Bill to end Medicaid managed care advances in House
Updated 1/11/2021 5:11 PM
SPRINGFIELD A House committee on Monday advanced a bill that would end the system of hiring private insurance companies to manage the state s Medicaid program at the end of their current contracts and replace it with a standard fee-for-service payment system.
The bill also calls for a three-year moratorium on any hospital closures or downsizing.
However, it is expected that further amendments to the bill are being drafted, and it was unclear Monday whether a final version could be approved by both chambers of the General Assembly before the special session ends, either Tuesday or early Wednesday.
Legislation contains "four pillars": police and criminal justice reform, education reform, health care and human services reform, and expansion of economic opportunity.
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker took questions on a massive criminal justice omnibus bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Monday, noting he was generally “in favor of the process and the work that the Black Caucus has done overall.”
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