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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4661

Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Ann M. Williams

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

25 ILCS 115/4

from Ch. 63, par. 15.1
30 ILCS 105/25

from Ch. 127, par. 161

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that any
utility bill for service provided to a member's district office in the
immediately preceding fiscal year may be paid from funds appropriated for
such expenditures in the current fiscal year. Provides that any utility
bill for service provided to a member's district office in fiscal year 2015
through fiscal year 2017, as well as any interest or penalties on those
amounts, may be paid from funds appropriated for such expenditures in any
fiscal year. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming changes.
Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning State government.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The General Assembly Compensation Act is
5
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

6

(25 ILCS 115/4)

(from Ch. 63, par. 15.1)
7

Sec. 4.
Office allowance.
Beginning July 1, 2001 and
8
through July 1, 2020, each member of the House of
9
Representatives is authorized to approve the expenditure of
10
not more than $61,000 per year and each member of the Senate is
11
authorized to approve the expenditure of not more than $73,000
12
per year to pay for "personal services", "contractual
13
services", "commodities", "printing", "travel", "operation of
14
automotive equipment", "telecommunications services", as
15
defined in the State Finance Act, and the compensation of one
16
or more legislative assistants authorized pursuant to this
17
Section, in connection with his or her legislative duties and
18
not in connection with any political campaign. On July 1, 2002
19
and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the amount authorized
20
per year under this Section for each member of the Senate and
21
each member of the House of Representatives shall be increased
22
by a percentage increase equivalent to the lesser of (i) the
23
increase in the designated cost of living index or (ii) 5%. The

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designated cost of living index is the index known as the
2
"Employment Cost Index, Wages and Salaries, By Occupation and
3
Industry Groups: State and Local Government Workers: Public
4
Administration" as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
5
of the U.S. Department of Labor for the calendar year
6
immediately preceding the year of the respective July 1st
7
increase date. The increase shall be added to the then current
8
amount, and the adjusted amount so determined shall be the
9
annual amount beginning July 1 of the increase year until July
10
1 of the next year. No increase under this provision shall be
11
less than zero.
12

Beginning July 1, 2021, each member of the House of
13
Representatives is authorized to approve the expenditure of
14
not more than $179,000 per year and each member of the Senate
15
is authorized to approve the expenditure of not more than
16
$214,000 per year to pay for "personal services", "contractual
17
services", "commodities", "printing", "travel", "operation of
18
automotive equipment", "telecommunications services", as
19
defined in the State Finance Act, and the compensation of one
20
or more legislative assistants authorized pursuant to this
21
Section, in connection with his or her legislative duties and
22
not in connection with any political campaign. On July 1, 2022
23
and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the amount authorized
24
per year under this Section for each member of the Senate and
25
each member of the House of Representatives shall be increased
26
by a percentage increase equivalent to the lesser of (i) the

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increase in the designated cost of living index or (ii) 5%. The
2
designated cost of living index is the index known as the
3
"Employment Cost Index, Wages and Salaries, By Occupation and
4
Industry Groups: State and Local Government Workers: Public
5
Administration" as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
6
of the U.S. Department of Labor for the calendar year
7
immediately preceding the year of the respective July 1st
8
increase date. The increase shall be added to the then current
9
amount, and the adjusted amount so determined shall be the
10
annual amount beginning July 1 of the increase year until July
11
1 of the next year. No increase under this provision shall be
12
less than zero.
13

A member may purchase office equipment if the member
14
certifies to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the
15
House, as applicable, that the purchase price, whether paid in
16
lump sum or installments, amounts to less than would be
17
charged for renting or leasing the equipment over its
18
anticipated useful life. All such equipment must be purchased
19
through the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House,
20
as applicable, for proper identification and verification of
21
purchase.
22

Each member of the General Assembly is authorized to
23
employ one or more legislative assistants, who shall be solely
24
under the direction and control of that member, for the
25
purpose of assisting the member in the performance of his or
26
her official duties. A legislative assistant may be employed

