HB4915 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 5-39 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-39 new)

Sec. 5-39. Case tracking system; deceased recipients. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall 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. 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 under this Article due to the person being deceased. 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. If the Department determines that the individual is deceased, the Department shall add the individual's date of death to the case tracking system and take all necessary steps to ensure no payments are made on behalf of the deceased individual. The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.