Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

Filed: 3/25/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2069

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2069 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act is
5 amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 515/7)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1207)
7     Sec. 7. The local services tax for owners of mobile homes
8 who (a) are actually residing in such mobile homes, (b) hold
9 title to such mobile home as provided in the "Illinois Vehicle
10 Code", approved September 29, 1969, as amended, and (c) are 65
11 years of age or older or are disabled persons within the
12 meaning of Section 3.14 of the "Senior Citizens and Disabled
13 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act"
14 on the annual billing date shall be reduced to 80 percent of
15 the tax provided for in Section 3 of this Act. Proof that a
16 claimant has been issued an Illinois Disabled Person

 

 

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1 Identification Card stating that the claimant is under a Class
2 2 disability, as provided in Section 4A of the The Illinois
3 Identification Card Act, shall constitute proof that the person
4 thereon named is a disabled person within the meaning of this
5 Act. An application for reduction of the tax shall be filed
6 with the county clerk by the individuals who are entitled to
7 the reduction. If the application is filed after May 1, the
8 reduction in tax shall begin with the next annual bill.
9 Application for the reduction in tax shall be done by
10 submitting proof that the applicant has been issued an Illinois
11 Disabled Person Identification Card designating the
12 applicant's disability as a Class 2 disability, or by affidavit
13 in substantially the following form:
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APPLICATION FOR REDUCTION OF MOBILE HOME LOCAL SERVICES TAX
15     I hereby make application for a reduction to 80% of the
16 total tax imposed under "An Act to provide for a local services
17 tax on mobile homes".
18     (1) Senior Citizens
19     (a) I actually reside in the mobile home ....
20     (b) I hold title to the mobile home as provided in the
21 Illinois Vehicle Code ....
22     (c) I reached the age of 65 on or before either January 1
23 (or July 1) of the year in which this statement is filed. My
24 date of birth is: ...
25     (2) Disabled Persons
26     (a) I actually reside in the mobile home...

 

 

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1     (b) I hold title to the mobile home as provided in the
2 Illinois Vehicle Code ....
3     (c) I was totally disabled on ... and have remained
4 disabled until the date of this application. My Social
5 Security, Veterans, Railroad or Civil Service Total Disability
6 Claim Number is ... The undersigned declares under the penalty
7 of perjury that the above statements are true and correct.
8 Dated (insert date).
9
...........................
10
Signature of owner
11
...........................
12
(Address)
13
...........................
14
(City) (State) (Zip)
15 Approved by:
16 .............................
17 (Assessor)
 
18 This application shall be accompanied by a copy of the
19 applicant's most recent application filed with the Illinois
20 Department on Aging of Revenue under the "Senior Citizens and
21 Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
22 Assistance Act," approved July 17, 1972, as amended.
23 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
24     Section 10. The Citizens Utility Board Act is amended by

 

 

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1 changing Section 9 as follows:
 
2     (220 ILCS 10/9)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 909)
3     Sec. 9. Mailing procedure.
4     (1) As used in this Section:
5         (a) "Enclosure" means a card, leaflet, envelope or
6     combination thereof furnished by the corporation under
7     this Section.
8         (b) "Mailing" means any communication by a State
9     agency, other than a mailing made by the Department of
10     Revenue under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
11     Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act,
12     that is sent through the United States Postal Service to
13     more than 50,000 persons within a 12-month period.
14         (c) "State agency" means any officer, department,
15     board, commission, institution or entity of the executive
16     or legislative branches of State government.
17     (2) To accomplish its powers and duties under Section 5
18 this Act, the corporation, subject to the following
19 limitations, may prepare and furnish to any State agency an
20 enclosure to be included with a mailing by that agency.
21         (a) A State agency furnished with an enclosure shall
22     include the enclosure within the mailing designated by the
23     corporation.
24         (b) An enclosure furnished by the corporation under
25     this Section shall be provided to the State agency a

 

 

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1     reasonable period of time in advance of the mailing.
2         (c) An enclosure furnished by the corporation under
3     this Section shall be limited to informing the reader of
4     the purpose, nature and activities of the corporation as
5     set forth in this Act and informing the reader that it may
6     become a member in the corporation, maintain membership in
7     the corporation and contribute money to the corporation
8     directly.
9         (d) Prior to furnishing an enclosure to the State
10     agency, the corporation shall seek and obtain approval of
11     the content of the enclosure from the Illinois Commerce
12     Commission. The Commission shall approve the enclosure if
13     it determines that the enclosure (i) is not false or
14     misleading and (ii) satisfies the requirements of this Act.
15     The Commission shall be deemed to have approved the
16     enclosure unless it disapproves the enclosure within 14
17     days from the date of receipt.
18     (3) The corporation shall reimburse each State agency for
19 all reasonable incremental costs incurred by the State agency
20 in complying with this Section above the agency's normal
21 mailing and handling costs, provided that:
22         (a) The State agency shall first furnish the
23     corporation with an itemized accounting of such additional
24     cost; and
25         (b) The corporation shall not be required to reimburse
26     the State agency for postage costs if the weight of the

 

 

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1     corporation's enclosure does not exceed .35 ounce
2     avoirdupois. If the corporation's enclosure exceeds that
3     weight, then it shall only be required to reimburse the
4     State agency for postage cost over and above what the
5     agency's postage cost would have been had the enclosure
6     weighed only .35 ounce avoirdupois.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-205.)
 
8     Section 15. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
9 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is
10 amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06,
11 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.12, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8a, 9, 12, and 13 and
12 by adding Sections 1.5, 3.01a, 3.03a, 3.05a, and 4.05 as
13 follows:
 
14     (320 ILCS 25/1)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 401)
15     Sec. 1. Short title; common name. This Article shall be
16 known and may be cited as the "Senior Citizens and Disabled
17 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
18 Act". Common references to the "Circuit Breaker Act" mean this
19 Article. As used in this Article, "this Act" means this
20 Article.
21 (Source: P.A. 83-1531.)
 
