Amends the Hospital Services Trust Fund Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to (i) pay safety-net hospitals a health care equity add-on payment that is based on such hospitals' Medicaid inpatient utilization rate and (ii) pay safety-net hospitals a low volume add-on payment of $200 for each inpatient General Acute and Psychiatric day of care, removes the December 31, 2026 sunset dates for such add-on payments. Effective immediately.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 305 ILCS 5/14