Bill Text: IL HB4989 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the minimum monthly personal needs allowance for a person who is an inpatient in an institution or facility for which payments are made under the Medical Assistance Article throughout a month, and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under that Article, is $50.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-09 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon [HB4989 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4989-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4989 Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Jack D. Franks - Carol A. Sente - Keith Farnham - Emily McAsey - Michael K. Smith, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-27 new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the minimum monthly personal needs allowance for a person who is an inpatient in an institution or facility for which payments are made under the Medical Assistance Article throughout a month, and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under that Article, is $50.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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
adding Section 5-27 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-27 new)
Sec. 5-27. Personal needs allowance. The minimum monthly
personal needs allowance, as authorized under Section 1902(q)
of Title XIX of the Social Security Act, for a person who is an
inpatient in an institution or facility for which payments are
made under this Article throughout a month, and who is
determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this
Article, is $50.