22     (320 ILCS 25/1.5 new)
23     Sec. 1.5. Implementation of Executive Order No. 3 of 2004.

 

 

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1 Executive Order No. 3 of 2004, in part, provided for the
2 transfer of the programs under this Act from the Department of
3 Revenue to the Department on Aging and the Department of
4 Healthcare and Family Services. It is the purpose of this
5 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly to conform this Act
6 and certain related provisions of other statutes to that
7 Executive Order. This amendatory Act of the 96th General
8 Assembly also makes other substantive changes to this Act.
 
9     (320 ILCS 25/2)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 402)
10     Sec. 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide
11 incentives to the senior citizens and disabled persons of this
12 State to acquire and retain private housing of their choice and
13 at the same time to relieve those citizens from the burdens of
14 extraordinary property taxes and rising drug costs against
15 their increasingly restricted earning power, and thereby to
16 reduce the requirements for public housing in this State.
17 (Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
 
18     (320 ILCS 25/3.01)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.01)
19     Sec. 3.01. Claimant. "Claimant" means an individual who has
20 filed a claim for a property tax relief grant under this Act.
21 In appropriate contexts, "claimant" may also include a person
22 who has applied for pharmaceutical assistance under this Act or
23 for other benefits that are based on eligibility for benefits
24 under this Act.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
 
2     (320 ILCS 25/3.01a new)
3     Sec. 3.01a. Claim year. "Claim year" means the calendar
4 year prior to the period of time during which a claimant may
5 file an application for benefits under this Act.
 
6     (320 ILCS 25/3.03a new)
7     Sec. 3.03a. Federal Poverty Level. "Federal Poverty Level"
8 means the federal poverty income guidelines as determined
9 annually by the United States Department of Health and Human
10 Services and updated periodically in the Federal Register by
11 that Department under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
 
12     (320 ILCS 25/3.04)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.04)
13     Sec. 3.04. Gross rent. "Gross rent Rent" means the total
14 amount paid solely for the right to occupy a residence.
15     If the residence is a nursing or sheltered care home,
16 "gross rent" means the amount paid in a taxable year that is
17 attributable to the cost of housing, but not of meals or care,
18 for the claimant in that home, determined in accordance with
19 regulations of the Department on Aging.
20 (Source: P.A. 78-1249; 78-1297.)
 
21     (320 ILCS 25/3.05)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.05)
22 Sec. 3.05. Household. "Household" means a claimant or a

 

 

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1 claimant and his or her spouse, if any, living together in the
2 same residence. An additional resident may be counted in
3 determining household size.
4 (Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
 
5     (320 ILCS 25/3.05a new)
6     Sec. 3.05a. Additional resident. "Additional resident"
7 means a person who (i) is living in the same residence with a
8 claimant for the claim year and at the time of filing the
9 claim, (ii) is not the spouse of the claimant, (iii) does not
10 file a separate claim under this Act for the same period, and
11 (iv) receives more than half of his or her total financial
12 support for that claim year from the household. An additional
13 resident who meets qualifications may receive pharmaceutical
14 assistance based on a claimant's application.
 
15     (320 ILCS 25/3.06)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.06)
16 Sec. 3.06. Household income. "Household income" means the
17 combined income of the members of a household. The term does
18 not include the income of any qualified additional resident who
19 lives with the claimant.
20 (Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
 
21     (320 ILCS 25/3.07)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.07)
22     Sec. 3.07. Income. "Income" means adjusted gross income,
23 properly reportable for federal income tax purposes under the

 

 

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1 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, modified by adding
2 thereto the sum of the following amounts to the extent deducted
3 or excluded from gross income in the computation of adjusted
4 gross income:
5         (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued as
6     interest or dividends during the taxable year;
7         (B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by the
8     Illinois Income Tax Act paid for the taxable year;
9         (C) An amount equal to all amounts received during the
10     taxable year as an annuity under an annuity, endowment or
11     life insurance contract or under any other contract or
12     agreement;
13         (D) An amount equal to the amount of benefits paid
14     under the Federal Social Security Act during the taxable
15     year;
16         (E) An amount equal to the amount of benefits paid
17     under the Railroad Retirement Act during the taxable year;
18         (F) An amount equal to the total amount of cash public
19     assistance payments received from any governmental agency
20     during the taxable year other than benefits received
21     pursuant to this Act;
22         (G) An amount equal to any net operating loss carryover
23     deduction or capital loss carryover deduction during the
24     taxable year; and
25         (H) An For claim years beginning on or after January 1,
26     2002, an amount equal to any benefits received under the

 

 

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1     Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational
2     Diseases Act during the taxable year.
3     "Income" does not include any grant assistance received
4 under the Nursing Home Grant Assistance Act or any
5 distributions or items of income described under subparagraph
6 (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the
7 Illinois Income Tax Act or any payments under Section 2201 or
8 Section 2202 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
9 2009.
10     This amendatory Act of 1987 shall be effective for purposes
11 of this Section for tax years ending on or after December 31,
12 1987.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-676, eff. 12-23-99; 92-131, eff. 7-23-01;
14 92-519, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
15     (320 ILCS 25/3.08)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.08)
16     Sec. 3.08. Internal Revenue Code. "Internal Revenue Code"
17 means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 1954 or
18 any successor law or laws relating to federal income taxes in
19 effect for the year.
20 (Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
 
