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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2815 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning no later than October 1, 2019, and for each State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs allowance required under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for any person residing in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code and who is enrolled in the State's Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for adults with developmental disabilities shall be no less than 15% of the individual's monthly Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, or both, for the previous calendar year. Establishes a similar personal needs allowance amount for any person residing in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code beginning no later than October 1, 2019 and for each State fiscal year thereafter. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2815 | | LRB101 09677 KTG 54776 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 5-36 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-36 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-36. Personal needs allowance; Community-Integrated |
| 8 | | Living Arrangements; ID/DD facilities. |
| 9 | | (a) Beginning no later than October 1, 2019, and for each |
| 10 | | State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs |
| 11 | | allowance required under Section 1902(q) of Title XIX of the |
| 12 | | Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(q)) for any person |
| 13 | | residing in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated |
| 14 | | Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act who is |
| 15 | | determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this |
| 16 | | Code and who is enrolled in the State's Home and |
| 17 | | Community-Based Services Waiver Program for adults with |
| 18 | | developmental disabilities shall be no less than 15% of the |
| 19 | | individual's monthly Supplemental Security Income benefits or |
| 20 | | Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, or both, for the |
| 21 | | previous calendar year. |
| 22 | | (b) Beginning no later than October 1, 2019, and for each |
| 23 | | State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs |