Sen. James F. Clayborne Jr.
Filed: 4/2/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1907




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1907 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 5-1 as follows:
 



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    (305 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-1)



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    Sec. 5-1. Declaration of purpose. It is the purpose of this 
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Article to
provide a program of essential
medical care and 
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rehabilitative services for persons receiving basic

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maintenance grants under this Code and for other persons who 
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are unable,
because of inadequate resources, to meet their 
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essential medical needs.

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    Preservation of health, alleviation of sickness, and 
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correction of
handicapping conditions for persons requiring 
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maintenance support are
essential if they are to have an 
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opportunity to become self-supporting, or
to attain a greater 
 


 






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capacity for self-care, or to live out the last years of their 
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lives with dignity.  For persons who are medically
indigent but 
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otherwise able to provide themselves with a livelihood, it is

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of special importance to maintain their incentives for 
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continued
independence and preserve their limited resources 
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for ordinary maintenance
needs to prevent their total or 
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substantial dependency.

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(Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

 

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