Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-5

  • Department: means the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Managed care organization: means an entity operating under a certificate of authority issued pursuant to the Health Maintenance Organization Act or as a Managed Care Community Network pursuant to Section 5-11 of this Code. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
  • Member months: means the aggregate total number of months all individuals are enrolled for coverage in a Managed Care Organization during the base year. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     In the event of a merger, acquisition, or any similar transaction involving entities subject to the assessment under this Article, the resultant entity shall be responsible for the full amount of the assessment for all entities involved in the transaction with the member months allotted to tiers as they were prior to the transaction and no member months shall change tiers as a result of any transaction. A managed care organization that ceases doing business in the State during any fiscal year shall be liable only for the monthly installments due in months that it operated in the State. The Department shall by rule establish a methodology to set the assessment base member months for a managed care organization that begins operating in the State at any time after 2018. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit authority granted in subsection (c) of Section 5H-3.