Illinois Senate Bill 1966

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-15 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $60. Effective immediately.

MEDICAID-PERSONAL NEEDS

Sen. Don Harmon [D]	Sen. Laura Murphy [D]	Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]
Sen. David Koehler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-15	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2023-03-30	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2023-03-17	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2023-03-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-08	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Appropriations - Health and Human Services
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie
2023-02-27	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
2023-02-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2023-02-21	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations - Health and Human Services
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-35.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1966&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1966.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1966sam001.htm