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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2742
Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Emil Jones, III
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5A-7	  from Ch. 23, par. 5A-7
Amends the Hospital Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning outstanding hospital assessments that are paid under a repayment plan or after the end of a tax deferral plan, provides that the period of repayment shall not exceed 72 (rather than 36) months.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 5A-7 as follows:
6    (305 ILCS 5/5A-7)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-7)
7    Sec. 5A-7. Administration; enforcement provisions.
8    (a) The Illinois Department shall establish and maintain a
9listing of all hospital providers appearing in the licensing
10records of the Illinois Department of Public Health, which
11shall show each provider's name and principal place of
12business and the name and address of each hospital operated,
13conducted, or maintained by the provider in this State. The
14listing shall also include the monthly assessment amounts owed
15for each hospital and any unpaid assessment liability greater
16than 90 days delinquent. The Illinois Department shall
17administer and enforce this Article and collect the
18assessments and penalty assessments imposed under this Article
19using procedures employed in its administration of this Code
20generally. The Illinois Department, its Director, and every
21hospital provider subject to assessment under this Article
22shall have the following powers, duties, and rights:
23        (1) The Illinois Department may initiate either
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1    administrative or judicial proceedings, or both, to
2    enforce provisions of this Article. Administrative
3    enforcement proceedings initiated hereunder shall be
4    governed by the Illinois Department's administrative
5    rules. Judicial enforcement proceedings initiated
6    hereunder shall be governed by the rules of procedure
7    applicable in the courts of this State.
8        (2) (Blank).
9        (3) Any unpaid assessment under this Article shall
10    become a lien upon the assets of the hospital upon which it
11    was assessed. If any hospital provider, outside the usual
12    course of its business, sells or transfers the major part
13    of any one or more of (A) the real property and
14    improvements, (B) the machinery and equipment, or (C) the
15    furniture or fixtures, of any hospital that is subject to
16    the provisions of this Article, the seller or transferor
17    shall pay the Illinois Department the amount of any
18    assessment, assessment penalty, and interest (if any) due
19    from it under this Article up to the date of the sale or
20    transfer. The Illinois Department may, in its discretion,
21    foreclose on such a lien, but shall do so in a manner that
22    is consistent with Section 5e of the Retailers' Occupation
23    Tax Act. If the seller or transferor fails to pay any
24    assessment, assessment penalty, and interest (if any) due,
25    the purchaser or transferee of such asset shall be liable
26    for the amount of the assessment, penalties, and interest
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1    (if any) up to the amount of the reasonable value of the
2    property acquired by the purchaser or transferee. The
3    purchaser or transferee shall continue to be liable until
4    the purchaser or transferee pays the full amount of the
5    assessment, penalties, and interest (if any) up to the
6    amount of the reasonable value of the property acquired by
7    the purchaser or transferee or until the purchaser or
8    transferee receives from the Illinois Department a
9    certificate showing that such assessment, penalty, and
10    interest have been paid or a certificate from the Illinois
11    Department showing that no assessment, penalty, or
12    interest is due from the seller or transferor under this
13    Article.
14        (4) Payments under this Article are not subject to the
15    Illinois Prompt Payment Act. Credits or refunds shall not
16    bear interest.
17    (b) In addition to any other remedy provided for and
18without sending a notice of assessment liability, the Illinois
19Department shall collect an unpaid assessment by withholding,
20as payment of the assessment, reimbursements or other amounts
21otherwise payable by the Illinois Department to the hospital
22provider, including, but not limited to, payment amounts
23otherwise payable from a managed care organization performing
24duties under contract with the Illinois Department.
25        (1) The requirements of this subsection may be waived
26    in instances when a disaster proclamation has been
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1    declared by the Governor. In such circumstances, a
2    hospital must demonstrate temporary financial distress and
3    establish an agreement with the Illinois Department
4    specifying when repayment in full of all taxes owed will
5    occur.
6        (2) The requirements of this subsection may be waived
7    by the Illinois Department in instances when a hospital
8    has entered into and remains in compliance with a
9    repayment plan or a tax deferral plan. A repayment plan or
10    tax deferral plan must be entered into no later than 30
11    days after notice of an unpaid assessment payment. No
12    repayment plan may exceed a period of 72 [36] months. No tax
13    deferral plan may exceed a period of 6 months, and
14    repayment after the end of a tax deferral plan shall not
15    exceed 72 [36] months. Failure to remain in compliance with
16    a repayment plan or tax deferral plan shall cause
17    immediate termination of such plan unless there is prior
18    written consent from the Illinois Department for a period
19    of non-compliance.
20        (3) Beginning September 1, 2025, the Illinois
21    Department shall immediately collect all overdue unpaid
22    assessments and penalties through the collection methods
23    authorized under this Section, unless a repayment plan or
24    tax deferral plan has already been agreed to by September
25    1, 2025.
26        (4) For any unpaid assessments and penalties that are
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1    overdue as of the effective date of House Bill 2771 of the
2    104th General Assembly, upon receipt of payment the
3    Department may, at its discretion, transfer funds from the
4    Hospital Provider Fund to the Healthcare Provider Relief
5    Fund, provided that, at the time of each transfer, there
6    are no outstanding assessment-related payments owed to
7    hospitals that cannot be paid from resources remaining in
8    the Hospital Provider Fund after the transfer.
9    (c) To provide for the expeditious and timely
10implementation of the changes made to this Section by this
11amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department
12may adopt emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 of the
13Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The adoption of
14emergency rules is deemed to be necessary for the public
15interest, safety, and welfare.
16(Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 6-16-25; 104-7, eff. 6-16-25.)