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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0481
Introduced 2/16/2005, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that under the Medicaid program, a person who has been diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, or who has a family history of kidney disease, may be evaluated for kidney disease through routine clinical laboratory assessments of kidney function. Provides that a chronic kidney patient may receive coverage of diagnostic and health care services that have been certified by the patient's treating physician as having clinical benefit for managing risk factors that prolong kidney function or delay progression to kidney replacement therapy, managing risk factors for bone disease and cardiovascular disease associated with chronic kidney disease, improving the nutritional status of a person with chronic kidney disease, or correcting anemia associated with chronic kidney disease.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0481 |
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LRB094 10052 DRJ 40310 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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| adding Section 5-2.07 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-2.07 new) |
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| Sec. 5-2.07. Persons with chronic kidney disease. Under the |
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| program of medical assistance under this Article, a person who |
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| has been diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, or who has a |
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| family history of kidney disease, may be evaluated for kidney |
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| disease through routine clinical laboratory assessments of |
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| kidney function. The diagnostic criteria that define chronic |
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| kidney disease for purposes of this Section may be any |
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| generally recognized clinical practice guidelines that |
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| identify chronic kidney disease based on the presence of kidney |
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| damage and the level of kidney function. A person who has been |
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| diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, or who has a family |
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| history of kidney disease, and who is diagnosed with kidney |
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| disease may be classified as a chronic kidney patient for |
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| purposes of this Section. Under the program of medical |
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| assistance under this Article, a chronic kidney patient may |
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| receive coverage of diagnostic and health care services that |
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| have been certified by the patient's treating physician as |
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| having clinical benefit for any of the following: |
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| (1) Managing risk factors that prolong kidney function |
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| or delay progression to kidney replacement therapy. |
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| (2) Managing risk factors for bone disease and |
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| cardiovascular disease associated with chronic kidney |
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| disease. |
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| (3) Improving the nutritional status of a person with |
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| chronic kidney disease. |
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| (4) Correcting anemia associated with chronic kidney |