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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3164
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes a provision terminating implementation of the Department of Public Aid's waiver of requirements of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act on June 30, 2007.
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A BILL FOR
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SB3164 |
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LRB093 19937 AMC 45681 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 5-5.12a as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.12a)
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| Sec. 5-5.12a. Title XIX waiver; pharmacy assistance |
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| program. The
Illinois Department may seek a waiver of otherwise |
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| applicable requirements
of Title XIX of the federal Social |
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| Security Act in order to claim federal
financial participation |
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| for a pharmacy assistance program for persons aged
65 and over |
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| with income levels at or less than 250% of the federal poverty
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| level. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for all |
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| other requirements
of the program, including cost sharing, as |
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| permitted by an approved waiver and
without regard to any |
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| provision of this Code to the contrary. The benefits may
be no |
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| more restrictive than the Pharmacy Assistance Program in effect |
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| on May
31, 2001. Benefits provided under the waiver are subject |
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| to appropriation.
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| The Illinois Department may not implement the waiver until |
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| cost neutrality is
demonstrated for the State relative to the |
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| final Pharmacy Assistance Program
appropriation for the fiscal |
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| year beginning July 1, 2001. Implementation of
the waiver shall |
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| terminate on June 30, 2007.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-10, eff. 6-11-01.)
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