Signed by Governor Bruce Rauner

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that transfers certain funds to the General Revenue Fund for the purpose of budget reconciliation, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Transfers $1.32 billion to the General Revenue Fund from certain designated funds, including, but not limited to, the following transfers (Sec. 15):
• $250 million from the Road Fund;
• $200 million from the Local Government Tax Fund;
• $98 million from the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund; and
• $70 million from the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund.

• Reduces the reimbursement rate or dispensing fee of providers of certain services by an amount equivalent to a 2.25 percent reduction in appropriations from the General Revenue Fund for the medical assistance program, including, but not limited to, the following services (Sec. 25):
• Nursing facility services;
• Home health care;
• Children’s Habilitation Center services; and
• Supportive living facility services.

• Exempts a rate or payment paid to a provider that is operated by a unit of local government providing the non-federal share of such services (Sec. 25).

• Requires the rate or payment reduction to be applied uniformly across each group, class, subgroup, or category of providers to the extent practical (Sec. 25).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill will not go into effect unless HB 317 becomes law (Sec. 99).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that transfers certain funds to the General Revenue Fund for the purpose of budget reconciliation, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Transfers $1.32 billion to the General Revenue Fund from certain designated funds, including, but not limited to, the following transfers (Sec. 15):
• $250 million from the Road Fund;
• $200 million from the Local Government Tax Fund;
• $98 million from the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund; and
• $70 million from the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund.

• Reduces the reimbursement rate or dispensing fee of providers of certain services by an amount equivalent to a 2.25 percent reduction in appropriations from the General Revenue Fund for the medical assistance program, including, but not limited to, the following services (Sec. 25):
• Nursing facility services;
• Home health care;
• Children’s Habilitation Center services; and
• Supportive living facility services.

• Exempts a rate or payment paid to a provider that is operated by a unit of local government providing the non-federal share of such services (Sec. 25).

• Requires the rate or payment reduction to be applied uniformly across each group, class, subgroup, or category of providers to the extent practical (Sec. 25).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill will not go into effect unless HB 317 becomes law (Sec. 99).

Full Bill Text