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pursuant to this Section as a full-time employee, part-time
2
employee, or contractual employee, at the discretion of the
3
member. If employed as a State employee, a legislative
4
assistant shall receive employment benefits on the same terms
5
and conditions that apply to other employees of the General
6
Assembly. Each member shall adopt and implement personnel
7
policies for legislative assistants under his or her direction
8
and control relating to work time requirements, documentation
9
for reimbursement for travel on official State business,
10
compensation, and the earning and accrual of State benefits
11
for those legislative assistants who may be eligible to
12
receive those benefits. The policies shall also require
13
legislative assistants to periodically submit time sheets
14
documenting, in quarter-hour increments, the time spent each
15
day on official State business. The policies shall require the
16
time sheets to be submitted on paper, electronically, or both
17
and to be maintained in either paper or electronic format by
18
the applicable fiscal office for a period of at least 2 years.
19
Contractual employees may satisfy the time sheets requirement
20
by complying with the terms of their contract, which shall
21
provide for a means of compliance with this requirement. A
22
member may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by
23
adopting and implementing the personnel policies promulgated
24
by that member's legislative leader under the State Officials
25
and Employees Ethics Act with respect to that member's
26
legislative assistants.

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As used in this Section the term "personal services" shall
2
include contributions of the State under the Federal Insurance
3
Contribution Act and under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension
4
Code. As used in this Section the term "contractual services"
5
shall not include improvements to real property unless those
6
improvements are the obligation of the lessee under the lease
7
agreement. Beginning July 1, 1989, as used in the Section, the
8
term "travel" shall be limited to travel in connection with a
9
member's legislative duties and not in connection with any
10
political campaign. Beginning on the effective date of this
11
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, as used in this
12
Section, the term "printing" includes, but is not limited to,
13
newsletters, brochures, certificates, congratulatory
14
mailings, greeting or welcome messages, anniversary or
15
birthday cards, and congratulations for prominent achievement
16
cards. As used in this Section, the term "printing" includes
17
fees for non-substantive resolutions charged by the Clerk of
18
the House of Representatives under subsection (c-5) of Section
19
1 of the Legislative Materials Act. No newsletter or brochure
20
that is paid for, in whole or in part, with funds provided
21
under this Section may be printed or mailed during a period
22
beginning February 1 of the year of a general primary
23
election, except that in 2022 the period shall begin on May 15,
24
2022, and ending the day after the general primary election
25
and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a
26
general election and ending the day after the general

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election, except that such a newsletter or brochure may be
2
mailed during those times if it is mailed to a constituent in
3
response to that constituent's inquiry concerning the needs of
4
that constituent or questions raised by that constituent. The
5
printing or mailing of any newsletter or brochure paid for, in
6
whole or in part, with funds under this Section between
7
February 1, 2022 and the effective date of this amendatory Act
8
of the 102nd General Assembly shall not be considered a
9
violation of this Section. Nothing in this Section shall be
10
construed to authorize expenditures for lodging and meals
11
while a member is in attendance at sessions of the General
12
Assembly.
13

Any utility bill for service provided to a member's
14
district office for a period including portions of 2
15
consecutive fiscal years may be paid from funds appropriated
16
for such expenditure in either fiscal year
, any utility bill
17
for service provided to a member's district office in the
18
immediately preceding fiscal year may be paid from funds
19
appropriated for such expenditures in the current fiscal year,
20
and any utility bill for service provided to a General
21
Assembly member's district office in fiscal year 2015 through
22
fiscal year 2017, as well as any interest or penalties on those
23
amounts, may be paid from funds appropriated for such
24
expenditures in any fiscal year
.
25

If a vacancy occurs in the office of Senator or
26
Representative in the General Assembly, any office equipment

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in the possession of the vacating member shall transfer to the
2
member's successor; if the successor does not want such
3
equipment, it shall be transferred to the Secretary of the
4
Senate or Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case
5
may be, and if not wanted by other members of the General
6
Assembly then to the Department of Central Management Services
7
for treatment as surplus property under the State Property
8
Control Act. Each member, on or before June 30th of each year,
9
shall conduct an inventory of all equipment purchased pursuant
10
to this Act. Such inventory shall be filed with the Secretary
11
of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as the case may be.
12
Whenever a vacancy occurs, the Secretary of the Senate or the
13
Clerk of the House, as the case may be, shall conduct an
14
inventory of equipment purchased.
15

In the event that a member leaves office during his or her
16
term, any unexpended or unobligated portion of the allowance
17
granted under this Section shall lapse. The vacating member's
18
successor shall be granted an allowance in an amount, rounded
19
to the nearest dollar, computed by dividing the annual
20
allowance by 365 and multiplying the quotient by the number of
21
days remaining in the fiscal year.
22

