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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0796 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 305 ILCS 5/5-12 | from Ch. 23, par. 5-12 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning payments under the Medicaid program for funeral
and burial expenses.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0796 | | LRB097 04509 KTG 44548 b |
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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-12 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-12)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-12. Funeral and burial. Upon the
the death of a |
| 8 | | recipient who
qualified under class 2, 3 or 4 of Section 5-2, |
| 9 | | if his estate is
insufficient to pay his funeral and burial |
| 10 | | expenses and if no other
resources, including assistance from |
| 11 | | legally responsible relatives, are
available for such |
| 12 | | purposes, there shall be paid, in accordance with the
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| 13 | | standards, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of |
| 14 | | Human
Services, such reasonable amounts as may be necessary to |
| 15 | | meet the costs of
the funeral, burial space, and cemetery |
| 16 | | charges, or to reimburse any person not
financially responsible |
| 17 | | for the deceased who has voluntarily made
expenditures for such |
| 18 | | costs. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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