DHFS-MED PROVIDERS-TRUST FUNDS

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for inpatient or outpatient hospital services provided by any hospital receiving reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department may establish by rule a means of adjusting the rate of reimbursement so as to eliminate any costs of medical education, to the extent that such costs are no longer available for federal reimbursement. In connection with adjustment payments to hospitals, eliminates adjustments for teaching costs. Eliminates teaching costs as a supplement to hospital inpatient reimbursements from the County Provider Trust Fund. Effective immediately.