21     (320 ILCS 25/3.09)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.09)
22     Sec. 3.09. Property taxes accrued. "Property taxes
23 accrued" means the ad valorem property taxes extended against a
24 residence, but does not include special assessments, interest

 

 

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1 or charges for service. In the case of real estate improved
2 with a multidwelling or multipurpose building, "property taxes
3 accrued" extended against a residence within such a building is
4 an amount equal to the same percentage of the total property
5 taxes extended against that real estate as improved as the
6 value of the residence is to the total value of the building.
7 If the multidwelling building is owned and operated as a
8 cooperative, the value of an individual residence is the value
9 of the interest in the cooperative held by the owner of record
10 of the legal or equitable interest, other than a leasehold
11 interest, in the cooperative which confers the right to occupy
12 that residence. In determining the amount of grant under
13 Section 4 for 1976 and thereafter, the applicable "property
14 taxes accrued", as determined under this Section, are those
15 payable or paid in the last preceding taxable year.
16     In addition, if the residence is a mobile home as defined
17 in and subject to the tax imposed by the Mobile Home Local
18 Services Tax Act, "property taxes accrued" includes the amount
19 of privilege tax paid during the calendar year for which
20 benefits are claimed under that Act on that mobile home. If
21 Beginning in taxable year 1999, if (i) the residence is a
22 mobile home, (ii) the resident is the record owner of the
23 property upon which the mobile home is located, and (iii) the
24 resident is liable for the taxes imposed under the Property Tax
25 Code for both the mobile home and the property, then "property
26 taxes accrued" includes the amount of property taxes paid on

 

 

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1 both the mobile home and the property upon which the mobile
2 home is located.
3 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-391, eff. 7-30-99.)
 
4     (320 ILCS 25/3.10)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.10)
5     Sec. 3.10. Regulations. "Regulations" includes both rules
6 promulgated and forms prescribed by the applicable Department.
7 In this Act, references to the rules of the Department on Aging
8 or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be
9 deemed to include, in appropriate cases, the corresponding
10 rules adopted by the Department of Revenue, to the extent that
11 those rules continue in force under Executive Order No. 3 of
12 2004.
13 (Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
 
14     (320 ILCS 25/3.12)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.12)
15     Sec. 3.12. Residence. "Residence" means the principal
16 dwelling place occupied in this State by a household and so
17 much of the surrounding land as is reasonably necessary for use
18 of the dwelling as a home, and includes rental property, mobile
19 homes, single family dwellings, and units in multifamily,
20 multidwelling or multipurpose buildings. If the assessor has
21 established a specific legal description for a portion of
22 property constituting the residence, then that portion of
23 property shall be deemed "residence" for the purposes of this
24 Act. "Residence" also includes that portion of a nursing or

 

 

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1 sheltered care home occupied as a dwelling by a claimant,
2 determined as prescribed in regulations of the Department on
3 Aging.
4 (Source: P.A. 78-1249.)
 
5     (320 ILCS 25/4)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404)
6     Sec. 4. Amount of Grant.
7     (a) In general. Any individual 65 years or older or any
8 individual who will become 65 years old during the calendar
9 year in which a claim is filed, and any surviving spouse of
10 such a claimant, who at the time of death received or was
11 entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, which
12 surviving spouse will become 65 years of age within the 24
13 months immediately following the death of such claimant and
14 which surviving spouse but for his or her age is otherwise
15 qualified to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, and any
16 disabled person whose annual household income is less than the
17 income eligibility limitation, as defined in subsection (a-5)
18 and whose household is liable for payment of property taxes
19 accrued or has paid rent constituting property taxes accrued
20 and is domiciled in this State at the time he or she files his
21 or her claim is entitled to claim a grant under this Act. With
22 respect to claims filed by individuals who will become 65 years
23 old during the calendar year in which a claim is filed, the
24 amount of any grant to which that household is entitled shall
25 be an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount to which the claimant

 

 

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1 would otherwise be entitled as provided in this Section,
2 multiplied by the number of months in which the claimant was 65
3 in the calendar year in which the claim is filed.
4     (a-5) Income eligibility limitation. For purposes of this
5 Section, "income eligibility limitation" means an amount for
6 grant years 2008 and thereafter:
7         (i) for grant years before the 1998 grant year, less
8     than $14,000;
9         (ii) for the 1998 and 1999 grant year, less than
10     $16,000;
11         (iii) for grant years 2000 through 2007:
12             (A) less than $21,218 for a household containing
13         one person;
14             (B) less than $28,480 for a household containing 2
15         persons; or
16             (C) less than $35,740 for a household containing 3
17         or more persons; or
18         (iv) for grant years 2008 and thereafter:
19         (1) (A) less than $22,218 for a household containing
20     one person;
21         (2) (B) less than $29,480 for a household containing 2
22     persons; or
23         (3) (C) less than $36,740 for a household containing 3
24     or more persons.
25     For 2009 claim year applications submitted during calendar
26 year 2010, a household must have annual household income of

 

 

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1 less than $27,610 for a household containing one person; less
2 than $36,635 for a household containing 2 persons; or less than
3 $45,657 for a household containing 3 or more persons.
4     On January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the foregoing household
5 income eligibility limits shall be changed to reflect the
6 annual cost of living adjustment in Social Security and
7 Supplemental Security Income benefits that is applicable to the
8 year for which those benefits are being reported as income on
9 an application.
10     If a person files as a surviving spouse, then only his or
11 her income shall be counted in determining his or her household
12 income.
13     (b) Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in
14 subsections (a) and (f) of this Section, the maximum amount of
15 grant which a claimant is entitled to claim is the amount by
16 which the property taxes accrued which were paid or payable
17 during the last preceding tax year or rent constituting
18 property taxes accrued upon the claimant's residence for the
19 last preceding taxable year exceeds 3 1/2% of the claimant's
20 household income for that year but in no event is the grant to
21 exceed (i) $700 less 4.5% of household income for that year for
22 those with a household income of $14,000 or less or (ii) $70 if
23 household income for that year is more than $14,000.
24     (c) Public aid recipients. If household income in one or
25 more months during a year includes cash assistance in excess of
26 $55 per month from the Department of Healthcare and Family

