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Sen. Kwame Raoul
Filed: 3/11/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2303
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2303 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 5-1.3 as follows: |
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-1.3 new) |
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| Sec. 5-1.3. Recipient's incarceration or detention; |
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| continued eligibility. |
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| (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and |
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| notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the |
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| Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not cancel a |
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| person's eligibility for medical assistance solely because |
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| that person has become an inmate of a public institution, |
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| including, but not limited to, a county jail, juvenile |
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| detention center, or State correctional facility. The person |
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| may remain enrolled for medical assistance as long as all other |
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| eligibility criteria are met. Counties, the Department of |
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| Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Corrections shall |
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| cooperate to share information sufficient to inform the |
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| Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in a manner |
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| established by the Department, that an enrolled person has been |
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| detained or incarcerated. |
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| (b) The Department shall not be responsible to provide |
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| medical assistance under this Article for any medical care, |
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| services, or supplies provided to the individual during that |
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| period. The responsibility for providing medical care shall |
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| remain, as otherwise provided by law, with the Department of |
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| Corrections, the county, or the other arresting authority. The |
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| Department may seek federal financial participation, to the |
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| extent that it is available and with the cooperation of the |
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| Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Corrections, |
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| or the relevant county, for the costs of those services. |
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| (c) The Department shall resume responsibility for |
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| providing medical assistance upon release of the person to the |
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| community as long as all of the following apply: |
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| (1) The person is enrolled for medical assistance at |
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| the time of release. |
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| (2) Neither a county, the Department of Juvenile |
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| Justice, nor the Department of Corrections continues to |
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| bear responsibility for the person's medical care. |
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| (3) The county, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or |
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| the Department of Corrections provides timely notice of the |