(20 ILCS 4045/15)
Sec. 15. Health care access plan. On or before July 1, 2007, the State of Illinois is strongly encouraged to implement a health care access plan that does the following:
(1) provides access to a full range of preventive, |
| acute, and long‑term health care services; | |
(2) maintains and improves the quality of health |
| care services offered to Illinois residents; | |
(3) provides portability of coverage, regardless of |
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(4) provides core benefits for all Illinois |
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(5) encourages regional and local consumer |
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(6) contains cost‑containment measures;
(7) provides a mechanism for reviewing and |
| implementing multiple approaches to preventive medicine based on new technologies; and | |
(8) promotes affordable coverage options for the |
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(Source: P.A. 93‑973, eff. 8‑20‑04.) |
(20 ILCS 4045/30)
Sec. 30. Final report. No later than March 15, 2006, the Task Force shall submit its final report on the health care access plan to the General Assembly and the Governor. The final report may recommend a combination of more than one type of plan and alternative methods of funding the plan. The final report by the Task Force shall make recommendations for a health care access plan or plans that would provide access to a full range of preventive, acute, and long‑term health care services to residents of the State of Illinois by July 1, 2007, including:
(1) an integrated system or systems of health care |
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(2) incentives to be used to contain costs;
(3) core benefits that would be provided under each |
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(4) reimbursement mechanisms for health care |
|
(5) administrative efficiencies;
(6) mechanisms for generating spending priorities |
| based on multidisciplinary standards of care established by verifiable replicated research studies demonstrating quality and cost effectiveness of interventions, providers, and facilities; | |
(7) methods for reducing the cost of prescription |
| drugs both as part of, and as separate from, the health care access plan; | |
(8) appropriate reallocation of existing health care |
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(9) equitable financing of each proposal; and
(10) recommendations concerning the delivery of |
| long‑term care services, including: | |
(A) those currently covered under Title XIX of |
|
(B) recommendations on potential cost sharing |
| arrangements for long‑term care services and the phasing in of such arrangements over time; | |
(C) consideration of the potential for utilizing |
| informal care‑giving by friends and family members; | |
(D) recommendations on cost‑containment |
| strategies for long‑term care services; | |
(E) the possibility of using independent |
| financing for the provision of long‑term care services; and | |
(F) the projected cost to the State of Illinois |
| over the next 20 years if no changes were made in the present system of delivering and paying for long‑term care services. | |
(Source: P.A. 93‑973, eff. 8‑20‑04.) |
(20 ILCS 4045/15)
Sec. 15. Health care access plan. On or before July 1, 2007, the State of Illinois is strongly encouraged to implement a health care access plan that does the following:
(1) provides access to a full range of preventive, |
| acute, and long‑term health care services; | |
(2) maintains and improves the quality of health |
| care services offered to Illinois residents; | |
(3) provides portability of coverage, regardless of |
|
(4) provides core benefits for all Illinois |
|
(5) encourages regional and local consumer |
|
(6) contains cost‑containment measures;
(7) provides a mechanism for reviewing and |
| implementing multiple approaches to preventive medicine based on new technologies; and | |
(8) promotes affordable coverage options for the |
|
(Source: P.A. 93‑973, eff. 8‑20‑04.) |
(20 ILCS 4045/30)
Sec. 30. Final report. No later than March 15, 2006, the Task Force shall submit its final report on the health care access plan to the General Assembly and the Governor. The final report may recommend a combination of more than one type of plan and alternative methods of funding the plan. The final report by the Task Force shall make recommendations for a health care access plan or plans that would provide access to a full range of preventive, acute, and long‑term health care services to residents of the State of Illinois by July 1, 2007, including:
(1) an integrated system or systems of health care |
|
(2) incentives to be used to contain costs;
(3) core benefits that would be provided under each |
|
(4) reimbursement mechanisms for health care |
|
(5) administrative efficiencies;
(6) mechanisms for generating spending priorities |
| based on multidisciplinary standards of care established by verifiable replicated research studies demonstrating quality and cost effectiveness of interventions, providers, and facilities; | |
(7) methods for reducing the cost of prescription |
| drugs both as part of, and as separate from, the health care access plan; | |
(8) appropriate reallocation of existing health care |
|
(9) equitable financing of each proposal; and
(10) recommendations concerning the delivery of |
| long‑term care services, including: | |
(A) those currently covered under Title XIX of |
|
(B) recommendations on potential cost sharing |
| arrangements for long‑term care services and the phasing in of such arrangements over time; | |
(C) consideration of the potential for utilizing |
| informal care‑giving by friends and family members; | |
(D) recommendations on cost‑containment |
| strategies for long‑term care services; | |
(E) the possibility of using independent |
| financing for the provision of long‑term care services; and | |
(F) the projected cost to the State of Illinois |
| over the next 20 years if no changes were made in the present system of delivering and paying for long‑term care services. | |
(Source: P.A. 93‑973, eff. 8‑20‑04.) |