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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 5-2 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
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| Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance | 8 |
| under this
Article shall be available to any of the following | 9 |
| classes of persons in
respect to whom a plan for coverage has | 10 |
| been submitted to the Governor
by the Illinois Department and | 11 |
| approved by him:
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| 1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under | 13 |
| Articles III and IV.
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| 2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance | 15 |
| under Articles
III and IV but who fail to qualify | 16 |
| thereunder on the basis of need, and
who have insufficient | 17 |
| income and resources to meet the costs of
necessary medical | 18 |
| care, including but not limited to the following:
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| (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic | 20 |
| maintenance under Article
III but who fail to qualify | 21 |
| under that Article on the basis of need and who
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| either of the following requirements:
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| (i) their income, as determined by the |
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| Illinois Department in
accordance with any federal | 2 |
| requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in
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| fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in | 4 |
| fiscal year 2002 and until
a date to be determined | 5 |
| by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
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| than 100% beginning on the date determined by the | 7 |
| Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official | 8 |
| poverty
line, as defined by the federal Office of | 9 |
| Management and Budget and revised
annually in | 10 |
| accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus | 11 |
| Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1981, applicable to | 12 |
| families of the same size; or
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| (ii) their income, after the deduction of | 14 |
| costs incurred for medical
care and for other types | 15 |
| of remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in
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| fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in | 17 |
| fiscal year 2002 and until
a date to be determined | 18 |
| by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
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| than 100% beginning on the date determined by the | 20 |
| Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official | 21 |
| poverty
line, as defined in item (i) of this | 22 |
| subparagraph (a).
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| (b) All persons who would be determined eligible | 24 |
| for such basic
maintenance under Article IV by | 25 |
| disregarding the maximum earned income
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| federal law.
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| 3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the | 2 |
| Medically
Indigent under Article VII.
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| 4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding | 4 |
| paragraphs who fall
sick, are injured, or die, not having | 5 |
| sufficient money, property or other
resources to meet the | 6 |
| costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
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| expenses.
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| 5.(a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact
of | 9 |
| pregnancy has been determined by medical diagnosis, and | 10 |
| during the
60-day period beginning on the last day of the | 11 |
| pregnancy, together with
their infants and children born | 12 |
| after September 30, 1983,
whose income and
resources are | 13 |
| insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
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| the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the
Federal | 15 |
| Social Security Act.
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| (b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall | 17 |
| provide a plan for
coverage of the persons eligible under | 18 |
| paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such
plan shall provide | 19 |
| ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
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| presumptive eligibility period and establish an income | 21 |
| eligibility standard
that is equal to 133%
of the nonfarm | 22 |
| income official poverty line, as defined by
the federal | 23 |
| Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
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| accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget | 25 |
| Reconciliation Act of
1981, applicable to families of the | 26 |
| same size, provided that costs incurred
for medical care |
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| are not taken into account in determining such income
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| eligibility.
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| (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a | 4 |
| demonstration in at least one
county that will provide | 5 |
| medical assistance to pregnant women, together
with their | 6 |
| infants and children up to one year of age,
where the | 7 |
| income
eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the | 8 |
| nonfarm income official
poverty line, as defined by the | 9 |
| federal Office of Management and Budget.
The Illinois | 10 |
| Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
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| provided under federal law to implement such a | 12 |
| demonstration. Such
demonstration may establish resource | 13 |
| standards that are not more
restrictive than those | 14 |
| established under Article IV of this Code.
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| 6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as | 16 |
| dependent under
Article IV and who have insufficient income | 17 |
| and resources to meet the costs
of necessary medical care | 18 |
| to the maximum extent permitted under Title XIX
of the | 19 |
| Federal Social Security Act.
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| 7. Persons who are under 21 years of age and would
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| qualify as
disabled as defined under the Federal | 22 |
| Supplemental Security Income Program,
provided medical | 23 |
| service for such persons would be eligible for Federal
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| Financial Participation, and provided the Illinois | 25 |
| Department determines that:
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| (a) the person requires a level of care provided by |
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| a hospital, skilled
nursing facility, or intermediate | 2 |
| care facility, as determined by a physician
licensed to | 3 |
| practice medicine in all its branches;
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| (b) it is appropriate to provide such care outside | 5 |
| of an institution, as
determined by a physician | 6 |
| licensed to practice medicine in all its branches;
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| (c) the estimated amount which would be expended | 8 |
| for care outside the
institution is not greater than | 9 |
| the estimated amount which would be
expended in an | 10 |
| institution.
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| 8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance | 12 |
| assistance
under Article IV of this Code in programs | 13 |
| administered by the Illinois
Department due to employment | 14 |
| earnings and persons in
assistance units comprised of | 15 |
| adults and children who become ineligible for
basic | 16 |
| maintenance assistance under Article VI of this Code due to
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| employment earnings. The plan for coverage for this class | 18 |
| of persons shall:
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| (a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up | 20 |
| to 12 months following
termination of basic | 21 |
| maintenance assistance; and
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| (b) offer persons who have initially received 6 | 23 |
| months of the
coverage provided in paragraph (a) above, | 24 |
| the option of receiving an
additional 6 months of | 25 |
| coverage, subject to the following:
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| (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to |
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| provisions of the federal
Social Security Act;
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| (ii) such coverage shall include all services | 3 |
| covered while the person
was eligible for basic | 4 |
| maintenance assistance;
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| (iii) no premium shall be charged for such | 6 |
| coverage; and
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| (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the | 8 |
| event of a person's
failure without good cause to | 9 |
| file in a timely fashion reports required for
this | 10 |
| coverage under the Social Security Act and | 11 |
| coverage shall be reinstated
upon the filing of | 12 |
| such reports if the person remains otherwise | 13 |
| eligible.