 

 

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1 Services or the Department of Human Services (acting as
2 successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department
3 of Human Services Act) which was determined under regulations
4 of that Department on a measure of need that included an
5 allowance for actual rent or property taxes paid by the
6 recipient of that assistance, the amount of grant to which that
7 household is entitled, except as otherwise provided in
8 subsection (a), shall be the product of (1) the maximum amount
9 computed as specified in subsection (b) of this Section and (2)
10 the ratio of the number of months in which household income did
11 not include such cash assistance over $55 to the number twelve.
12 If household income did not include such cash assistance over
13 $55 for any months during the year, the amount of the grant to
14 which the household is entitled shall be the maximum amount
15 computed as specified in subsection (b) of this Section. For
16 purposes of this paragraph (c), "cash assistance" does not
17 include any amount received under the federal Supplemental
18 Security Income (SSI) program.
19     (d) Joint ownership. If title to the residence is held
20 jointly by the claimant with a person who is not a member of
21 his or her household, the amount of property taxes accrued used
22 in computing the amount of grant to which he or she is entitled
23 shall be the same percentage of property taxes accrued as is
24 the percentage of ownership held by the claimant in the
25 residence.
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1 more than one residence in the taxable year, he or she may
2 claim only one residence for any part of a month. In the case
3 of property taxes accrued, he or she shall prorate 1/12 of the
4 total property taxes accrued on his or her residence to each
5 month that he or she owned and occupied that residence; and, in
6 the case of rent constituting property taxes accrued, shall
7 prorate each month's rent payments to the residence actually
8 occupied during that month.
9     (f) (Blank). There is hereby established a program of
10 pharmaceutical assistance to the aged and disabled which shall
11 be administered by the Department in accordance with this Act,
12 to consist of payments to authorized pharmacies, on behalf of
13 beneficiaries of the program, for the reasonable costs of
14 covered prescription drugs. Each beneficiary who pays $5 for an
15 identification card shall pay no additional prescription
16 costs. Each beneficiary who pays $25 for an identification card
17 shall pay $3 per prescription. In addition, after a beneficiary
18 receives $2,000 in benefits during a State fiscal year, that
19 beneficiary shall also be charged 20% of the cost of each
20 prescription for which payments are made by the program during
21 the remainder of the fiscal year. To become a beneficiary under
22 this program a person must: (1) be (i) 65 years of age or
23 older, or (ii) the surviving spouse of such a claimant, who at
24 the time of death received or was entitled to receive benefits
25 pursuant to this subsection, which surviving spouse will become
26 65 years of age within the 24 months immediately following the

 

 

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1 death of such claimant and which surviving spouse but for his
2 or her age is otherwise qualified to receive benefits pursuant
3 to this subsection, or (iii) disabled, and (2) be domiciled in
4 this State at the time he or she files his or her claim, and (3)
5 have a maximum household income of less than the income
6 eligibility limitation, as defined in subsection (a-5). In
7 addition, each eligible person must (1) obtain an
8 identification card from the Department, (2) at the time the
9 card is obtained, sign a statement assigning to the State of
10 Illinois benefits which may be otherwise claimed under any
11 private insurance plans, and (3) present the identification
12 card to the dispensing pharmacist.
13     The Department may adopt rules specifying participation
14 requirements for the pharmaceutical assistance program,
15 including copayment amounts, identification card fees,
16 expenditure limits, and the benefit threshold after which a 20%
17 charge is imposed on the cost of each prescription, to be in
18 effect on and after July 1, 2004. Notwithstanding any other
19 provision of this paragraph, however, the Department may not
20 increase the identification card fee above the amount in effect
21 on May 1, 2003 without the express consent of the General
22 Assembly. To the extent practicable, those requirements shall
23 be commensurate with the requirements provided in rules adopted
24 by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to
25 implement the pharmacy assistance program under Section
26 5-5.12a of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

 

 

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1     Whenever a generic equivalent for a covered prescription
2 drug is available, the Department shall reimburse only for the
3 reasonable costs of the generic equivalent, less the co-pay
4 established in this Section, unless (i) the covered
5 prescription drug contains one or more ingredients defined as a
6 narrow therapeutic index drug at 21 CFR 320.33, (ii) the
7 prescriber indicates on the face of the prescription "brand
8 medically necessary", and (iii) the prescriber specifies that a
9 substitution is not permitted. When issuing an oral
10 prescription for covered prescription medication described in
11 item (i) of this paragraph, the prescriber shall stipulate
12 "brand medically necessary" and that a substitution is not
13 permitted. If the covered prescription drug and its authorizing
14 prescription do not meet the criteria listed above, the
15 beneficiary may purchase the non-generic equivalent of the
16 covered prescription drug by paying the difference between the
17 generic cost and the non-generic cost plus the beneficiary
18 co-pay.
19     Any person otherwise eligible for pharmaceutical
20 assistance under this Act whose covered drugs are covered by
21 any public program for assistance in purchasing any covered
22 prescription drugs shall be ineligible for assistance under
23 this Act to the extent such costs are covered by such other
24 plan.
25     The fee to be charged by the Department for the
26 identification card shall be equal to $5 per coverage year for

 

 