From any appropriation for the purposes of this Section
23
for a fiscal year which overlaps 2 General Assemblies, no more
24
than 1/2 of the annual allowance per member may be spent or
25
encumbered by any member of either the outgoing or incoming
26
General Assembly, except that any member of the incoming

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General Assembly who was a member of the outgoing General
2
Assembly may encumber or spend any portion of his annual
3
allowance within the fiscal year.
4

The appropriation for the annual allowances permitted by
5
this Section shall be included in an appropriation to the
6
President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of
7
Representatives for their respective members. The President of
8
the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall voucher for
9
payment individual members' expenditures from their annual
10
office allowances to the State Comptroller, subject to the
11
authority of the Comptroller under Section 9 of the State
12
Comptroller Act.
13

Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of
14
personal funds or the funds of a political committee
15
controlled by an officeholder to defray the customary and
16
reasonable expenses of an officeholder in connection with the
17
performance of governmental and public service functions.
18
(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

19

Section 10.
The State Finance Act is amended by changing
20
Section 25 as follows:

21

(30 ILCS 105/25)

(from Ch. 127, par. 161)
22

Sec. 25.
Fiscal year limitations.
23

(a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure
24
for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making

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that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
2
appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through
3
June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is
4
enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
5

(b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from
6
appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out
7
of the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period
8
ending at the close of business on August 31. Any service
9
involving professional or artistic skills or any personal
10
services by an employee whose compensation is subject to
11
income tax withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the
12
fiscal year in order to be considered an "outstanding
13
liability as of June 30" that is thereby eligible for payment
14
out of the expiring appropriation.
15

(b-1) However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims
16
under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by
17
the State Board of Education from its appropriations for those
18
respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the
19
claims reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to
20
a prior fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction
21
of the State Superintendent of Education from the fund from
22
which the appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal
23
year limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
24
Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payment of tuition
25
reimbursement claims under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the
26
School Code as of June 30, payable from appropriations that

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have otherwise expired, may be paid out of the expiring
2
appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
3
business on October 31.
4

(b-2) (Blank).
5

(b-2.5) (Blank).
6

(b-2.6) (Blank).
7

(b-2.6a) (Blank).
8

(b-2.6b) (Blank).
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(b-2.6c) (Blank).
10

(b-2.6d) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2020,
11
payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
12
conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2020, and
13
interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the
14
State Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
15
appropriations until December 31, 2020, without regard to the
16
fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
17
for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
18
than September 30, 2020.
19

(b-2.6e) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2021,
20
payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
21
conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2021, and
22
interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the
23
State Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
24
appropriations until September 30, 2021, without regard to the
25
fiscal year in which the payment is made.
26

(b-2.7) For fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, and each

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fiscal year thereafter, interest penalties payable under the
2
State Prompt Payment Act associated with a voucher for which
3
payment is issued after June 30 may be paid out of the next
4
fiscal year's appropriation. The future year appropriation
5
must be for the same purpose and from the same fund as the
6
original payment. An interest penalty voucher submitted
7
against a future year appropriation must be submitted within
8
60 days after the issuance of the associated voucher, except
9
that, for fiscal year 2018 only, an interest penalty voucher
10
submitted against a future year appropriation must be
11
submitted within 60 days of June 5, 2019 (the effective date of
12
Public Act 101-10). The Comptroller must issue the interest
13
payment within 60 days after acceptance of the interest
14
voucher.
15

(b-3) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
16
Veterans Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes
17
for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the
18
medical services being compensated for by such payment may
19
have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as required
20
by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021,
21
medical payments payable from appropriations that have
22
otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring
23
appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
24
business on October 31.
25

(b-4) Medical payments and child care payments may be made
26
by the Department of Human Services (as successor to the

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Department of Public Aid) from appropriations for those
2
purposes for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
3
the medical or child care services being compensated for by
4
such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year; and
5
payments may be made at the direction of the Department of
6
Healthcare and Family Services (or successor agency) from the
7
Health Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal
8
year limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
9
Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical and child care
10
payments made by the Department of Human Services and payments
11
made at the discretion of the Department of Healthcare and
12
Family Services (or successor agency) from the Health
13
Insurance Reserve Fund and payable from appropriations that
14
have otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring
15
appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
16
business on October 31.
17

(b-5) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
18
Human Services from its appropriations relating to substance
19
abuse treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard
20
to the fact that the medical services being compensated for by
21
such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year,
22
provided the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis
23
consistent with requirements established for Medicaid
24
reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family
25
Services, except as required by subsection (j) of this
26
Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by

