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Public Act 92-0037

SB884 Enrolled                                 LRB9201520DJgc

    AN ACT in relation to public aid.

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

    Section  5.  The  State  Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.545 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new)
    Sec. 5.545.  The Medical Special Purposes Trust Fund.

    Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
changing  Sections  12-4.18  and  12-4.19  and adding Section
12-10.5 as follows:

    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.18) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.18)
    Sec.  12-4.18.  Grants  and  gifts  for  public  aid  and
related welfare purposes.  Accept,  hold  and  administer  in
behalf  of  the  State  any  grant,  gift or legacy of money,
securities, or property to the Illinois Department or to  the
State  of  Illinois  for  public  aid  or any related welfare
purpose.
    From appropriations from the Assistance to  the  Homeless
Fund,  a  special fund in the State treasury, which is hereby
created, provide grants to not-for-profit  organizations  for
the purpose of providing assistance to homeless persons.
    Grants,  gifts,  and legacies for employment and training
programs for public assistance  clients  shall  be  deposited
into the Employment and Training Fund.
    Grants,  gifts,  donations,  and  legacies  for functions
connected with the  administration  of  any  medical  program
administered  by  the  Illinois Department shall be deposited
into the Medical Special Purposes Trust  Fund  created  under
Section 12-10.5.
(Source: P.A. 88-429.)

    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.19) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.19)
    Sec. 12-4.19. Grants for Pilot Studies and Research.
    Co-operate   with   the   Federal   Government,   private
foundations,  persons,  corporations or other entities making
grants  of  funds  or  offering  the  services  of  technical
assistants for pilot  studies  and  other  research  programs
relating  to  effective  methods  of  rehabilitation  or  the
adequacy  of  public  aid  and welfare programs, policies and
procedures, and accept, hold and administer  grants  made  in
connection therewith. Grants for functions connected with the
administration  of  any  medical  program administered by the
Illinois Department  shall  be  deposited  into  the  Medical
Special Purposes Trust Fund created under Section 12-10.5.
(Source: P.A. 77-2110.)

    (305 ILCS 5/12-10.5 new)
    Sec. 12-10.5.  Medical Special Purposes Trust Fund.
    (a)  The Medical Special Purposes Trust Fund ("the Fund")
is created.  Any grant, gift, donation, or legacy of money or
securities that the Department of Public Aid is authorized to
receive under Section 12-4.18 or Section 12-4.19, and that is
dedicated  for functions connected with the administration of
any medical program administered by the Department, shall  be
deposited  into the Fund.  All federal moneys received by the
Department as reimbursement for disbursements  authorized  to
be made from the Fund shall also be deposited into the Fund.
    (b)  No  moneys  received  from  a  service provider or a
governmental or private entity  that  is  enrolled  with  the
Department  as  a  provider  of  medical  services  shall  be
deposited into the Fund.
    (c)  Disbursements  may  be  made  from  the Fund for the
purposes connected with  the  grants,  gifts,  donations,  or
legacies  deposited into the Fund, including, but not limited
to,  medical   quality   assessment   projects,   eligibility
population  studies, medical information systems evaluations,
and other administrative functions that assist the Department
in fulfilling its health  care  mission  under  the  Illinois
Public  Aid  Code and the Children's Health Insurance Program
Act.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
July 1, 2001.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 21, 2001.
    Approved June 28, 2001.

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