102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0064

 

Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-2  from Ch. 23, par. 5-2

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Extends medical assistance coverage to all women of childbearing age regardless of income level.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 5-2 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/5-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
7    Sec. 5-2. Classes of persons eligible. Medical assistance
8under this Article shall be available to any of the following
9classes of persons in respect to whom a plan for coverage has
10been submitted to the Governor by the Illinois Department and
11approved by him. If changes made in this Section 5-2 require
12federal approval, they shall not take effect until such
13approval has been received:
14        1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under
15    Articles III and IV.
16        2. Beginning January 1, 2014, persons otherwise
17    eligible for basic maintenance under Article III,
18    excluding any eligibility requirements that are
19    inconsistent with any federal law or federal regulation,
20    as interpreted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
21    Services, but who fail to qualify thereunder on the basis
22    of need, and who have insufficient income and resources to
23    meet the costs of necessary medical care, including, but

 

 

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1    not limited to, the following:
2            (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic
3        maintenance under Article III but who fail to qualify
4        under that Article on the basis of need and who meet
5        either of the following requirements:
6                (i) their income, as determined by the
7            Illinois Department in accordance with any federal
8            requirements, is equal to or less than 100% of the
9            federal poverty level; or
10                (ii) their income, after the deduction of
11            costs incurred for medical care and for other
12            types of remedial care, is equal to or less than
13            100% of the federal poverty level.
14            (b) (Blank).
15        3. (Blank).
16        4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding
17    paragraphs who fall sick, are injured, or die, not having
18    sufficient money, property or other resources to meet the
19    costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
20    expenses.
21        5.(a) Beginning January 1, 2020, women during
22    pregnancy and during the 12-month period beginning on the
23    last day of the pregnancy, together with their infants,
24    whose income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty
25    level. Until September 30, 2019, or sooner if the
26    maintenance of effort requirements under the Patient

 

 

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1    Protection and Affordable Care Act are eliminated or may
2    be waived before then, women during pregnancy and during
3    the 12-month period beginning on the last day of the
4    pregnancy, whose countable monthly income, after the
5    deduction of costs incurred for medical care and for other
6    types of remedial care as specified in administrative
7    rule, is equal to or less than the Medical Assistance-No
8    Grant(C) (MANG(C)) Income Standard in effect on April 1,
9    2013 as set forth in administrative rule.
10        (b) The plan for coverage shall provide ambulatory
11    prenatal care to pregnant women during a presumptive
12    eligibility period and establish an income eligibility
13    standard that is equal to 200% of the federal poverty
14    level, provided that costs incurred for medical care are
15    not taken into account in determining such income
16    eligibility.
17        (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a
18    demonstration in at least one county that will provide
19    medical assistance to pregnant women, together with their
20    infants and children up to one year of age, where the
21    income eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the
22    nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the
23    federal Office of Management and Budget. The Illinois
24    Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
25    provided under federal law to implement such a
26    demonstration. Such demonstration may establish resource

 

 

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1    standards that are not more restrictive than those
2    established under Article IV of this Code.
3        6. (a) Children younger than age 19 when countable
4    income is at or below 133% of the federal poverty level.
5    Until September 30, 2019, or sooner if the maintenance of
6    effort requirements under the Patient Protection and
7    Affordable Care Act are eliminated or may be waived before
8    then, children younger than age 19 whose countable monthly
9    income, after the deduction of costs incurred for medical
10    care and for other types of remedial care as specified in
11    administrative rule, is equal to or less than the Medical
12    Assistance-No Grant(C) (MANG(C)) Income Standard in effect
13    on April 1, 2013 as set forth in administrative rule.
14        (b) Children and youth who are under temporary custody
15    or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family
16    Services or who receive financial assistance in support of
17    an adoption or guardianship placement from the Department
18    of Children and Family Services.
19        7. (Blank).
20        8. As required under federal law, persons who are
21    eligible for Transitional Medical Assistance as a result
22    of an increase in earnings or child or spousal support
23    received. The plan for coverage for this class of persons
24    shall:
25            (a) extend the medical assistance coverage to the
26        extent required by federal law; and

 

 

