98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1162

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act by reinstating the pharmaceutical assistance program that was eliminated by Public Act 97-689 and changing the short title of the Act to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes corresponding changes in other Acts. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning pharmaceutical assistance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5amended by changing Section 5-45 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 100/5-45)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-45)
7    Sec. 5-45. Emergency rulemaking.
8    (a) "Emergency" means the existence of any situation that
9any agency finds reasonably constitutes a threat to the public
10interest, safety, or welfare.
11    (b) If any agency finds that an emergency exists that
12requires adoption of a rule upon fewer days than is required by
13Section 5-40 and states in writing its reasons for that
14finding, the agency may adopt an emergency rule without prior
15notice or hearing upon filing a notice of emergency rulemaking
16with the Secretary of State under Section 5-70. The notice
17shall include the text of the emergency rule and shall be
18published in the Illinois Register. Consent orders or other
19court orders adopting settlements negotiated by an agency may
20be adopted under this Section. Subject to applicable
21constitutional or statutory provisions, an emergency rule
22becomes effective immediately upon filing under Section 5-65 or
23at a stated date less than 10 days thereafter. The agency's

 

 

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1finding and a statement of the specific reasons for the finding
2shall be filed with the rule. The agency shall take reasonable
3and appropriate measures to make emergency rules known to the
4persons who may be affected by them.
5    (c) An emergency rule may be effective for a period of not
6longer than 150 days, but the agency's authority to adopt an
7identical rule under Section 5-40 is not precluded. No
8emergency rule may be adopted more than once in any 24 month
9period, except that this limitation on the number of emergency
10rules that may be adopted in a 24 month period does not apply
11to (i) emergency rules that make additions to and deletions
12from the Drug Manual under Section 5-5.16 of the Illinois
13Public Aid Code or the generic drug formulary under Section
143.14 of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, (ii)
15emergency rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board before
16July 1, 1997 to implement portions of the Livestock Management
17Facilities Act, (iii) emergency rules adopted by the Illinois
18Department of Public Health under subsections (a) through (i)
19of Section 2 of the Department of Public Health Act when
20necessary to protect the public's health, (iv) emergency rules
21adopted pursuant to subsection (n) of this Section, (v)
22emergency rules adopted pursuant to subsection (o) of this
23Section, or (vi) emergency rules adopted pursuant to subsection
24(c-5) of this Section. Two or more emergency rules having
25substantially the same purpose and effect shall be deemed to be
26a single rule for purposes of this Section.

 

 

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1    (c-5) To facilitate the maintenance of the program of group
2health benefits provided to annuitants, survivors, and retired
3employees under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of
41971, rules to alter the contributions to be paid by the State,
5annuitants, survivors, retired employees, or any combination
6of those entities, for that program of group health benefits,
7shall be adopted as emergency rules. The adoption of those
8rules shall be considered an emergency and necessary for the
9public interest, safety, and welfare.
10    (d) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
11implementation of the State's fiscal year 1999 budget,
12emergency rules to implement any provision of Public Act 90-587
13or 90-588 or any other budget initiative for fiscal year 1999
14may be adopted in accordance with this Section by the agency
15charged with administering that provision or initiative,
16except that the 24-month limitation on the adoption of
17emergency rules and the provisions of Sections 5-115 and 5-125
18do not apply to rules adopted under this subsection (d). The
19adoption of emergency rules authorized by this subsection (d)
20shall be deemed to be necessary for the public interest,
21safety, and welfare.
22    (e) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
23implementation of the State's fiscal year 2000 budget,
24emergency rules to implement any provision of this amendatory
25Act of the 91st General Assembly or any other budget initiative
26for fiscal year 2000 may be adopted in accordance with this

 

 

