98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0959

 

Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-31 new
305 ILCS 5/5-32 new

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for persons who (i) are eligible for Medicaid and are inpatients in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or (ii) are enrolled in the Illinois Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver program for adults with developmental disabilities and reside in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the Department shall increase the total monthly personal needs allowance to such persons by an amount equal to the total amount of the increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits. As to persons residing in facilities licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, provides that the personal needs allowance shall not be reduced below the rates calculated on January 1, 2013. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Sections 5-31 and 5-32 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-31 new)
7    Sec. 5-31. Personal needs allowance. For a person who is an
8inpatient in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care
9Act for which payments are made under this Article throughout a
10month and who is determined to be eligible for medical
11assistance under this Article, in any calendar year in which
12there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental
13Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the
14Department shall increase the total monthly personal needs
15allowance to the person by an amount equal to the total amount
16of the increase in federal Supplemental Security Income
17benefits or Social Security benefits.
 
18    (305 ILCS 5/5-32 new)
19    Sec. 5-32. Personal needs allowance. For a person who
20resides in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated
21Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and who is
22determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this

 

 

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1Article and who is enrolled in the Illinois Home and Community
2Based Services Medicaid Waiver program for adults with
3developmental disabilities, in any calendar year in which there
4is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security
5Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the Department
6shall increase the total monthly personal needs allowance to
7the person by an amount equal to the total amount of the
8increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or
9Social Security benefits.
10    The personal needs allowance for persons residing in
11facilities referenced in this Section shall not be reduced
12below the rates calculated on January 1, 2013.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.