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| 9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | 15 |
| (AIDS) or with
AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom | 16 |
| there has been a determination
that but for home or | 17 |
| community-based services such individuals would
require | 18 |
| the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital, | 19 |
| skilled
nursing facility or intermediate care facility the | 20 |
| cost of which is
reimbursed under this Article. Assistance | 21 |
| shall be provided to such
persons to the maximum extent | 22 |
| permitted under Title
XIX of the Federal Social Security | 23 |
| Act.
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| 10. Participants in the long-term care insurance | 25 |
| partnership program
established under the Partnership for | 26 |
| Long-Term Care Act who meet the
qualifications for |
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| protection of resources described in Section 25 of that
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| Act.
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| 11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and | 4 |
| eligible for Medicaid,
pursuant to Section | 5 |
| 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, as
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| provided by the Illinois Department by rule. In | 7 |
| establishing eligibility standards under this paragraph | 8 |
| 11, the Department shall, subject to federal approval: | 9 |
| (a) set the income eligibility standard at not | 10 |
| lower than 350% of the federal poverty level; | 11 |
| (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person | 12 |
| cannot access without penalty before the age
of 59 1/2, | 13 |
| and medical savings accounts established pursuant to | 14 |
| 26 U.S.C. 220; | 15 |
| (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to | 16 |
| those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility | 17 |
| under this paragraph 11; and
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| (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in | 19 |
| determining the eligibility of the person under this | 20 |
| Article even if the person loses eligibility under this | 21 |
| paragraph 11.
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| 12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are | 23 |
| eligible for medical
assistance coverage under applicable | 24 |
| provisions of the federal Social Security
Act and the | 25 |
| federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and | 26 |
| Treatment Act of
2000. Those eligible persons are defined |
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| to include, but not be limited to,
the following persons:
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| (1) persons who have been screened for breast or | 3 |
| cervical cancer under
the U.S. Centers for Disease | 4 |
| Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
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| Program established under Title XV of the federal | 6 |
| Public Health Services Act in
accordance with the | 7 |
| requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as | 8 |
| administered by
the Illinois Department of Public | 9 |
| Health; and
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| (2) persons whose screenings under the above | 11 |
| program were funded in whole
or in part by funds | 12 |
| appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public | 13 |
| Health
for breast or cervical cancer screening.
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| "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be | 15 |
| identical to the benefits
provided under the State's | 16 |
| approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security
Act. | 17 |
| The Department must request federal approval of the | 18 |
| coverage under this
paragraph 12 within 30 days after the | 19 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd General | 20 |
| Assembly.
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| 13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval, | 22 |
| persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible | 23 |
| under this Article and who qualify for services covered | 24 |
| under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department | 25 |
| by rule.
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| 14. Subject to the availability of funds for this |
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| purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this | 2 |
| Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not | 3 |
| eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who meet | 4 |
| the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this Section and | 5 |
| (i) have an application for asylum pending before the | 6 |
| federal Department of Homeland Security or on appeal before | 7 |
| a court of competent jurisdiction and are represented | 8 |
| either by counsel or by an advocate accredited by the | 9 |
| federal Department of Homeland Security and employed by a | 10 |
| not-for-profit organization in regard to that application | 11 |
| or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services through a | 12 |
| federally funded torture treatment center. Medical | 13 |
| coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided for up to | 14 |
| 24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date so | 15 |
| long as an individual continues to satisfy the criteria of | 16 |
| this paragraph 14. If an individual has an appeal pending | 17 |
| regarding an application for asylum before the Department | 18 |
| of Homeland Security, eligibility under this paragraph 14 | 19 |
| may be extended until a final decision is rendered on the | 20 |
| appeal. The Department may adopt rules governing the | 21 |
| implementation of this paragraph 14.
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| The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a | 23 |
| plan for
coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as | 24 |
| soon as possible after
July 1, 1984.
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| The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance | 26 |
| under this
Article is not affected by the payment of any grant |
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| under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | 2 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical
Assistance Act or any distributions | 3 |
| or items of income described under
subparagraph (X) of
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| paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois | 5 |
| Income Tax
Act. The Department shall by rule establish the | 6 |
| amounts of
assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility | 7 |
| for medical assistance,
which shall at a minimum equal the | 8 |
| amounts to be disregarded under the
Federal Supplemental | 9 |
| Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a
single | 10 |
| person to be disregarded
shall not be less than $2,000, and the | 11 |
| amount of assets of a married couple
to be disregarded shall | 12 |
| not be less than $3,000.
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| To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found | 14 |
| guilty of a
second violation of Article VIIIA
shall be | 15 |
| ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as | 16 |
| provided
in Section 8A-8.
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| The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under | 18 |
| this Article
shall not be affected by the receipt by the person | 19 |
| of donations or benefits
from fundraisers held for the person | 20 |
| in cases of serious illness,
as long as neither the person nor | 21 |
| members of the person's family
have actual control over the | 22 |
| donations or benefits or the disbursement
of the donations or | 23 |
| benefits.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-20, eff. 6-20-03; 94-629, eff. 1-1-06; | 25 |
| 94-1043, eff. 7-24-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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