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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance  Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 25 as follows:
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/25)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

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    Sec. 25. Enrollment in Program. The Department shall 
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develop procedures to allow application agents to assist in 
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enrolling children in the Program or other children's health 
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programs operated by the Department.  At the Department's 
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discretion, technical assistance payments may be made 
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available for approved applications facilitated by an 
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application agent. The Department shall work with physician 
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provider groups to encourage physicians treating uninsured 
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children to advise the children's parents of the availability 
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of the Program's health benefits and of the means of applying 
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for the Program. The Department shall consider methods for 
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including primary care case managers in the enrollment process 
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for the Program.

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    Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may 
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exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under 
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the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or 
 


 






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promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, however, the 
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Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or 
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enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th 
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General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General 
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Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the 
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Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General 
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Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning 
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contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative 
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Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the 
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meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such 
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definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor.
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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)