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Public Act 0326 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-0326

SB1449 Enrolled LRB096 08434 RPM 18551 b

    AN ACT concerning insurance.

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

    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Free
Healthcare Benefits Application Assistance Act.

    Section 5. Healthcare program application assistance. It
is a Class C misdemeanor for any person, including an
individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, or any employee or agent thereof, to charge another
person for assisting in completing and submitting an
application for enrollment in any means-tested healthcare
program administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services.
    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting a
person or other entity from receiving payment from the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services or other State
agency for assisting persons in applying for healthcare
benefits.

    Section 10. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is
amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

    (215 ILCS 170/25)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
    Sec. 25. Enrollment in Program. The Department shall
develop procedures to allow application agents to assist in
enrolling children in the Program or other children's health
programs operated by the Department. At the Department's
discretion, technical assistance payments may be made
available for approved applications facilitated by an
application agent. The Department shall permit day and
temporary labor service agencies, as defined in the Day and
Temporary Labor Services Act and doing business in Illinois, to
enroll as unpaid application agents. As established in the Free
Healthcare Benefits Application Assistance Act, it shall be
unlawful for any person to charge another person or family for
assisting in completing and submitting an application for
enrollment in this Program.
(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/11/2009

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