Section 305 ILCS 5/5C-2 - Assessment; no local authorization to tax(a) For the privilege of engaging in the occupation of care provider for persons with a developmental disability , an assessment is imposed upon each care provider for persons with a developmental disability in an amount equal to 6%, or the maximum allowed under federal regulation, whichever is less, of its adjusted gross developmentally disabled care revenue for the prior State fiscal year. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to the contrary, this assessment shall be construed as a tax, but may not be added to the charges of an individual's nursing home care that is paid for in whole, or in part, by a federal, State, or combined federal-state medical care program, except those individuals receiving Medicare Part B benefits solely.(b) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be construed to authorize any home rule unit or other unit of local government to license for revenue or impose a tax or assessment upon a care provider for persons with a developmental disability or the occupation of care provider for persons with a developmental disability , or a tax or assessment measured by the income or earnings of a care provider for persons with a developmental disability .(c) Effective July 1, 2013, for the privilege of engaging in the occupation of long-term care facility for persons under 22 years of age serving clinically complex residents provider, an assessment is imposed upon each long-term care facility for persons under 22 years of age serving clinically complex residents provider in the same amount and upon the same conditions and requirements as imposed in Article V-B of this Code and a license fee is imposed in the same amount and upon the same conditions and requirements as imposed in Article V-E of this Code. Notwithstanding any provision of any other Act to the contrary, the assessment and license fee imposed by this subsection (c) shall be construed as a tax, but may not be added to the charges of an individual's nursing home care that is paid for in whole, or in part, by a federal, State, or combined federal-State medical care program, except for those individuals receiving Medicare Part B benefits solely. Amended by P.A. 099-0143,§ 640, eff. 7/27/2015.Amended by P.A. 098-0651,§ 55-15, eff. 6/16/2014.Amended by P.A. 095-0707,§ 5-25, eff. 1/11/2008.P.A. 88-88; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.