MEDICAL ASSISTANCE-VARIOUS

Creates the Excellence in Academic Medicine Act of 2013 with provisions similar to those of the Excellence in Academic Medicine Act as it existed before its repeal by Public Act 97-689 and creates special funds in accordance with the new Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Removes provisions added by Public Act 97-691 concerning the maximum amounts of annual unpaid Medical Assistance bills that may be paid in total from future fiscal year Medical Assistance appropriations. Restores provisions concerning fiscal year limitations relating to payments for medical care as those provisions existed before the enactment of Public Act 97-691. Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act by reinstituting the pharmaceutical assistance program that was eliminated by Public Act 97-689 and changing the short title to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Amends various Acts by restoring various provisions concerning nursing home staffing requirements, the moratorium on the expansion of eligibility for medical assistance, rate reductions and payments for various Medicaid services, vendor enrollment, care coordination, and other matters as those provisions existed before the enactment of Public Acts 97-687 and 97-689. Repeals various provisions added by Public Act 97-689 concerning safety-net hospitals, the elimination and limitation of certain medical assistance services, medical assistance for medically fragile and technology dependent children, and other matters. Effective immediately.