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1            (b) offer persons who have initially received 6
2        months of the coverage provided in paragraph (a)
3        above, the option of receiving an additional 6 months
4        of coverage, subject to the following:
5                (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to
6            provisions of the federal Social Security Act;
7                (ii) such coverage shall include all services
8            covered under Illinois' State Medicaid Plan;
9                (iii) no premium shall be charged for such
10            coverage; and
11                (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the
12            event of a person's failure without good cause to
13            file in a timely fashion reports required for this
14            coverage under the Social Security Act and
15            coverage shall be reinstated upon the filing of
16            such reports if the person remains otherwise
17            eligible.
18        9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
19    (AIDS) or with AIDS-related conditions with respect to
20    whom there has been a determination that but for home or
21    community-based services such individuals would require
22    the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital,
23    skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility the
24    cost of which is reimbursed under this Article. Assistance
25    shall be provided to such persons to the maximum extent
26    permitted under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security

 

 

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1    Act.
2        10. Participants in the long-term care insurance
3    partnership program established under the Illinois
4    Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act who meet the
5    qualifications for protection of resources described in
6    Section 15 of that Act.
7        11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and
8    eligible for Medicaid, pursuant to Section
9    1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, and,
10    subject to federal approval, persons with a medically
11    improved disability who are employed and eligible for
12    Medicaid pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xvi) of
13    the Social Security Act, as provided by the Illinois
14    Department by rule. In establishing eligibility standards
15    under this paragraph 11, the Department shall, subject to
16    federal approval:
17            (a) set the income eligibility standard at not
18        lower than 350% of the federal poverty level;
19            (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person
20        cannot access without penalty before the age of 59
21        1/2, and medical savings accounts established pursuant
22        to 26 U.S.C. 220;
23            (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to
24        those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility
25        under this paragraph 11; and
26            (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in

 

 

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1        determining the eligibility of the person under this
2        Article even if the person loses eligibility under
3        this paragraph 11.
4        12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are
5    eligible for medical assistance coverage under applicable
6    provisions of the federal Social Security Act and the
7    federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and
8    Treatment Act of 2000. Those eligible persons are defined
9    to include, but not be limited to, the following persons:
10            (1) persons who have been screened for breast or
11        cervical cancer under the U.S. Centers for Disease
12        Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
13        Program established under Title XV of the federal
14        Public Health Service Services Act in accordance with
15        the requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as
16        administered by the Illinois Department of Public
17        Health; and
18            (2) persons whose screenings under the above
19        program were funded in whole or in part by funds
20        appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public
21        Health for breast or cervical cancer screening.
22        "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be
23    identical to the benefits provided under the State's
24    approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
25    The Department must request federal approval of the
26    coverage under this paragraph 12 within 30 days after July

 

 

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1    3, 2001 (the effective date of Public Act 92-47) this
2    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
3        In addition to the persons who are eligible for
4    medical assistance pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2)
5    of this paragraph 12, and to be paid from funds
6    appropriated to the Department for its medical programs,
7    any uninsured person as defined by the Department in rules
8    residing in Illinois who is younger than 65 years of age,
9    who has been screened for breast and cervical cancer in
10    accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the
11    Department of Public Health for screening, and who is
12    referred to the Department by the Department of Public
13    Health as being in need of treatment for breast or
14    cervical cancer is eligible for medical assistance
15    benefits that are consistent with the benefits provided to
16    those persons described in subparagraphs (1) and (2).
17    Medical assistance coverage for the persons who are
18    eligible under the preceding sentence is not dependent on
19    federal approval, but federal moneys may be used to pay
20    for services provided under that coverage upon federal
21    approval.
22        13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval,
23    persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise
24    eligible under this Article and who qualify for services
25    covered under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois
26    Department by rule.

 

 

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1        14. Subject to the availability of funds for this
2    purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this
3    Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not
4    eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who
5    meet the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this
6    Section and (i) have an application for asylum pending
7    before the federal Department of Homeland Security or on
8    appeal before a court of competent jurisdiction and are
9    represented either by counsel or by an advocate accredited
10    by the federal Department of Homeland Security and
11    employed by a not-for-profit organization in regard to
12    that application or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services
13    through a federally funded torture treatment center.
14    Medical coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided
15    for up to 24 continuous months from the initial
16    eligibility date so long as an individual continues to
17    satisfy the criteria of this paragraph 14. If an
18    individual has an appeal pending regarding an application
19    for asylum before the Department of Homeland Security,
20    eligibility under this paragraph 14 may be extended until
21    a final decision is rendered on the appeal. The Department
22    may adopt rules governing the implementation of this
23    paragraph 14.
24        15. Family Care Eligibility.
25            (a) On and after July 1, 2012, a parent or other
26        caretaker relative who is 19 years of age or older when

 

 

