(305 ILCS 5/5A-15)
Sec. 5A-15. Protection of federal revenue.
(a) If the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that any federal upper payment limit applicable to the payments under this Article is exceeded then:
(1) the payments under this Article that exceed the
applicable federal upper payment limit shall be reduced uniformly to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable federal upper payment limit; and
(2) any assessment rate imposed under this Article
shall be reduced such that the aggregate assessment is reduced by the same percentage reduction applied in paragraph (1); and
(3) any transfers from the Hospital Provider Fund
under Section 5A-8 shall be reduced by the same percentage reduction applied in paragraph (1).
(b) Any payment reductions made under the authority granted in this Section are exempt from the requirements and actions under Section 5A-10.
(Source: P.A. 97-688, eff. 6-14-12; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
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Last modified: February 18, 2015