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the Department of Human Services relating to substance abuse
2
treatment services payable from appropriations that have
3
otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring
4
appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
5
business on October 31.
6

(b-6) (Blank).
7

(b-7) Payments may be made in accordance with a plan
8
authorized by paragraph (11) or (12) of Section 405-105 of the
9
Department of Central Management Services Law from
10
appropriations for those payments without regard to fiscal
11
year limitations.
12

(b-8) Reimbursements to eligible airport sponsors for the
13
construction or upgrading of Automated Weather Observation
14
Systems may be made by the Department of Transportation from
15
appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without
16
regard to the fact that the qualification or obligation may
17
have occurred in a prior fiscal year, provided that at the time
18
the expenditure was made the project had been approved by the
19
Department of Transportation prior to June 1, 2012 and, as a
20
result of recent changes in federal funding formulas, can no
21
longer receive federal reimbursement.
22

(b-9) (Blank).
23

(c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of
24
Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as
25
successor to the Department of Public Health under the
26
Department of Human Services Act) from their respective

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appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
2
premature and high-mortality risk infants and their mothers
3
and for grants for supplemental food supplies provided under
4
the United States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and
5
Children Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard
6
to the fact that the services being compensated for by such
7
payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except
8
as required by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on
9
June 30, 2021, payments made by the Department of Public
10
Health and the Department of Human Services from their
11
respective appropriations for grants for medical care to or on
12
behalf of premature and high-mortality risk infants and their
13
mothers and for grants for supplemental food supplies provided
14
under the United States Department of Agriculture Women,
15
Infants and Children Nutrition Program payable from
16
appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
17
the expiring appropriations during the 4-month period ending
18
at the close of business on October 31.
19

(d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of
20
Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of
21
Public Health under the Department of Human Services Act)
22
shall each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
23
President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House
24
Minority Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority
25
Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
26
the House, on or before December 31, a report of fiscal year

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funds used to pay for services provided in any prior fiscal
2
year. This report shall document by program or service
3
category those expenditures from the most recently completed
4
fiscal year used to pay for services provided in prior fiscal
5
years.
6

(e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
7
Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
8
Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human
9
Services making fee-for-service payments relating to substance
10
abuse treatment services provided during a previous fiscal
11
year shall each annually submit to the State Comptroller,
12
Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the
13
House, House Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and
14
Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the
15
Senate and the House, on or before November 30, a report that
16
shall document by program or service category those
17
expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
18
to pay for (i) services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii)
19
services for which claims were received in prior fiscal years.
20

(f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the
21
Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
22
Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker
23
of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective
24
Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations
25
Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December
26
31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services

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(other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year.
2
This report shall document by program or service category
3
those expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal
4
year used to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
5

(g) In addition, each annual report required to be
6
submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
7
under subsection (e) shall include the following information
8
with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
9

(1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance
10

between the previous year's estimated and actual
11

liabilities.
12

(2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and
13

Family Services' liabilities, including, but not limited
14

to, numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service
15

utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost
16

of medical services.
17

(3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat
18

fraud and abuse.
19

(h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly
20
Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
21
General Assembly member's district office for a period
22
including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
23
from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
24
year
, any utility bill for service provided to a member's
25
district office in the immediately preceding fiscal year may
26
be paid from funds appropriated for such expenditures in the

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current fiscal year, and any utility bill for service provided
2
to a General Assembly member's district office in fiscal year
3
2015 through fiscal year 2017, as well as any interest or
4
penalties on those amounts, may be paid from funds
5
appropriated for such expenditures in any fiscal year
.
6

(i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the
7
Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
8

(1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or
9

authorized inter-fund transfers based on estimated charges
10

for goods or services;
11

(2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund
12

transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during
13

the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or
14

authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior
15

fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed
16

by the user agency for that period; and
17

(3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during
18

the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when
19

payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from
20

the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less
21

than the total amount owed for that period.
22
User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service
23
funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
24
respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the
25
catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized
26
inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the

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purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers
2
without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized
3
by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
4

(i-1) Beginning on July 1, 2021, all outstanding
5
liabilities, not payable during the 4-month lapse period as
6
described in subsections (b-1), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), and (c)
7
of this Section, that are made from appropriations for that
8
purpose for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
9
the services being compensated for by those payments may have
10
been rendered in a prior fiscal year, are limited to only those
11
claims that have been incurred but for which a proper bill or
12
invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has not been
13
received by September 30th following the end of the fiscal
14
year in which the service was rendered.
15