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1        countable income is at or below 133% of the federal
2        poverty level. A person may not spend down to become
3        eligible under this paragraph 15.
4            (b) Eligibility shall be reviewed annually.
5            (c) (Blank).
6            (d) (Blank).
7            (e) (Blank).
8            (f) (Blank).
9            (g) (Blank).
10            (h) (Blank).
11            (i) Following termination of an individual's
12        coverage under this paragraph 15, the individual must
13        be determined eligible before the person can be
14        re-enrolled.
15        16. Subject to appropriation, uninsured persons who
16    are not otherwise eligible under this Section who have
17    been certified and referred by the Department of Public
18    Health as having been screened and found to need
19    diagnostic evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic
20    evaluation and treatment, for prostate or testicular
21    cancer. For the purposes of this paragraph 16, uninsured
22    persons are those who do not have creditable coverage, as
23    defined under the Health Insurance Portability and
24    Accountability Act, or have otherwise exhausted any
25    insurance benefits they may have had, for prostate or
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1    both diagnostic evaluation and treatment. To be eligible,
2    a person must furnish a Social Security number. A person's
3    assets are exempt from consideration in determining
4    eligibility under this paragraph 16. Such persons shall be
5    eligible for medical assistance under this paragraph 16
6    for so long as they need treatment for the cancer. A person
7    shall be considered to need treatment if, in the opinion
8    of the person's treating physician, the person requires
9    therapy directed toward cure or palliation of prostate or
10    testicular cancer, including recurrent metastatic cancer
11    that is a known or presumed complication of prostate or
12    testicular cancer and complications resulting from the
13    treatment modalities themselves. Persons who require only
14    routine monitoring services are not considered to need
15    treatment. "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 16
16    shall be identical to the benefits provided under the
17    State's approved plan under Title XIX of the Social
18    Security Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
19    the Department (i) does not have a claim against the
20    estate of a deceased recipient of services under this
21    paragraph 16 and (ii) does not have a lien against any
22    homestead property or other legal or equitable real
23    property interest owned by a recipient of services under
24    this paragraph 16.
25        17. Persons who, pursuant to a waiver approved by the
26    Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human

 

 

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1    Services, are eligible for medical assistance under Title
2    XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
3    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code and
4    consistent with the terms of the approved waiver, the
5    Illinois Department, may by rule:
6            (a) Limit the geographic areas in which the waiver
7        program operates.
8            (b) Determine the scope, quantity, duration, and
9        quality, and the rate and method of reimbursement, of
10        the medical services to be provided, which may differ
11        from those for other classes of persons eligible for
12        assistance under this Article.
13            (c) Restrict the persons' freedom in choice of
14        providers.
15        18. Beginning January 1, 2014, persons aged 19 or
16    older, but younger than 65, who are not otherwise eligible
17    for medical assistance under this Section 5-2, who qualify
18    for medical assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
19    1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) and applicable federal
20    regulations, and who have income at or below 133% of the
21    federal poverty level plus 5% for the applicable family
22    size as determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14) and
23    applicable federal regulations. Persons eligible for
24    medical assistance under this paragraph 18 shall receive
25    coverage for the Health Benefits Service Package as that
26    term is defined in subsection (m) of Section 5-1.1 of this

 

 

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1    Code. If Illinois' federal medical assistance percentage
2    (FMAP) is reduced below 90% for persons eligible for
3    medical assistance under this paragraph 18, eligibility
4    under this paragraph 18 shall cease no later than the end
5    of the third month following the month in which the
6    reduction in FMAP takes effect.
7        19. Beginning January 1, 2014, as required under 42
8    U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(IX), persons older than age 18
9    and younger than age 26 who are not otherwise eligible for
10    medical assistance under paragraphs (1) through (17) of
11    this Section who (i) were in foster care under the
12    responsibility of the State on the date of attaining age
13    18 or on the date of attaining age 21 when a court has
14    continued wardship for good cause as provided in Section
15    2-31 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and (ii) received
16    medical assistance under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan
17    or waiver of such plan while in foster care.
18        20. Beginning January 1, 2018, persons who are
19    foreign-born victims of human trafficking, torture, or
20    other serious crimes as defined in Section 2-19 of this
21    Code and their derivative family members if such persons:
22    (i) reside in Illinois; (ii) are not eligible under any of
23    the preceding paragraphs; (iii) meet the income guidelines
24    of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2; and (iv) meet the
25    nonfinancial eligibility requirements of Sections 16-2,
26    16-3, and 16-5 of this Code. The Department may extend

 

 

