96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0842

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 225/5   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7025

    Amends the Prenatal and Newborn Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning eligibility for the program benefits for certain persons receiving aid under Article V of the Public Aid Code or detained in a prison in consequence of a criminal conviction.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Prenatal and Newborn Care Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 225/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7025)
7     Sec. 5. Application and eligibility requirements. (a) Any
8 person requesting program benefits shall be afforded the the
9 opportunity to apply for such benefits. The application shall
10 be filed at a place designated by the Department.
11     (b) Program benefits may be provided to or on behalf of any
12 person: (1) who has been medically diagnosed as pregnant, and
13 who is living in this State voluntarily with the intention of
14 making it her home and not for a temporary purpose; and, (2)
15 who meets the financial eligibility requirements of the
16 Department as set forth in rules promulgated pursuant to this
17 Act. Such rules shall provide that any person will be eligible
18 with a gross income that equals or is less than the nonfarm
19 income official poverty line, as determined by the federal
20 Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
21 accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Reconciliation
22 Act of 1981. The Department may establish financial eligibility
23 requirements for income levels above the official federal

 

 

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1 poverty line. Temporary absence from this State, with an intent
2 to return, shall not render a person ineligible for benefits.
3     (c) No person receiving aid under Article V of The Illinois
4 Public Aid Code shall be eligible for program benefits.
5     (d) No person detained in a Federal, State or local
6 correctional facility as a result of being charged with or
7 convicted of a criminal offense shall be eligible for program
8 benefits.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-860.)