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1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-13 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-13) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-13)
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7 | Sec. 5-13. Claim against estate of recipients. To the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | extent permitted under
the federal Social Security Act, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Department shall have a claim against a recipient's estate for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | medical assistance paid the amount expended under this Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (1) for
a person of any age who is an inpatient in a nursing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | facility, an intermediate
care facility for the mentally | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | retarded, or other medical institution, or (2)
for nursing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | facility services, home and community-based services, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | related hospital and prescription drug services for a person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | aged 55 or more at the time the assistance is received. No , | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | shall be a claim against the person's
estate or a claim against | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the estate of the person's spouse,
regardless of the order of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | death, but no recovery may
be had thereon until after the death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | of the surviving spouse, if any, however, and then
only at such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | time when there is no surviving child who is under age 21, or
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22 | blind, or permanently and totally disabled. This Section, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | however, shall not
bar recovery at the death of the person of |
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1 | amounts of medical assistance paid
to or in his behalf to which | ||||||
2 | he was not entitled; provided that such
recovery shall not be | ||||||
3 | enforced against any real estate while it is occupied
as a | ||||||
4 | homestead by the surviving spouse or other dependent, if no | ||||||
5 | claims by
other creditors have been filed against the estate, | ||||||
6 | or if such claims have
been filed, they remain dormant for | ||||||
7 | failure of prosecution or failure of
the claimant to compel | ||||||
8 | administration of the estate for the purpose of
payment. The | ||||||
9 | term "estate", as used in this Section, with respect to a
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10 | deceased person, means all real and personal property and other | ||||||
11 | assets included
within the person's estate, as that term is | ||||||
12 | used in the Probate Act of 1975;
however, in the case of a | ||||||
13 | deceased person who has received (or is entitled to
receive) | ||||||
14 | benefits under a long-term care insurance policy in connection | ||||||
15 | with
which assets or resources are disregarded to the extent | ||||||
16 | that payments are made
or because the deceased person received | ||||||
17 | (or was entitled to receive) benefits
under a long-term care | ||||||
18 | insurance policy, "estate" also includes any
other real and | ||||||
19 | personal property and other assets in which the deceased person
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20 | had any legal title or interest at the time of his or her death | ||||||
21 | (to the extent
of that interest), including assets conveyed to | ||||||
22 | a survivor, heir, or assignee
of the deceased person through | ||||||
23 | joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship,
life estate, | ||||||
24 | living trust, or other arrangement. The term "homestead", as | ||||||
25 | used
in this Section, means the dwelling house and contiguous | ||||||
26 | real estate occupied
by a surviving spouse or relative, as |
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1 | defined by the rules and regulations of
the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Department, regardless of the value of the property.
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3 | A claim arising under this Section against assets conveyed | ||||||
4 | to a survivor,
heir, or assignee of the deceased person through | ||||||
5 | joint tenancy, tenancy in
common, survivorship, life estate, | ||||||
6 | living trust, or other arrangement is not
effective until the | ||||||
7 | claim is recorded or filed in the manner provided for a
notice | ||||||
8 | of lien in Section 3-10.2. The claim is subject to the same
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9 | requirements and conditions to which liens on real property | ||||||
10 | interests are
subject under Sections 3-10.1 through 3-10.10. A | ||||||
11 | claim arising under this
Section attaches to interests owned or | ||||||
12 | subsequently acquired by the estate of a
recipient or the | ||||||
13 | estate of a recipient's surviving spouse.
The transfer or | ||||||
14 | conveyance of any real or personal property of the estate
as
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15 | defined in this Section shall be subject to the fraudulent | ||||||
16 | transfer conditions
that apply to real property in Section 3-11 | ||||||
17 | of this Code.
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18 | The provisions of this Section shall not affect the | ||||||
19 | validity of claims
against estates for medical assistance | ||||||
20 | provided prior to January 1, 1966 to
aged, blind, or disabled | ||||||
21 | persons receiving aid under Articles V, VII and
VII-A of the | ||||||
22 | 1949 Code.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; | ||||||
24 | 89-437, eff.
12-15-95; 89-686, eff. 12-31-96 .)
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25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
26 | becoming law.
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