recommendations for restructuring the Illinois Medicaid Program.  The Illinois
Health Care Reform Task Force shall operate under the direction of the
Governor.  Members shall be appointed by the Governor and shall include
representatives of the medical, academic, and business communities, hospital
industry, long term care industry, and government officials, including members
of the Illinois General Assembly, and the general public.  The Task Force shall
submit an interim report of its findings to the Governor and the 4 legislative
leaders no later than March 1, 1994 and a final report no later than December
1, 1994.
(Source: P.A. 87-861; 88-88.)
(305 ILCS 35/6-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 7056-5)
Sec. 6-5. 
		
		Articles 1, 2, 4, and 6 of this Act take effect July 1,
1992; if this Act becomes law after that date, the provisions of those
Articles shall apply retroactively to July 1, 1992.
Article 3 of this Act takes effect October 1, 1992; if this Act becomes
law after that date, the provisions of Article 3 shall apply retroactively
to that date.
Article 5 of this Act shall take effect only upon the grant of a waiver
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w)(3)(E) by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services for Illinois sole community hospital providers; if it takes
effect, its provisions shall apply retroactively to July 1, 1992.
(Source: P.A. 87-861.)