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1 persons below the official poverty line as defined by the
2 United States Department of Health and Human Services and $25
3 per coverage year for all other persons.
4     In the event that 2 or more persons are eligible for any
5 benefit under this Act, and are members of the same household,
6 (1) each such person shall be entitled to participate in the
7 pharmaceutical assistance program, provided that he or she
8 meets all other requirements imposed by this subsection and (2)
9 each participating household member contributes the fee
10 required for that person by the preceding paragraph for the
11 purpose of obtaining an identification card.
12     The provisions of this subsection (f), other than this
13 paragraph, are inoperative after December 31, 2005.
14 Beneficiaries who received benefits under the program
15 established by this subsection (f) are not entitled, at the
16 termination of the program, to any refund of the identification
17 card fee paid under this subsection.
18     (g) Effective January 1, 2006, there is hereby established
19 a program of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged and
20 disabled, entitled the Illinois Seniors and Disabled Drug
21 Coverage Program, which shall be administered by the Department
22 of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department on Aging
23 in accordance with this subsection, to consist of coverage of
24 specified prescription drugs on behalf of beneficiaries of the
25 program as set forth in this subsection. The program under this
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1 under subsection (f), which shall end at midnight on December
2 31, 2005.
3     To become a beneficiary under the program established under
4 this subsection, a person must:
5         (1) be (i) 65 years of age or older or (ii) disabled;
6     and
7         (2) be domiciled in this State; and
8         (3) enroll with a qualified Medicare Part D
9     Prescription Drug Plan if eligible and apply for all
10     available subsidies under Medicare Part D; and
11         (4) for the 2006 and 2007 claim years, have a maximum
12     household income of (i) less than $21,218 for a household
13     containing one person, (ii) less than $28,480 for a
14     household containing 2 persons, or (iii) less than $35,740
15     for a household containing 3 or more persons; and . If any
16     income eligibility limit set forth in items (i) through
17     (iii) is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level for
18     any year, the income eligibility limit for that year for
19     households of that size shall be income equal to or less
20     than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.
21         (5) for the 2008 claim year, have a maximum household
22     income of (i) less than $22,218 for a household containing
23     one person, (ii) $29,480 for a household containing 2
24     persons, or (iii) $36,740 for a household containing 3 or
25     more persons; and
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1     calendar year 2010, have annual household income of less
2     than (i) $27,610 for a household containing one person;
3     (ii) less than $36,635 for a household containing 2
4     persons; or (iii) less than $45,657 for a household
5     containing 3 or more persons.
6     On January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the foregoing household
7 income eligibility limits shall be changed to reflect the
8 annual cost of living adjustment in Social Security and
9 Supplemental Security Income benefits that is applicable to the
10 year for which those benefits are being reported as income on
11 an application.
12     All individuals enrolled as of December 31, 2005, in the
13 pharmaceutical assistance program operated pursuant to
14 subsection (f) of this Section and all individuals enrolled as
15 of December 31, 2005, in the SeniorCare Medicaid waiver program
16 operated pursuant to Section 5-5.12a of the Illinois Public Aid
17 Code shall be automatically enrolled in the program established
18 by this subsection for the first year of operation without the
19 need for further application, except that they must apply for
20 Medicare Part D and the Low Income Subsidy under Medicare Part
21 D. A person enrolled in the pharmaceutical assistance program
22 operated pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section as of
23 December 31, 2005, shall not lose eligibility in future years
24 due only to the fact that they have not reached the age of 65.
25     To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department may
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1 to enroll the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D Prescription
2 Drug Plan if the beneficiary has failed to choose a plan and,
3 where possible, to enroll beneficiaries in the low-income
4 subsidy program under Medicare Part D or assist them in
5 enrolling in that program.
6     Beneficiaries under the program established under this
7 subsection shall be divided into the following 5 eligibility
8 groups:
9         (A) Eligibility Group 1 shall consist of beneficiaries
10     who are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage and who
11     are:
12             (i) disabled and under age 65; or
13             (ii) age 65 or older, with incomes over 200% of the
14         Federal Poverty Level; or
15             (iii) age 65 or older, with incomes at or below
16         200% of the Federal Poverty Level and not eligible for
17         federally funded means-tested benefits due to
18         immigration status.
19         (B) Eligibility Group 2 shall consist of beneficiaries
20     otherwise described in Eligibility Group 1 but who are
21     eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
22         (C) Eligibility Group 3 shall consist of beneficiaries
23     age 65 or older, with incomes at or below 200% of the
24     Federal Poverty Level, who are not barred from receiving
25     federally funded means-tested benefits due to immigration
26     status and are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.

 

 

