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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2308
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no later than July 1, 2007, subject to federal approval of a State Medicaid Plan amendment, which shall be sought by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or its successor agency, persons who fail to qualify for basic maintenance under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) program on
the basis of need because of excess income or assets, or both, may establish
prospective
eligibility for that basic maintenance by paying their monthly Medicaid spend-down
amount
to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or
by having a third party pay that amount to the Department.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2308 |
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LRB094 17068 DRJ 52350 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. Use of Medicaid spend-down. No later than July |
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| 1, 2007, subject to federal approval of a State Medicaid Plan |
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| amendment, which shall be sought by the Department of |
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| Healthcare and Family Services or its successor agency, persons |
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| described in item 2(a) of Section 5-2, who fail to qualify for |
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| basic maintenance under Article III of this Code on the basis |
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| of need because of excess income or assets, or both, may |
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| establish eligibility for medical assistance by paying the |
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| amount of their monthly spend-down under this Article (as |
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| described in 42 CFR 435.831) to the Department of Healthcare |
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| and Family Services or its successor agency or by having a |
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| third party pay that amount to the Department on their behalf.
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