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1Section by the agency charged with administering that provision
2or initiative, except that the 24-month limitation on the
3adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
45-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules adopted under this
5subsection (e). The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
6this subsection (e) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
7public interest, safety, and welfare.
8    (f) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
9implementation of the State's fiscal year 2001 budget,
10emergency rules to implement any provision of this amendatory
11Act of the 91st General Assembly or any other budget initiative
12for fiscal year 2001 may be adopted in accordance with this
13Section by the agency charged with administering that provision
14or initiative, except that the 24-month limitation on the
15adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
165-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules adopted under this
17subsection (f). The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
18this subsection (f) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
19public interest, safety, and welfare.
20    (g) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
21implementation of the State's fiscal year 2002 budget,
22emergency rules to implement any provision of this amendatory
23Act of the 92nd General Assembly or any other budget initiative
24for fiscal year 2002 may be adopted in accordance with this
25Section by the agency charged with administering that provision
26or initiative, except that the 24-month limitation on the

 

 

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1adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
25-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules adopted under this
3subsection (g). The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
4this subsection (g) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
5public interest, safety, and welfare.
6    (h) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
7implementation of the State's fiscal year 2003 budget,
8emergency rules to implement any provision of this amendatory
9Act of the 92nd General Assembly or any other budget initiative
10for fiscal year 2003 may be adopted in accordance with this
11Section by the agency charged with administering that provision
12or initiative, except that the 24-month limitation on the
13adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
145-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules adopted under this
15subsection (h). The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
16this subsection (h) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
17public interest, safety, and welfare.
18    (i) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
19implementation of the State's fiscal year 2004 budget,
20emergency rules to implement any provision of this amendatory
21Act of the 93rd General Assembly or any other budget initiative
22for fiscal year 2004 may be adopted in accordance with this
23Section by the agency charged with administering that provision
24or initiative, except that the 24-month limitation on the
25adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
265-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules adopted under this

 

 

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1subsection (i). The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
2this subsection (i) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
3public interest, safety, and welfare.
4    (j) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
5implementation of the provisions of the State's fiscal year
62005 budget as provided under the Fiscal Year 2005 Budget
7Implementation (Human Services) Act, emergency rules to
8implement any provision of the Fiscal Year 2005 Budget
9Implementation (Human Services) Act may be adopted in
10accordance with this Section by the agency charged with
11administering that provision, except that the 24-month
12limitation on the adoption of emergency rules and the
13provisions of Sections 5-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules
14adopted under this subsection (j). The Department of Public Aid
15may also adopt rules under this subsection (j) necessary to
16administer the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Children's
17Health Insurance Program Act. The adoption of emergency rules
18authorized by this subsection (j) shall be deemed to be
19necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
20    (k) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
21implementation of the provisions of the State's fiscal year
222006 budget, emergency rules to implement any provision of this
23amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly or any other budget
24initiative for fiscal year 2006 may be adopted in accordance
25with this Section by the agency charged with administering that
26provision or initiative, except that the 24-month limitation on

 

 

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1the adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
25-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules adopted under this
3subsection (k). The Department of Healthcare and Family
4Services may also adopt rules under this subsection (k)
5necessary to administer the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
6Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
7Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the Senior Citizens and
8Disabled Persons Prescription Drug Discount Program Act (now
9the Illinois Prescription Drug Discount Program Act), and the
10Children's Health Insurance Program Act. The adoption of
11emergency rules authorized by this subsection (k) shall be
12deemed to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and
13welfare.
14    (l) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
15implementation of the provisions of the State's fiscal year
162007 budget, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
17may adopt emergency rules during fiscal year 2007, including
18rules effective July 1, 2007, in accordance with this
19subsection to the extent necessary to administer the
20Department's responsibilities with respect to amendments to
21the State plans and Illinois waivers approved by the federal
22Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services necessitated by the
23requirements of Title XIX and Title XXI of the federal Social
24Security Act. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
25this subsection (l) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
26public interest, safety, and welfare.

