Bill Text: IL SB2578 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to exempt from electronic visit verification requirements all live-in caregivers who provide personal care services under the Adults with Developmental Disabilities waiver and the Support Waiver for Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities. Defines "live-in caregiver" and permits the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the amendatory Act, including rules on the form and manner in which a caregiver must verify that he or she meets the definition of "live-in caregiver". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-31 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB2578 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2578-Engrossed.html
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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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 5-52 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-52 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5-52. Electronic visit verification system; live-in | ||||||
8 | caregiver exemption. In accordance with federal guidance | ||||||
9 | issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid | ||||||
10 | Services in its "CMCS Informational Bulletin" on August 8, | ||||||
11 | 2019 that allows state Medicaid agencies to exempt live-in | ||||||
12 | caregivers from the electronic visit verification requirements | ||||||
13 | authorized under Section 12006(a) of the 21st Century Cures | ||||||
14 | Act (Public Law 114-255), the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
15 | Family Services shall exempt from electronic visit | ||||||
16 | verification requirements all live-in caregivers who provide | ||||||
17 | personal care services under the Adults with Developmental | ||||||
18 | Disabilities waiver and the Support Waiver for Children and | ||||||
19 | Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities authorized under | ||||||
20 | Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. | ||||||
21 | As used in this Section, "live-in caregiver" means a | ||||||
22 | caregiver who permanently or for an extended period of time | ||||||
23 | resides in the same residence as the individual receiving |
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1 | Medicaid-funded personal care services or home health care | ||||||
2 | services. Live-in caregiver status shall be determined by | ||||||
3 | meeting requirements established by the U.S. Department of | ||||||
4 | Labor, Internal Revenue Service, or extenuating circumstances | ||||||
5 | approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. | ||||||
6 | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt | ||||||
7 | any rules necessary to implement this Section, including rules | ||||||
8 | on the form and manner in which a caregiver must verify that he | ||||||
9 | or she meets the definition of "live-in caregiver".
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