(305 ILCS 40/20) (from Ch. 23, par. 7100-20)
Sec. 20. Nursing Home Grant Assistance Program.
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(b) The Department, subject to appropriation, may use up to 2.5% of the moneys received under this Act for the costs of administering and enforcing the program.
(c) Within 30 days after the end of the quarterly period in which the distribution agent is required to file the certification and make the payment required by this Act, and after verification with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services of the licensing status of the distribution agent, the Director shall order the payment to be made from appropriations made for the purposes of this Act.
(d) Disbursements shall be by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller upon receipt of vouchers duly executed and certified by the Department. The Department shall prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the disbursement of the grants to qualified distributing agents for payment to the eligible individuals certified to the Department by the qualified distributing agents.
The amount to be paid per calendar quarter to a qualified distribution agent shall not exceed, for each eligible individual, $500 multiplied by a fraction equal to the number of days that the eligible individual's nursing home care was not paid for, in whole or in part, by a federal, State, or combined federal-State medical care program, divided by the number of calendar days in the quarter. Any amount the qualified distribution agent owes to the Department under Section 30 shall be deducted from the amount of the payment to the qualified distribution agent.
If the amount appropriated or available is insufficient to meet all or part of any quarterly payment certification, the payment certified to each qualified distributing agent shall be uniformly reduced by an amount which will permit a payment to be made to each qualified distributing agent. Within 10 days after receipt by the State Comptroller of the disbursement certification to the qualified distributing agents, the State Comptroller shall cause the warrants to be drawn for the respective amounts in accordance with the directions contained in that certification.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, as soon as is practicable after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1994, the Department shall order that payments be made, subject to appropriation, to the appropriate distribution agents for grants to persons who were eligible individuals during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1993 to the extent that those individuals did not receive a grant for that quarter or the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1992. An eligible individual, or a person acting on behalf of an eligible individual, must apply on or before December 31, 1994 for a grant under this subsection (e). The amount to be paid to each distribution agent under this subsection shall be calculated as provided in subsection (d). Distribution agents shall distribute the grants to eligible individuals as required in Section 30. For the purpose of determining grants under this subsection (e), a nursing home that is a distribution agent under this Act shall file with the Department, on or before September 30, 1994, a certification disclosing the information required under Section 15 with respect to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1993.
(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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