2005 Illinois Code - 305 ILCS 55/ Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Law. Article 5
(305 ILCS 55/Art. 5 heading)
(Article scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009)
ARTICLE 5.
(Source: P.A. 94‑242, eff. 7‑18‑05.)
(305 ILCS 55/5‑1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009)
Sec. 5‑1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Law.
References in this Article to "this Law" mean this Article.
(Source: P.A. 94‑242, eff. 7‑18‑05.)
(305 ILCS 55/5‑5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009)
Sec. 5‑5. Definition. In this Law, "public health program" means either of the following:
(1) The medical assistance program under Article V of
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the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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(2) The children's health insurance program under the
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Children's Health Insurance Program Act.
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(Source: P.A. 94‑242, eff. 7‑18‑05.)
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(305 ILCS 55/5‑10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009)
Sec. 5‑10. Disclosure of employer required. An applicant for health care benefits under a public health program, or a person requesting uncompensated care in a hospital, may identify the employer or employers of the proposed beneficiary of the health care benefits. If the proposed public health program beneficiary is not employed, the applicant may identify the employer or employers of any adult who is responsible for providing all or some of the proposed beneficiary's support.
(Source: P.A. 94‑242, eff. 7‑18‑05.)
(305 ILCS 55/5‑15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009)
Sec. 5‑15. Reporting of employer‑provided health insurance information.
(a) Hospitals required to report information on the uncompensated care they provide pursuant to federal Medicare cost reporting shall determine, from information that may be provided by a person receiving uncompensated or charity care, whether that person is employed, and if the person is employed the identity of the employer. The hospital shall annually submit to the Department a summary report of the employment status information obtained from persons receiving uncompensated or charity care, including available information regarding the cost of the care provided and the number of persons employed by each identified employer.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Public Aid or its successor agency, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, shall annually prepare a public health access program beneficiary employer report to be submitted to the General Assembly. For the purposes of this Section, a "public health access program beneficiary" means a person who receives medical assistance under Title XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
Subject to federal approval, the report shall provide the following information for each employer who has more than 100 employees and 25 or more public health access program beneficiaries:
(1) The name and address of the qualified employer.
(2) The number of public health access program
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(3) The number of persons requesting uncompensated or
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charity care from the hospitals required to report under this Section and the cost of that care.
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(4) The number of public health access program
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beneficiaries who are spouses or dependents of employees of the employer.
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(5) Information on whether the employer offers health
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insurance benefits to employees and their dependents.
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(6) Information on whether the employer receives
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health insurance benefits through the company.
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(7) Whether an employer offers health insurance
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benefits, and, if so, information on the level of premium subsidies for such health insurance.
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(8) The cost to the State of Illinois of providing
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public health access program benefits for the employer's employees and enrolled dependents.
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(c) The report shall include a description of the methodology used in the collection of the data and an analysis regarding the effect of employment and health coverage on the assistance programs provided by the State. The Department shall include available data regarding: the numbers of employees and dependents of employees; the identity of employers by type of industry and by public, private, profit, or non‑profit status; the employees' full‑time or part‑time status; and other variables that the Department determines essential.
(d) The report shall not include the names of any individual public health access program beneficiary and shall be subject to privacy standards both in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and in Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.
(e) The first report shall be submitted on or before October 1, 2006, and subsequent reports shall be submitted on or before that date each year thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 94‑242, eff. 7‑18‑05.)
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(305 ILCS 55/5‑90)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2009)
Sec. 5‑90. Repeal. This Law is repealed on January 1, 2009.
(Source: P.A. 94‑242, eff. 7‑18‑05.)
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