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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0139 Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning the legislative intent of the Act.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0139 | | LRB097 06376 RPM 46458 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Children's Health Insurance Program Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 106/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Legislative intent. The
The General Assembly finds |
| 8 | | that, for the
economic and social benefit of all citizens of |
| 9 | | the State, it is important to
enable low-income children of |
| 10 | | this State, to the extent funding permits, to
access health |
| 11 | | benefits coverage, especially preventive health care. The
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| 12 | | General Assembly recognizes that assistance to help families |
| 13 | | purchase health
benefits for low-income children must be |
| 14 | | provided in a fair and equitable
fashion and must treat all |
| 15 | | children at the same income level in a similar
fashion. The |
| 16 | | State of Illinois should help low-income families transition |
| 17 | | from
a health care system where government partners with |
| 18 | | families to provide health
benefits to low-income children to a |
| 19 | | system where families with higher incomes
eventually |
| 20 | | transition into private or employer based health plans. This |
| 21 | | Act is
not intended to create an entitlement. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98.)
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