Full Text of SB0519 94th General Assembly
SB0519ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. William Delgado
Filed: 5/13/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 519
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 519 on page 1, line | 3 |
| 5, by changing "Section 9A-15" to "Sections 9A-15 and 12-4.7e"; | 4 |
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| on page 6, after line 11, by inserting the following: | 6 |
| "(305 ILCS 5/12-4.7e new) | 7 |
| Sec. 12-4.7e. Task force on applications and access to | 8 |
| income supports and medical assistance. | 9 |
| (a) The General Assembly has created a number of programs | 10 |
| that provide benefits and services to low-income people and | 11 |
| families designed to encourage, support, and sustain their | 12 |
| efforts to improve their economic status through employment. | 13 |
| The General Assembly finds that, because of disparate federal | 14 |
| requirements, complex program rules, agency staffing | 15 |
| challenges, and other administrative infrastructure issues, | 16 |
| many eligible people may not access these programs in a timely | 17 |
| way. | 18 |
| (b) Therefore, the Departments of Human Services and | 19 |
| Healthcare and Family Services shall jointly convene, or | 20 |
| otherwise identify members of existing advisory bodies to | 21 |
| jointly convene, a task force no later than October 1, 2005, to | 22 |
| advise the departments in conducting a thorough review and | 23 |
| analysis of policies and procedures concerning applications | 24 |
| and determinations of eligibility for cash assistance, food |
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| stamps, and medical assistance provided under this Code and the | 2 |
| Children's Health Insurance Program Act. The task force shall | 3 |
| meet quarterly. | 4 |
| (c) At a minimum, the review and analysis shall encompass | 5 |
| the following: | 6 |
| (1) Barriers encountered by applicants. | 7 |
| (2) Requirements for face-to-face interviews. | 8 |
| (3) Where applications may be made. | 9 |
| (4) Where open cases are maintained. | 10 |
| (5) Methodologies for counting income. | 11 |
| (6) Requirements for documenting or otherwise | 12 |
| verifying eligibility criteria. | 13 |
| (7) Establishing the earliest possible date of | 14 |
| application. | 15 |
| (8) Coordinating redeterminations of eligibility | 16 |
| including the frequency of redeterminations. | 17 |
| (9) Acceptable methods for submitting information and | 18 |
| required documentation whether in person, or by phone, | 19 |
| facsimile, or electronic transmission. | 20 |
| (d) Based on the review and analysis, the departments and | 21 |
| the task force shall jointly develop recommendations for | 22 |
| appropriate changes in law, rules, policy, or process that will | 23 |
| simplify, make uniform, or otherwise ease the processes by | 24 |
| which potentially eligible persons may apply for and be found | 25 |
| eligible for benefits. The recommendations shall include | 26 |
| proposed timelines and priorities for implementation. In | 27 |
| making the recommendations, the departments and the task force | 28 |
| shall take into account and balance the following factors: | 29 |
| (1) The need to comply with federal law and regulations | 30 |
| to maximize federal financial participation. | 31 |
| (2) The need to minimize administrative tasks for | 32 |
| applicants, recipients, employees, medical providers, and | 33 |
| authorized agents of the departments while maintaining | 34 |
| program integrity. |
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| (3) The costs and potential savings associated with | 2 |
| proposed changes. | 3 |
| (4) The preservation of existing benefit levels for the | 4 |
| substantial majority of recipients. | 5 |
| (5) The appropriateness and feasibility of obtaining | 6 |
| waivers of federal law and regulations to maximize the | 7 |
| goals of simplification and uniformity without loss of | 8 |
| federal financial participation. | 9 |
| (e) The departments shall work in good faith to implement | 10 |
| the recommendations to the extent they are appropriate and | 11 |
| feasible given available resources and time. | 12 |
| (f) The departments shall jointly prepare a written report | 13 |
| of the work, recommendations, and any administrative changes | 14 |
| developed under this Section. The task force shall have the | 15 |
| opportunity to review and comment on a draft of the report. The | 16 |
| report shall be submitted to the Governor and the General | 17 |
| Assembly on or before January 1, 2007. ".
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