Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Urges the passing of Congressional Bill S.3396 for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Research.

Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes the county board in a county with a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants to require any taxing district, by ordinance, to provide the county or a designated county agency with detailed information. Sets forth the type of information that may be reported. Further provides that if a taxing district fails to comply with the reporting requirements, then the county board may require the county collector to withhold payment of any and all moneys due to the district until the detailed information has been received. Makes conforming changes in the Property Tax Code. Effective immediately.

Creates the Program Integrity for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly to implement waste, fraud, and abuse detection, prevention, and recovery solutions to improve program integrity for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program in the State and create efficiency and cost savings through a shift from a retrospective "pay and chase" model to a prospective pre-payment model; and to comply with program integrity provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. In furtherance of these goals, requires the State to implement several technologies and services including (i) provider data verification and provider screening technology; (ii) state-of-the-art clinical code editing technology; (iii) state-of-the-art predictive modeling and analytics technologies; (iv) fraud investigative services; and (v) Medicaid and CHIP claims audit and recovery services. Requires the State to either contract with The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) to issue a request for proposals (RFP) when selecting a contractor or use the specified contractor selection process. Contains provisions concerning contracts, reporting requirements, and savings.

Amends the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources shall adopt rules that require, prior to such hydraulic fracturing, the owner or operator to perform a suitable mechanical integrity test of the casing or of the casing-tubing annulus or other mechanical integrity test methods using procedures that are established by administrative rule. Provides that each owner or operator that begins extracting natural gas from shale shall report to the Department specified information within 30 days after the completion of all stages of the hydraulic fracturing stimulation. Requires that the owner or operator shall post the chemical disclosure information on certain specified websites. Provides that the owner or operator shall provide information to the Director as to the amounts, handling, and, if necessary, disposal at an identified appropriate disposal facility, or reuse of the well stimulation fluid load recovered during flow back, swabbing, or recovery from production facility vessels. Provides that the storage of the well stimulation fluid load shall be protective of an underground source of drinking water by the use of either tanks or lined pits. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to require or allow disclosure of trade secrets or commercial information that is exempt from inspection or copying when provided to the Department together with a claim made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act that such information is proprietary, privileged, or confidential and that disclosure may cause competitive harm to the person or business. Provides that the provision only applies to the extraction of natural gas from shale.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for its FY13 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2012.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.

Amends the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning jurisdiction and venue.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Removes a requirement that taxpayers in a county with 3,000,000 inhabitants must reapply for the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption on an annual basis.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for its FY13 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2012.