HB5370Introduced in the House
MEDICAID-MIUR-MENTAL HLTH
Introduced by Joyce Mason, District 61
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2026, for rate year 2027 and thereafter, the Medicaid inpatient utilization rate, as defined and used in the determination of eligibility for specified inpatient adjustment payments to hospitals, shall be modified to exclude, from both the numerator and denominator, all days reimbursed by the Department of Human Services for mental health services provided under a specified provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 as contracted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.
Where it stands
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
April 17, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
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Bill history
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
To Appropriations-Medicaid Subcommittee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
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