 

 

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1    (m) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
2implementation of the provisions of the State's fiscal year
32008 budget, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
4may adopt emergency rules during fiscal year 2008, including
5rules effective July 1, 2008, in accordance with this
6subsection to the extent necessary to administer the
7Department's responsibilities with respect to amendments to
8the State plans and Illinois waivers approved by the federal
9Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services necessitated by the
10requirements of Title XIX and Title XXI of the federal Social
11Security Act. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
12this subsection (m) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
13public interest, safety, and welfare.
14    (n) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
15implementation of the provisions of the State's fiscal year
162010 budget, emergency rules to implement any provision of this
17amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly or any other budget
18initiative authorized by the 96th General Assembly for fiscal
19year 2010 may be adopted in accordance with this Section by the
20agency charged with administering that provision or
21initiative. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by this
22subsection (n) shall be deemed to be necessary for the public
23interest, safety, and welfare. The rulemaking authority
24granted in this subsection (n) shall apply only to rules
25promulgated during Fiscal Year 2010.
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1implementation of the provisions of the State's fiscal year
22011 budget, emergency rules to implement any provision of this
3amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly or any other budget
4initiative authorized by the 96th General Assembly for fiscal
5year 2011 may be adopted in accordance with this Section by the
6agency charged with administering that provision or
7initiative. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by this
8subsection (o) is deemed to be necessary for the public
9interest, safety, and welfare. The rulemaking authority
10granted in this subsection (o) applies only to rules
11promulgated on or after the effective date of this amendatory
12Act of the 96th General Assembly through June 30, 2011.
13    (p) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely
14implementation of the provisions of Public Act 97-689 this
15amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, emergency rules to
16implement any provision of Public Act 97-689 this amendatory
17Act of the 97th General Assembly may be adopted in accordance
18with this subsection (p) by the agency charged with
19administering that provision or initiative. The 150-day
20limitation of the effective period of emergency rules does not
21apply to rules adopted under this subsection (p), and the
22effective period may continue through June 30, 2013. The
2324-month limitation on the adoption of emergency rules does not
24apply to rules adopted under this subsection (p). The adoption
25of emergency rules authorized by this subsection (p) is deemed
26to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-958, eff. 7-1-10;
296-1500, eff. 1-18-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-695, eff.
37-1-12; revised 7-10-12.)
 
4    Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing
5Section 10.05 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 405/10.05)  (from Ch. 15, par. 210.05)
7    Sec. 10.05. Deductions from warrants; statement of reason
8for deduction. Whenever any person shall be entitled to a
9warrant or other payment from the treasury or other funds held
10by the State Treasurer, on any account, against whom there
11shall be any then due and payable account or claim in favor of
12the State, the United States upon certification by the
13Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or her
14delegate, pursuant to a reciprocal offset agreement under
15subsection (i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection
16Act of 1986, or a unit of local government, a school district,
17a public institution of higher education, as defined in Section
181 of the Board of Higher Education Act, or the clerk of a
19circuit court, upon certification by that entity, the
20Comptroller, upon notification thereof, shall ascertain the
21amount due and payable to the State, the United States, the
22unit of local government, the school district, the public
23institution of higher education, or the clerk of the circuit
24court, as aforesaid, and draw a warrant on the treasury or on

 

 

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1other funds held by the State Treasurer, stating the amount for
2which the party was entitled to a warrant or other payment, the
3amount deducted therefrom, and on what account, and directing
4the payment of the balance; which warrant or payment as so
5drawn shall be entered on the books of the Treasurer, and such
6balance only shall be paid. The Comptroller may deduct any one
7or more of the following: (i) the entire amount due and payable
8to the State or a portion of the amount due and payable to the
9State in accordance with the request of the notifying agency;
10(ii) the entire amount due and payable to the United States or
11a portion of the amount due and payable to the United States in
12accordance with a reciprocal offset agreement under subsection
13(i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection Act of
141986; or (iii) the entire amount due and payable to the unit of
15local government, school district, public institution of
16higher education, or clerk of the circuit court, or a portion
17of the amount due and payable to that entity, in accordance
18with an intergovernmental agreement authorized under this
19Section and Section 10.05d. No request from a notifying agency,
20the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, a unit of
21local government, a school district, a public institution of
22higher education, or the clerk of a circuit court for an amount
23to be deducted under this Section from a wage or salary
24payment, or from a contractual payment to an individual for
25personal services, shall exceed 25% of the net amount of such
26payment. "Net amount" means that part of the earnings of an

