102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1425

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-12  from Ch. 23, par. 5-12

    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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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
5changing Section 5-12 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-12)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-12)
7    Sec. 5-12. Funeral and burial. Upon the the death of a
8recipient who qualified under class 2, 3 or 4 of Section 5-2,
9if his estate is insufficient to pay his funeral and burial
10expenses and if no other resources, including assistance from
11legally responsible relatives, are available for such
12purposes, there shall be paid, in accordance with the
13standards, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of
14Human Services, such reasonable amounts as may be necessary to
15meet the costs of the funeral, burial space, and cemetery
16charges, or to reimburse any person not financially
17responsible for the deceased who has voluntarily made
18expenditures for such costs.
19(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)