93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5994

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-6   from Ch. 23, par. 5-6

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payment under the Medicaid program for obligations incurred but not paid for at the time of a recipient's death.


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A BILL FOR

 

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