Bill Text: IL SB0362 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payments under the Medicaid program for funeral and burial expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0362 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0362-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0362 Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-12 from Ch. 23, par. 5-12
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payments under the Medicaid program for funeral and burial expenses.
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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 5-12 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-12)
Sec. 5-12. Funeral and burial. Upon the the death of a
recipient who qualified under class 2, 3 or 4 of Section 5-2,
if his estate is insufficient to pay his funeral and burial
expenses and if no other resources, including assistance from
legally responsible relatives, are available for such
purposes, there shall be paid, in accordance with the
standards, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of
Human Services, such reasonable amounts as may be necessary to
meet the costs of the funeral, burial space, and cemetery
charges, or to reimburse any person not financially responsible
for the deceased who has voluntarily made expenditures for such
costs.
(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)