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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
5adding Section 12-4.44 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.44 new)
7    Sec. 12-4.44. Report on centralizing administrative
8functions. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
9with the cooperation of the Department of Human Services, shall
10provide a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2012,
11regarding the feasibility and potential consequences of
12centralizing administrative functions, to the extent allowable
13under federal law, for applicants applying only for medical
14assistance. The report shall include, but need not be limited
15to, an analysis of centralizing administrative functions in a
16statewide or regional centers administered by either public or
17private entities, and an analysis of the impact of removing
18medical assistance only cases from the caseload assigned to
19employees in local Department of Human Services field offices
20that accept and process applications for benefits.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
222011.