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1         (D) Eligibility Group 4 shall consist of beneficiaries
2     age 65 or older, with incomes at or below 200% of the
3     Federal Poverty Level, who are not barred from receiving
4     federally funded means-tested benefits due to immigration
5     status and are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
6         If the State applies and receives federal approval for
7     a waiver under Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
8     persons in Eligibility Group 3 4 shall continue to receive
9     benefits through the approved waiver, and Eligibility
10     Group 3 4 may be expanded to include disabled persons under
11     age 65 with incomes under 200% of the Federal Poverty Level
12     who are not eligible for Medicare and who are not barred
13     from receiving federally funded means-tested benefits due
14     to immigration status.
15         (D) (E) On and after January 1, 2007, Eligibility Group
16     4 5 shall consist of beneficiaries who are otherwise
17     described in Eligibility Group 2 Groups 2 and 3 who have a
18     diagnosis of HIV or AIDS.
19     The program established under this subsection shall cover
20 the cost of covered prescription drugs in excess of the
21 beneficiary cost-sharing amounts set forth in this paragraph
22 that are not covered by Medicare. In 2006, beneficiaries shall
23 pay a co-payment of $2 for each prescription of a generic drug
24 and $5 for each prescription of a brand-name drug. In future
25 years, beneficiaries shall pay co-payments equal to the
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1 low-income subsidy eligible individuals" pursuant to 42 CFR
2 423.782(b). For individuals in Eligibility Groups 1, 2, and 3,
3 and 4, once the program established under this subsection and
4 Medicare combined have paid $1,750 in a year for covered
5 prescription drugs, the beneficiary shall pay 20% of the cost
6 of each prescription in addition to the co-payments set forth
7 in this paragraph. For individuals in Eligibility Group 4 5,
8 once the program established under this subsection and Medicare
9 combined have paid $1,750 in a year for covered prescription
10 drugs, the beneficiary shall pay 20% of the cost of each
11 prescription in addition to the co-payments set forth in this
12 paragraph unless the drug is included in the formulary of the
13 Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program operated by the Illinois
14 Department of Public Health and covered by the Medicare Part D
15 Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is enrolled. If
16 the drug is included in the formulary of the Illinois AIDS Drug
17 Assistance Program and covered by the Medicare Part D
18 Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is enrolled,
19 individuals in Eligibility Group 4 5 shall continue to pay the
20 co-payments set forth in this paragraph after the program
21 established under this subsection and Medicare combined have
22 paid $1,750 in a year for covered prescription drugs.
23     For beneficiaries eligible for Medicare Part D coverage,
24 the program established under this subsection shall pay 100% of
25 the premiums charged by a qualified Medicare Part D
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1 drug coverage, not including any late enrollment penalties.
2 Qualified Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans may be
3 limited by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to
4 those plans that sign a coordination agreement with the
5 Department.
6     Notwithstanding Section 3.15, for purposes of the program
7 established under this subsection, the term "covered
8 prescription drug" has the following meanings:
9         For Eligibility Group 1, "covered prescription drug"
10     means: (1) any cardiovascular agent or drug; (2) any
11     insulin or other prescription drug used in the treatment of
12     diabetes, including syringe and needles used to administer
13     the insulin; (3) any prescription drug used in the
14     treatment of arthritis; (4) any prescription drug used in
15     the treatment of cancer; (5) any prescription drug used in
16     the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; (6) any prescription
17     drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease; (7) any
18     prescription drug used in the treatment of glaucoma; (8)
19     any prescription drug used in the treatment of lung disease
20     and smoking-related illnesses; (9) any prescription drug
21     used in the treatment of osteoporosis; and (10) any
22     prescription drug used in the treatment of multiple
23     sclerosis. The Department may add additional therapeutic
24     classes by rule. The Department may adopt a preferred drug
25     list within any of the classes of drugs described in items
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1     therapeutic classes of covered prescription drugs shall be
2     indicated by rule.
3         For Eligibility Group 2, "covered prescription drug"
4     means those drugs covered for Eligibility Group 1 that are
5     also covered by the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan
6     in which the beneficiary is enrolled.
7         For Eligibility Group 3, "covered prescription drug"
8     means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D
9     Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is
10     enrolled.
11         For Eligibility Group 3 4, "covered prescription drug"
12     means those drugs covered by the Medical Assistance Program
13     under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
14         For Eligibility Group 4 5, for individuals otherwise
15     described in Eligibility Group 2, "covered prescription
16     drug" means: (1) those drugs covered for Eligibility Group
17     2 that are also covered by the Medicare Part D Prescription
18     Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is enrolled; and (2)
19     those drugs included in the formulary of the Illinois AIDS
20     Drug Assistance Program operated by the Illinois
21     Department of Public Health that are also covered by the
22     Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan in which the
23     beneficiary is enrolled. For Eligibility Group 5, for
24     individuals otherwise described in Eligibility Group 3,
25     "covered prescription drug" means those drugs covered by
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1     beneficiary is enrolled.
2     An individual in Eligibility Group 1, 2, 3, or 4, or 5 may
3 opt to receive a $25 monthly payment in lieu of the direct
4 coverage described in this subsection.
5     Any person otherwise eligible for pharmaceutical
6 assistance under this subsection whose covered drugs are
7 covered by any public program is ineligible for assistance
8 under this subsection to the extent that the cost of those
9 drugs is covered by the other program.
10     The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
11 establish by rule the methods by which it will provide for the
12 coverage called for in this subsection. Those methods may
13 include direct reimbursement to pharmacies or the payment of a
14 capitated amount to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.
15     For a pharmacy to be reimbursed under the program
16 established under this subsection, it must comply with rules
17 adopted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
18 regarding coordination of benefits with Medicare Part D
19 Prescription Drug Plans. A pharmacy may not charge a
20 Medicare-enrolled beneficiary of the program established under
21 this subsection more for a covered prescription drug than the
22 appropriate Medicare cost-sharing less any payment from or on
23 behalf of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
24     The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the
25 Department on Aging, as appropriate, may adopt rules regarding