 

 

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1individual remaining after deduction of any amounts required by
2law to be withheld. For purposes of this provision, wage,
3salary or other payments for personal services shall not
4include final compensation payments for the value of accrued
5vacation, overtime or sick leave. Whenever the Comptroller
6draws a warrant or makes a payment involving a deduction
7ordered under this Section, the Comptroller shall notify the
8payee and the State agency that submitted the voucher of the
9reason for the deduction and he or she shall retain a record of
10such statement in his or her records. As used in this Section,
11an "account or claim in favor of the State" includes all
12amounts owing to "State agencies" as defined in Section 7 of
13this Act. However, the Comptroller shall not be required to
14accept accounts or claims owing to funds not held by the State
15Treasurer, where such accounts or claims do not exceed $50, nor
16shall the Comptroller deduct from funds held by the State
17Treasurer under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
18Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or for
19payments to institutions from the Illinois Prepaid Tuition
20Trust Fund (unless the Trust Fund moneys are used for child
21support). The Comptroller shall not deduct from payments to be
22disbursed from the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund as
23provided for under Section 12-10.2 of the Illinois Public Aid
24Code, except for payments representing interest on child
25support obligations under Section 10-16.5 of that Code. The
26Comptroller and the Department of Revenue shall enter into an

 

 

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1interagency agreement to establish responsibilities, duties,
2and procedures relating to deductions from lottery prizes
3awarded under Section 20.1 of the Illinois Lottery Law. The
4Comptroller may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with
5the Department of Revenue and the Secretary of the Treasury of
6the United States, or his or her delegate, to establish
7responsibilities, duties, and procedures relating to
8reciprocal offset of delinquent State and federal obligations
9pursuant to subsection (i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois
10State Collection Act of 1986. The Comptroller may enter into
11intergovernmental agreements with any unit of local
12government, school district, public institution of higher
13education, or clerk of a circuit court to establish
14responsibilities, duties, and procedures to provide for the
15offset, by the Comptroller, of obligations owed to those
16entities.
17    For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit
18court" means the clerk of a circuit court in any county in the
19State.
20(Source: P.A. 97-269, eff. 12-16-11 (see Section 15 of P.A.
2197-632 for the effective date of changes made by P.A. 97-269);
2297-632, eff. 12-16-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-884, eff.
238-2-12; 97-970, eff. 8-16-12; revised 8-23-12.)
 
