HB4232 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 15918 AWJ 65276 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4232

Introduced 1/27/2020, by Rep. Karina Villa

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/3-10022 new
30 ILCS 805/8.44 new

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the treasurer of a county shall reimburse a senior citizen, who is a resident of the treasurer's county, for public transportation costs incurred by the senior citizen within another county of the State for a medical appointment or medical services after the senior citizen provides specified documentation. Defines terms. Requires a medical provider to provide to a senior citizen, upon request, a completed uniform form, which the Department of Public Health shall prescribe for statewide use. Lists uniform form requirements. Limits home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 3-10022 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/3-10022 new)

Sec. 3-10022. Reimbursement of intercounty medical transportation costs of senior citizens.

(a) As used in this Section,

"Public transportation" has the meaning given to that term under subsection (a) of Section 5-5-3.2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

"Senior citizen" means an individual aged 65 or older who meets the income eligibility limitation under subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act.

(b) The treasurer of a county shall reimburse a senior citizen, who is a resident of the treasurer's county, for public transportation costs incurred by the senior citizen within another county of the State for a medical appointment or medical services. Reimbursement shall occur within a reasonable time after the senior citizen has provided the following documentation to the treasurer's office:

(1) a receipt showing payment of public transportation costs to a medical provider in another county; and

(2) a completed form, as provided for in subsection (c), from the medical provider.

Public transportation that begins in the senior citizen's county that ends near the medical provider's office is reimbursable in full.

(c) Upon request from a senior citizen, a medical provider shall provide to the senior citizen a completed uniform form that the Department of Public Health shall prescribe for statewide use. The form shall include: an acknowledgment that the individual is a senior citizen; a statement that the individual was present in the medical provider's office, including the date the senior citizen was present; and an acknowledgment that public transportation was used to get the individual to the medical provider's office.

(d) A home rule county may not regulate the reimbursement of senior citizens for public transportation costs to a medical provider in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.44 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.44 new)

Sec. 8.44. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.