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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2000
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning use of the Medicaid spend-down.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2000 |
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LRB096 11223 DRJ 21628 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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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 Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 5-2.07 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-2.07) |
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| Sec. 5-2.07. Use of Medicaid spend-down. No later than July |
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| 1, 2007, subject to federal approval of a State Medicaid Plan |
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| amendment, which shall be sought by the the Department of |
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| Healthcare and Family Services or its successor agency, persons |
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| described in item 2(a) of Section 5-2, who fail to qualify for |
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| basic maintenance under Article III of this Code on the basis |
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| of need because of excess income or assets, or both, may |
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| establish eligibility for medical assistance by paying the |
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| amount of their monthly spend-down under this Article (as |
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| described in 42 CFR 435.831) to the Department of Healthcare |
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| and Family Services or its successor agency or by having a |
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| third party pay that amount to the Department on their behalf.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-847, eff. 1-1-07.)
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