(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
16
aggregate amount of payments to be made without regard for
17
fiscal year limitations as contained in subsections (b-1),
18
(b-3), (b-4), (b-5), and (c) of this Section, and determined
19
by using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, shall not
20
exceed the following amounts:
21

(1) $6,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
22

to fiscal year 2012;
23

(2) $5,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
24

to fiscal year 2013;
25

(3) $4,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
26

to fiscal year 2014;

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(4) $4,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
2

to fiscal year 2015;
3

(5) $3,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
4

to fiscal year 2016;
5

(6) $2,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
6

to fiscal year 2017;
7

(7) $2,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
8

to fiscal year 2018;
9

(8) $1,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
10

to fiscal year 2019;
11

(9) $600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
12

to fiscal year 2020; and
13

(10) $0 for outstanding liabilities related to fiscal
14

year 2021 and fiscal years thereafter.
15

(k) Department of Healthcare and Family Services Medical
16
Assistance Payments.
17

(1) Definition of Medical Assistance.
18

For purposes of this subsection, the term "Medical
19

Assistance" shall include, but not necessarily be
20

limited to, medical programs and services authorized
21

under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act,
22

the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health
23

Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health
24

Insurance Act, the Long Term Acute Care Hospital
25

Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act, and medical
26

care to or on behalf of persons suffering from chronic

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renal disease, persons suffering from hemophilia, and
2

victims of sexual assault.
3

(2) Limitations on Medical Assistance payments that
4

may be paid from future fiscal year appropriations.
5

(A) The maximum amounts of annual unpaid Medical
6

Assistance bills received and recorded by the
7

Department of Healthcare and Family Services on or
8

before June 30th of a particular fiscal year
9

attributable in aggregate to the General Revenue Fund,
10

Healthcare Provider Relief Fund, Tobacco Settlement
11

Recovery Fund, Long-Term Care Provider Fund, and the
12

Drug Rebate Fund that may be paid in total by the
13

Department from future fiscal year Medical Assistance
14

appropriations to those funds are: $700,000,000 for
15

fiscal year 2013 and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014
16

and each fiscal year thereafter.
17

(B) Bills for Medical Assistance services rendered
18

in a particular fiscal year, but received and recorded
19

by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
20

after June 30th of that fiscal year, may be paid from
21

either appropriations for that fiscal year or future
22

fiscal year appropriations for Medical Assistance.
23

Such payments shall not be subject to the requirements
24

of subparagraph (A).
25

(C) Medical Assistance bills received by the
26

Department of Healthcare and Family Services in a

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particular fiscal year, but subject to payment amount
2

adjustments in a future fiscal year may be paid from a
3

future fiscal year's appropriation for Medical
4

Assistance. Such payments shall not be subject to the
5

requirements of subparagraph (A).
6

(D) Medical Assistance payments made by the
7

Department of Healthcare and Family Services from
8

funds other than those specifically referenced in
9

subparagraph (A) may be made from appropriations for
10

those purposes for any fiscal year without regard to
11

the fact that the Medical Assistance services being
12

compensated for by such payment may have been rendered
13

in a prior fiscal year. Such payments shall not be
14

subject to the requirements of subparagraph (A).
15

(3) Extended lapse period for Department of Healthcare
16

and Family Services Medical Assistance payments.
17

Notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary,
18

outstanding Department of Healthcare and Family Services
19

Medical Assistance liabilities, as of June 30th, payable
20

from appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be
21

paid out of the expiring appropriations during the 4-month
22

period ending at the close of business on October 31st.
23

(l) The changes to this Section made by Public Act 97-691
24
shall be effective for payment of Medical Assistance bills
25
incurred in fiscal year 2013 and future fiscal years. The
26
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applied to Medical Assistance bills incurred in fiscal year
2
2012 or prior fiscal years.
3

(m) The Comptroller must issue payments against
4
outstanding liabilities that were received prior to the lapse
5
period deadlines set forth in this Section as soon thereafter
6
as practical, but no payment may be issued after the 4 months
7
following the lapse period deadline without the signed
8
authorization of the Comptroller and the Governor.
9
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 104-234, eff. 8-15-25.)

10

Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
11
becoming law.

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