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1 mandatory generic policies, and pharmacy reimbursement rates
2 and any other rules necessary for the cost-efficient operation
3 of the program established under this subsection.
4     (h) A qualified individual is not entitled to duplicate
5 benefits in a coverage period as a result of the changes made
6 by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-86, eff. 1-1-06; 94-909, eff. 6-23-06; 95-208,
8 eff. 8-16-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
9     (320 ILCS 25/4.05 new)
10     Sec. 4.05. Application.
11     (a) The Department on Aging shall establish the content,
12 required eligibility and identification information, use of
13 social security numbers, and manner of applying for benefits in
14 a simplified format under this Act, including claims filed for
15 new or renewed prescription drug benefits.
16     (b) An application may be filed on paper or over the
17 Internet to enable persons to apply separately or for both a
18 property tax relief grant and pharmaceutical assistance on the
19 same application. An application may also enable persons to
20 apply for other State or federal programs that provide medical
21 or pharmaceutical assistance or other benefits, as determined
22 by the Department on Aging in conjunction with the Department
23 of Healthcare and Family Services.
24     (c) Applications must be filed during the time period
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1     (320 ILCS 25/5)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405)
2     Sec. 5. Procedure.
3     (a) In general. Claims must be filed after January 1, on
4 forms prescribed by the Department. No claim may be filed more
5 than one year after December 31 of the year for which the claim
6 is filed except that claims for 1976 may be filed until
7 December 31, 1978. The pharmaceutical assistance
8 identification card provided for in subsection (f) of Section 4
9 shall be valid for a period determined by the Department of
10 Healthcare and Family Services not to exceed one year. On and
11 after January 1, 2002, however, to enable the Department to
12 convert coverage for a pharmaceutical assistance program
13 participant to a State fiscal year basis, a card shall be valid
14 for a longer or shorter period than 12 months, depending on the
15 date a timely claim is filed and as determined by the
16 Department. All applicants for benefits under this program
17 approved for benefits on or after July 1 but on or before
18 December 31 of any State fiscal year are eligible for benefits
19 through June 30 of that State fiscal year. All applicants for
20 benefits under this program approved for benefits on or after
21 January 1 but on or before June 30 of any State fiscal year are
22 eligible for benefits through June 30 of the following State
23 fiscal year.
24     (b) Claim is Personal. The right to file a claim under this
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1 death, but such right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant
2 by his legal guardian or attorney-in-fact. If a claimant dies
3 after having filed a timely claim, the amount thereof shall be
4 disbursed to his surviving spouse or, if no spouse survives, to
5 his surviving dependent minor children in equal parts, provided
6 the spouse or child, as the case may be, resided with the
7 claimant at the time he filed his claim. If at the time of
8 disbursement neither the claimant nor his spouse is surviving,
9 and no dependent minor children of the claimant are surviving
10 the amount of the claim shall escheat to the State.
11     (c) One claim per household. Only one member of a household
12 may file a claim under this Act in any calendar year; where
13 both members of a household are otherwise entitled to claim a
14 grant under this Act, they must agree as to which of them will
15 file a claim for that year.
16     (d) (Blank). Content of application form. The form
17 prescribed by the Department for purposes of paragraph (a)
18 shall include a table, appropriately keyed to the parts of the
19 form on which the claimant is required to furnish information,
20 which will enable the claimant to determine readily the
21 approximate amount of grant to which he is entitled by relating
22 levels of household income to property taxes accrued or rent
23 constituting property taxes accrued.
24     (e) Pharmaceutical Assistance Procedures. The Department
25 shall establish the form and manner for application, and
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1 apply for the additional grant or for the pharmaceutical
2 assistance identification card on the same application form.
3 The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
4 determine eligibility for pharmaceutical assistance using the
5 applicant's current income. The Department shall determine a
6 person's current income in the manner provided by the
7 Department by rule.
8 (Source: P.A. 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 91-699, eff. 1-1-01;
9 92-131, eff. 7-23-01; 92-519, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
10     (320 ILCS 25/7)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 407)
11     Sec. 7. Payment and denial of claims.
12     (a) In general. The Director shall order the payment from
13 appropriations made for that purpose of grants to claimants
14 under this Act in the amounts to which the Department has
15 determined they are entitled, respectively. If a claim is
16 denied, the Director shall cause written notice of that denial
17 and the reasons for that denial to be sent to the claimant.
18     (b) Payment of claims one dollar and under. Where the
19 amount of the grant computed under Section 4 is less than one
20 dollar, the Department shall pay to the claimant one dollar.
21     (c) Right to appeal. Any person aggrieved by an action or
22 determination of the Department on Aging arising under any of
23 its powers or duties under this Act may request in writing that
24 the Department on Aging reconsider its action or determination,
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1 Department on Aging shall consider the request and either
2 modify or affirm its prior action or determination. The
3 Department on Aging may adopt, by rule, procedures for
4 conducting its review under this Section.
5     Any person aggrieved by an action or determination of the
6 Department of Healthcare and Family Services arising under any
7 of its powers or duties under this Act may request in writing
8 that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
9 reconsider its action or determination, setting out the facts
10 upon which the request is based. The Department of Healthcare
11 and Family Services shall consider the request and either
12 modify or affirm its prior action or determination. The
13 Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt, by
14 rule, procedures for conducting its review under this Section.
15 Any claimant aggrieved by the action of the Department under
16 this Act, whether in the reduction of the amount of the grant
17 claimed or in the denial of the claim, may request in writing
18 that the Department reconsider its prior determination,
19 setting out the facts on which his request is based. The
20 Department shall consider the request and either modify or
21 affirm its prior determination.
22     (d) (Blank). Administrative review. The decision of the
23 Department to affirm its prior determination, or the failure of
24 the Department to act on a request for reconsideration within
25 60 days, is a final administrative decision which is subject to
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1 amendments and modifications thereof and the rules adopted
2 thereto. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in
3 Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
4 (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
 
