101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4915

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Steven Reick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-39 new

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish and operate a case tracking system which shall be designed to collect, maintain, and monitor information on payments made by the Department on behalf of individuals eligible for medical assistance whose case files are marked as "inactive" in the Department's Medicaid Management Information System. Provides that the Department shall use the case tracking system to prevent payments from being made on behalf of an individual who was ineligible for medical assistance due to the person being deceased. Provides that to ensure the case tracking system contains the most up to date information on an individual whose name and case file is entered into the case tracking system, at least once a month the Department shall cross-reference the individual's name, social security number, and any other relevant information belonging to the individual with the death records information maintained by the Department of Public Health's Division of Vital Records. Requires the Department of adopt any rules necessary to implement the case tracking system.


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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 Section 5-39 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-39 new)
7    Sec. 5-39. Case tracking system; deceased recipients. The
8Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish
9and operate a case tracking system which shall be designed to
10collect, maintain, and monitor information on payments made by
11the Department on behalf of individuals eligible for medical
12assistance whose case files are marked as "inactive" in the
13Department's Medicaid Management Information System. The
14Department shall use the case tracking system to prevent
15payments from being made on behalf of an individual who was
16ineligible for medical assistance under this Article due to the
17person being deceased. To ensure the case tracking system
18contains the most up to date information on an individual whose
19name and case file is entered into the case tracking system, at
20least once a month the Department shall cross-reference the
21individual's name, social security number, and any other
22relevant information belonging to the individual with the death
23records information maintained by the Department of Public

 

 

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1Health's Division of Vital Records. If the Department
2determines that the individual is deceased, the Department
3shall add the individual's date of death to the case tracking
4system and take all necessary steps to ensure no payments are
5made on behalf of the deceased individual. The Department shall
6adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
7Section.