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HB1661 Engrossed                     LRB093 07007 DRJ 07157 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 5-6 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/5-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-6)
 7        Sec. 5-6.  Obligations  incurred  prior  to  death  of  a
 8    recipient.  Obligations incurred but not paid for at the time
 9    of a recipient's death for services authorized under  Section
10    5-5,   including   medical  and  other  care  in  group  care
11    facilities  as  defined  in  the  "Nursing  Home  Care  Act",
12    approved August 23, 1979, as amended, or in  like  facilities
13    not  required  to  be  licensed  under that Act, may be paid,
14    subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the   Illinois
15    Department, after the death of the recipient.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-820.)