SB 2156

Abstract

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall provide an annual increase in funding to all programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities for which the Department has established payment rates, including but not limited to intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled, services provided under the Illinois Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver for adults with developmental disabilities, and other programs for individuals with developmental disabilities supported by State funds or by funding under the Social Security Act; provides that the annual increase in rates shall be effective the first day of every State fiscal year. Provides that Medicaid payment rates for all nursing facilities certified by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled facilities shall be increased annually on July 1 by the over-the-year increase in the previous calendar year of the non-seasonally-adjusted Employment Cost Index for total compensation for all civilian workers compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Effective July 1, 2008.