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90_SB1832
305 ILCS 5/5-2.5 new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois
Public Aid Code. Provides that, on and after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1998, the State plan for
medical assistance shall not be modified with regard to
eligibility requirements to receive medical assistance,
either by increasing the income eligibility level above the
minimum required federal guidelines or by expanding the
classes of persons covered, unless the proposed modification
is approved by joint resolution of the General Assembly,
regardless of whether approval by the appropriate federal
authority has been granted. Effective immediately.
LRB9008997SMdvA
LRB9008997SMdvA
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by adding
2 Section 5-2.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 adding Section 5-2.5 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/5-2.5 new)
8 Sec. 5-2.5. Approval by General Assembly required for
9 expansion of medical assistance program. On and after the
10 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998, the State
11 plan for medical assistance under Section 5-2 of this Code
12 and Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act shall not
13 be modified with regard to eligibility requirements to
14 receive medical assistance, either by increasing the income
15 eligibility level above the minimum required federal
16 guidelines or by expanding the classes of persons covered,
17 unless the proposed modification is approved by joint
18 resolution of the General Assembly, regardless of whether
19 approval by the appropriate federal authority has been
20 granted.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.