IDPH-MEDICAID PENALTY PAYMENTS House SponsorsRep. Cynthia Soto-Esther Golar-Greg Harris, André M. Thapedi, Marcus C. Evans, Jr. and David R. Leitch 12/3/2014HouseSession Sine Die 305 ILCS 5/5-5f Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in the event hospitals are deemed not to have reached the $40,000,000 in reduced expenditures as set forth under the Code, then for any individual hospital not meeting its established threshold, the Department of Public Health shall assess a penalty payment equal to one-half the amount of the differential between the hospital's actual liability related to readmissions and that of the threshold amount. Provides that these penalty payments shall be deposited into the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund and that in the event the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that the penalty payments are an impermissible healthcare-related tax, the penalty payments shall be doubled. Further provides that the expenditures are to be defined as General Revenue Fund-based expenditures. Effective immediately. 2/7/2013HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto 2/13/2013HouseFirst Reading 2/13/2013HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/19/2013HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar 2/20/2013HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi 3/1/2013HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris 3/1/2013HouseChief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Greg Harris 3/4/2013HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. 3/13/2013HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch 12/3/2014HouseSession Sine Die