Bill Text: IL HB2777 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the classes of persons eligible for Medicaid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2777 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2777-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB2777 Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-2 from Ch. 23, par. 5-2
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the classes of persons eligible for Medicaid.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-2 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance
under this Article shall be available to any of the the
following classes of persons in respect to whom a plan for
coverage has been submitted to the Governor by the Illinois
Department and approved by him:
1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under
Articles III and IV.
2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance
under Articles III and IV but who fail to qualify
thereunder on the basis of need, and who have insufficient
income and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical
care, including but not limited to the following:
(a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic
maintenance under Article III but who fail to qualify
under that Article on the basis of need and who meet
either of the following requirements:
(i) their income, as determined by the

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Illinois Department in accordance with any federal
requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in
fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in
fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
poverty line, as defined by the federal Office of
Management and Budget and revised annually in
accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to
families of the same size; or
(ii) their income, after the deduction of
costs incurred for medical care and for other types
of remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in
fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in
fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
poverty line, as defined in item (i) of this
subparagraph (a).
(b) All persons who would be determined eligible
for such basic maintenance under Article IV by
disregarding the maximum earned income permitted by
federal law.

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3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the
Medically Indigent under Article VII.
4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding
paragraphs who fall sick, are injured, or die, not having
sufficient money, property or other resources to meet the
costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
expenses.
5.(a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact of
pregnancy has been determined by medical diagnosis, and
during the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the
pregnancy, together with their infants and children born
after September 30, 1983, whose income and resources are
insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the Federal
Social Security Act.
(b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall
provide a plan for coverage of the persons eligible under
paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such plan shall provide
ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
presumptive eligibility period and establish an income
eligibility standard that is equal to 133% of the nonfarm
income official poverty line, as defined by the federal
Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to families of the
same size, provided that costs incurred for medical care

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are not taken into account in determining such income
eligibility.
(c) The Illinois Department may conduct a
demonstration in at least one county that will provide
medical assistance to pregnant women, together with their
infants and children up to one year of age, where the
income eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the
nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the
federal Office of Management and Budget. The Illinois
Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
provided under federal law to implement such a
demonstration. Such demonstration may establish resource
standards that are not more restrictive than those
established under Article IV of this Code.
6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as
dependent under Article IV and who have insufficient income
and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical care
to the maximum extent permitted under Title XIX of the
Federal Social Security Act.
7. Persons who are under 21 years of age and would
qualify as disabled as defined under the Federal
Supplemental Security Income Program, provided medical
service for such persons would be eligible for Federal
Financial Participation, and provided the Illinois
Department determines that:
(a) the person requires a level of care provided by

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a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate
care facility, as determined by a physician licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches;
(b) it is appropriate to provide such care outside
of an institution, as determined by a physician
licensed to practice medicine in all its branches;
(c) the estimated amount which would be expended
for care outside the institution is not greater than
the estimated amount which would be expended in an
institution.
8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance
assistance under Article IV of this Code in programs
administered by the Illinois Department due to employment
earnings and persons in assistance units comprised of
adults and children who become ineligible for basic
maintenance assistance under Article VI of this Code due to
employment earnings. The plan for coverage for this class
of persons shall:
(a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up
to 12 months following termination of basic
maintenance assistance; and
(b) offer persons who have initially received 6
months of the coverage provided in paragraph (a) above,
the option of receiving an additional 6 months of
coverage, subject to the following:
(i) such coverage shall be pursuant to

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provisions of the federal Social Security Act;
(ii) such coverage shall include all services
covered while the person was eligible for basic
maintenance assistance;
(iii) no premium shall be charged for such
coverage; and
(iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the
event of a person's failure without good cause to
file in a timely fashion reports required for this
coverage under the Social Security Act and
coverage shall be reinstated upon the filing of
such reports if the person remains otherwise
eligible.
9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) or with AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom
there has been a determination that but for home or
community-based services such individuals would require
the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital,
skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility the
cost of which is reimbursed under this Article. Assistance
shall be provided to such persons to the maximum extent
permitted under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security
Act.
10. Participants in the long-term care insurance
partnership program established under the Illinois
Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act Partnership for

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Long-Term Care Act who meet the qualifications for
protection of resources described in Section 15 25 of that
Act.
11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and
eligible for Medicaid, pursuant to Section
1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, as
provided by the Illinois Department by rule. In
establishing eligibility standards under this paragraph
11, the Department shall, subject to federal approval:
(a) set the income eligibility standard at not
lower than 350% of the federal poverty level;
(b) exempt retirement accounts that the person
cannot access without penalty before the age of 59 1/2,
and medical savings accounts established pursuant to
26 U.S.C. 220;
(c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to
those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility
under this paragraph 11; and
(d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in
determining the eligibility of the person under this
Article even if the person loses eligibility under this
paragraph 11.
12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are
eligible for medical assistance coverage under applicable
provisions of the federal Social Security Act and the
federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and

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Treatment Act of 2000. Those eligible persons are defined
to include, but not be limited to, the following persons:
(1) persons who have been screened for breast or
cervical cancer under the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
Program established under Title XV of the federal
Public Health Services Act in accordance with the
requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as
administered by the Illinois Department of Public
Health; and
(2) persons whose screenings under the above
program were funded in whole or in part by funds
appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public
Health for breast or cervical cancer screening.
"Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be
identical to the benefits provided under the State's
approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
The Department must request federal approval of the
coverage under this paragraph 12 within 30 days after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly.
13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval,
persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible
under this Article and who qualify for services covered
under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department
by rule.

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14. Subject to the availability of funds for this
purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this
Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not
eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who meet
the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this Section and
(i) have an application for asylum pending before the
federal Department of Homeland Security or on appeal before
a court of competent jurisdiction and are represented
either by counsel or by an advocate accredited by the
federal Department of Homeland Security and employed by a
not-for-profit organization in regard to that application
or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services through a
federally funded torture treatment center. Medical
coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided for up to
24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date so
long as an individual continues to satisfy the criteria of
this paragraph 14. If an individual has an appeal pending
regarding an application for asylum before the Department
of Homeland Security, eligibility under this paragraph 14
may be extended until a final decision is rendered on the
appeal. The Department may adopt rules governing the
implementation of this paragraph 14.
The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a
plan for coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as
soon as possible after July 1, 1984.
The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance

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under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or any distributions
or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois
Income Tax Act. The Department shall by rule establish the
amounts of assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility
for medical assistance, which shall at a minimum equal the
amounts to be disregarded under the Federal Supplemental
Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a single
person to be disregarded shall not be less than $2,000, and the
amount of assets of a married couple to be disregarded shall
not be less than $3,000.
To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found
guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA shall be
ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as
provided in Section 8A-8.
The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under
this Article shall not be affected by the receipt by the person
of donations or benefits from fundraisers held for the person
in cases of serious illness, as long as neither the person nor
members of the person's family have actual control over the
donations or benefits or the disbursement of the donations or
benefits.
(Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06; 94-1043, eff. 7-24-06;
95-546, eff. 8-29-07; revised 1-22-08.)