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1    medical assistance for persons who are foreign-born
2    victims of human trafficking, torture, or other serious
3    crimes whose medical assistance would be terminated
4    pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 16-5 if the
5    Department determines that the person, during the year of
6    initial eligibility (1) experienced a health crisis, (2)
7    has been unable, after reasonable attempts, to obtain
8    necessary information from a third party, or (3) has other
9    extenuating circumstances that prevented the person from
10    completing his or her application for status. The
11    Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the
12    provisions of this paragraph.
13        21. Persons who are not otherwise eligible for medical
14    assistance under this Section who may qualify for medical
15    assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
16    1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXIII) and 42 U.S.C. 1396(ss) for the
17    duration of any federal or State declared emergency due to
18    COVID-19. Medical assistance to persons eligible for
19    medical assistance solely pursuant to this paragraph 21
20    shall be limited to any in vitro diagnostic product (and
21    the administration of such product) described in 42 U.S.C.
22    1396d(a)(3)(B) on or after March 18, 2020, any visit
23    described in 42 U.S.C. 1396o(a)(2)(G), or any other
24    medical assistance that may be federally authorized for
25    this class of persons. The Department may also cover
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1    similar category of uninsured individuals, to the extent
2    authorized under a federally approved 1115 Waiver or other
3    federal authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of
4    Section 1-11 of this Code, due to the nature of the
5    COVID-19 public health emergency, the Department may cover
6    and provide the medical assistance described in this
7    paragraph 21 to noncitizens who would otherwise meet the
8    eligibility requirements for the class of persons
9    described in this paragraph 21 for the duration of the
10    State emergency period.
11        22. All women of childbearing age, regardless of
12    income level.
13    In implementing the provisions of Public Act 96-20, the
14Department is authorized to adopt only those rules necessary,
15including emergency rules. Nothing in Public Act 96-20 permits
16the Department to adopt rules or issue a decision that expands
17eligibility for the FamilyCare Program to a person whose
18income exceeds 185% of the Federal Poverty Level as determined
19from time to time by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
20Services, unless the Department is provided with express
21statutory authority.
22    The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance
23under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
24under the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities
25Property Tax Relief Act or any distributions or items of
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1subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
2    The Department shall by rule establish the amounts of
3assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility for
4medical assistance, which shall at a minimum equal the amounts
5to be disregarded under the Federal Supplemental Security
6Income Program. The amount of assets of a single person to be
7disregarded shall not be less than $2,000, and the amount of
8assets of a married couple to be disregarded shall not be less
9than $3,000.
10    To the extent permitted under federal law, any person
11found guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA shall be
12ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as
13provided in Section 8A-8.
14    The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under
15this Article shall not be affected by the receipt by the person
16of donations or benefits from fundraisers held for the person
17in cases of serious illness, as long as neither the person nor
18members of the person's family have actual control over the
19donations or benefits or the disbursement of the donations or
20benefits.
21    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if the
22United States Supreme Court holds Title II, Subtitle A,
23Section 2001(a) of Public Law 111-148 to be unconstitutional,
24or if a holding of Public Law 111-148 makes Medicaid
25eligibility allowed under Section 2001(a) inoperable, the
26State or a unit of local government shall be prohibited from

 

 

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1enrolling individuals in the Medical Assistance Program as the
2result of federal approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or
3after June 14, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-687)
4this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and any
5individuals enrolled in the Medical Assistance Program
6pursuant to eligibility permitted as a result of such a State
7Medicaid waiver shall become immediately ineligible.
8    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if an
9Act of Congress that becomes a Public Law eliminates Section
102001(a) of Public Law 111-148, the State or a unit of local
11government shall be prohibited from enrolling individuals in
12the Medical Assistance Program as the result of federal
13approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after June 14, 2012
14(the effective date of Public Act 97-687) this amendatory Act
15of the 97th General Assembly, and any individuals enrolled in
16the Medical Assistance Program pursuant to eligibility
17permitted as a result of such a State Medicaid waiver shall
18become immediately ineligible.
19    Effective October 1, 2013, the determination of
20eligibility of persons who qualify under paragraphs 5, 6, 8,
2115, 17, and 18 of this Section shall comply with the
22requirements of 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14) and applicable federal
23regulations.
24    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
25Department of Human Services, and the Illinois health
26insurance marketplace shall work cooperatively to assist

 

 

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1persons who would otherwise lose health benefits as a result
2of changes made under Public Act 98-104 this amendatory Act of
3the 98th General Assembly to transition to other health
4insurance coverage.
5(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20;
6revised 8-24-20.)