5     (320 ILCS 25/8)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 408)
6     Sec. 8. Records. Every claimant of a grant under this Act
7 and every applicant for pharmaceutical assistance under this
8 Act shall keep such records, render such statements, file such
9 forms and comply with such rules and regulations as the
10 Department on Aging may from time to time prescribe. The
11 Department on Aging may by regulations require landlords to
12 furnish to tenants statements as to gross rent or rent
13 constituting property taxes accrued.
14 (Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
 
15     (320 ILCS 25/8a)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 408.1)
16     Sec. 8a. Confidentiality.
17     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all
18 information received by the Department of Revenue or its
19 successors, the Department on Aging and the Department of
20 Healthcare and Family Services, from claims filed under this
21 Act, or from any investigation conducted under the provisions
22 of this Act, shall be confidential, except for official
23 purposes within those Departments the Department or pursuant to
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1 enforcement of any civil or criminal penalty or sanction
2 imposed by this Act or by any statute imposing a State tax, and
3 any person who divulges any such information in any manner,
4 except for such purposes and pursuant to order of the Director
5 of one of those Departments or in accordance with a proper
6 judicial order, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
7     (b) Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the
8 Director of Aging from publishing or making available
9 reasonable statistics concerning the operation of the grant
10 programs contained in this Act wherein the contents of claims
11 are grouped into aggregates in such a way that information
12 contained in any individual claim shall not be disclosed.
13     (c) The Department on Aging shall furnish to the Secretary
14 of State such information as is reasonably necessary for the
15 administration of reduced vehicle registration fees pursuant
16 to Section 3-806.3 of "The Illinois Vehicle Code".
17 (Source: P.A. 89-399, eff. 8-20-95.)
 
18     (320 ILCS 25/9)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 409)
19     Sec. 9. Fraud; error.
20     (a) Any person who files a fraudulent claim for a grant
21 under this Act, or who for compensation prepares a claim for a
22 grant and knowingly enters false information on an application
23 a claim form for any claimant under this Act, or who
24 fraudulently files multiple applications claim forms, or who
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1 who fraudulently procures a pharmaceutical assistance benefits
2 identification card, or who fraudulently uses such assistance
3 card to procure covered prescription drugs, or who, on behalf
4 of an authorized pharmacy, files a fraudulent request claim for
5 payment, is guilty of a Class 4 felony for the first offense
6 and is guilty of a Class 3 felony for each subsequent offense.
7     (b) The Department on Aging and the Department of
8 Healthcare and Family Services shall immediately suspend the
9 use of the pharmaceutical assistance benefits identification
10 card of any person suspected of fraudulent procurement or
11 fraudulent use of such assistance card, and shall revoke such
12 assistance card upon a conviction. A person convicted of such
13 fraud under subsection (a) shall be permanently barred from all
14 of the programs the program of pharmaceutical assistance
15 established under this Act.
16     (c) The Department on Aging may recover from a claimant,
17 including an authorized pharmacy, any amount paid to that
18 claimant under this Act on account of an erroneous or
19 fraudulent claim, together with 6% interest per year. Amounts
20 recoverable from a claimant by the Department on Aging under
21 this Act may, but need not, be recovered by offsetting the
22 amount owed against any future grant payable to the person
23 under this Act.
24     The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may
25 recover from an authorized pharmacy any amount paid to that
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1 account of an erroneous or fraudulent request for payment under
2 that program, together with 6% interest per year. The
3 Department of Healthcare and Family Services may recover from a
4 person who erroneously or fraudulently obtains benefits under
5 the pharmaceutical assistance program the value of the benefits
6 so obtained, together with 6% interest per year.
7     (d) A prosecution for a violation of this Section may be
8 commenced at any time within 3 years of the commission of that
9 violation.
10 (Source: P.A. 85-299.)
 
11     (320 ILCS 25/12)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 412)
12     Sec. 12. Regulations - Department on Aging.
13     (a) Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provision to
14 the contrary, the Department on Aging may adopt rules regarding
15 applications, proof of eligibility, required identification
16 information, use of social security numbers, counting of
17 income, and a method of computing "gross rent" in the case of a
18 claimant living in a nursing or sheltered care home, and any
19 other rules necessary for the cost-efficient operation of the
20 program established under Section 4. The Director shall
21 promulgate such regulations as are necessary or desirable to
22 effectuate the purposes of this Act, including but not limited
23 to the method of computing "gross rent" in the case of a
24 claimant living in a nursing or sheltered care home.
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1 appropriations made for that purpose:
2         (1) attempt to secure the cooperation of appropriate
3     federal, State and local agencies in securing the names and
4     addresses of persons to whom this Act pertains;
5         (2) prepare a mailing list of persons eligible for
6     grants under this Act;
7         (3) secure the cooperation of the Department of
8     Revenue, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
9     other State agencies, and of local business establishments
10     to facilitate distribution of applications application
11     forms under this Act to those eligible to file claims; and
12         (4) through use of direct mail, newspaper
13     advertisements and radio and television advertisements,
14     and all other appropriate means of communication, conduct
15     an on-going public relations program to increase awareness
16     of eligible citizens of the benefits grants under this Act
17     and the procedures for applying for them.
18 (Source: P.A. 78-1249.)
 
19     (320 ILCS 25/13)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 413)
20     Sec. 13. List of persons who have qualified. The Department
21 on Aging of Revenue shall maintain a list of all persons who
22 have qualified under this Act and shall make the list available
23 to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
24 Department of Public Health, the Secretary of State,
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1     All information received by a State agency, municipality,
2 or public transit authority under this Section shall be
3 confidential, except for official purposes, and any person who
4 divulges or uses that information in any manner, except in
5 accordance with a proper judicial order, shall be guilty of a
6 Class B misdemeanor.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-247.)
 
8     (320 ILCS 25/3.02 rep.)
9     (320 ILCS 25/3.03 rep.)
10     (320 ILCS 25/3.15 rep.)
11     (320 ILCS 25/3.16 rep.)
12     (320 ILCS 25/3.17 rep.)
13     Section 20. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
14 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is
15 amended by repealing Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.15, 3.16, and 3.17.
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
17 1, 2010.".