24    Section 7. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
25Sections 6z-52 and 6z-81 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 105/6z-52)
2    Sec. 6z-52. Drug Rebate Fund.
3    (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund
4to be known as the Drug Rebate Fund.
5    (b) The Fund is created for the purpose of receiving and
6disbursing moneys in accordance with this Section.
7Disbursements from the Fund shall be made, subject to
8appropriation, only as follows:
9        (1) For payments for reimbursement or coverage for
10    prescription drugs and other pharmacy products provided to
11    a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public
12    Aid Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the
13    Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Veterans'
14    Health Insurance Program Act of 2008, and the Senior
15    Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
16    Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
17        (2) For reimbursement of moneys collected by the
18    Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
19    Illinois Department of Public Aid) through error or
20    mistake.
21        (3) For payments of any amounts that are reimbursable
22    to the federal government resulting from a payment into
23    this Fund.
24        (4) For payments of operational and administrative
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1    prescription drugs and other pharmacy products provided to
2    a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public
3    Aid Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the
4    Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, the Veterans'
5    Health Insurance Program Act of 2008, and the Senior
6    Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
7    Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
8    (c) The Fund shall consist of the following:
9        (1) Upon notification from the Director of Healthcare
10    and Family Services, the Comptroller shall direct and the
11    Treasurer shall transfer the net State share (disregarding
12    the reduction in net State share attributable to the
13    American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or any other
14    federal economic stimulus program) of all moneys received
15    by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
16    (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) from drug
17    rebate agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers
18    pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act,
19    including any portion of the balance in the Public Aid
20    Recoveries Trust Fund on July 1, 2001 that is attributable
21    to such receipts.
22        (2) All federal matching funds received by the Illinois
23    Department as a result of expenditures made by the
24    Department that are attributable to moneys deposited in the
25    Fund.
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1    from participants under a waiver approved by the federal
2    government relating to provision of pharmaceutical
3    services.
4        (4) All other moneys received for the Fund from any
5    other source, including interest earned thereon.
6(Source: P.A. 96-8, eff. 4-28-09; 96-1100, eff. 1-1-11; 97-689,
7eff. 7-1-12.)
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/6z-81)
9    Sec. 6z-81. Healthcare Provider Relief Fund.
10    (a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund
11to be known as the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund.
12    (b) The Fund is created for the purpose of receiving and
13disbursing moneys in accordance with this Section.
14Disbursements from the Fund shall be made only as follows:
15        (1) Subject to appropriation, for payment by the
16    Department of Healthcare and Family Services or by the
17    Department of Human Services of medical bills and related
18    expenses, including administrative expenses, for which the
19    State is responsible under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social
20    Security Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's
21    Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health
22    Insurance Act, the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
23    Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, and
24    the Long Term Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement
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1        (2) For repayment of funds borrowed from other State
2    funds or from outside sources, including interest thereon.
3    (c) The Fund shall consist of the following:
4        (1) Moneys received by the State from short-term
5    borrowing pursuant to the Short Term Borrowing Act on or
6    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
7    General Assembly.
8        (2) All federal matching funds received by the Illinois
9    Department of Healthcare and Family Services as a result of
10    expenditures made by the Department that are attributable
11    to moneys deposited in the Fund.
12        (3) All federal matching funds received by the Illinois
13    Department of Healthcare and Family Services as a result of
14    federal approval of Title XIX State plan amendment
15    transmittal number 07-09.
16        (4) All other moneys received for the Fund from any
17    other source, including interest earned thereon.
18    (d) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
19for by law, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2097th General Assembly, or as soon thereafter as practical, the
21State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
22transfer the sum of $365,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund
23into the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund.
24    (e) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
25for by law, on July 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as
26practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State

 

 

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1Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $160,000,000 from the
2General Revenue Fund to the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund.
3    (f) Notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary,
4and in addition to any other transfers that may be provided for
5by law, the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the
6State Treasurer shall transfer $500,000,000 to the Healthcare
7Provider Relief Fund from the General Revenue Fund in equal
8monthly installments of $100,000,000, with the first transfer
9to be made on July 1, 2012, or as soon thereafter as practical,
10and with each of the remaining transfers to be made on August
111, 2012, September 1, 2012, October 1, 2012, and November 1,
122012, or as soon thereafter as practical. This transfer may
13assist the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in
14improving Medical Assistance bill processing timeframes or in
15meeting the possible requirements of Senate Bill 3397, or other
16similar legislation, of the 97th General Assembly should it
17become law.
18(Source: P.A. 96-820, eff. 11-18-09; 96-1100, eff. 1-1-11;
1997-44, eff. 6-28-11; 97-641, eff. 12-19-11; 97-689, eff.
206-14-12; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; revised 7-10-12.)
 
21    Section 10. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is
22amended by changing Sections 2-15.2 and 2-15.3 as follows:
 
23    (30 ILCS 740/2-15.2)
24    Sec. 2-15.2. Free services; eligibility.

 

 

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1    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
260 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
4implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
5provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
6of, every participant, as defined in Section 2-2.02 (1)(a),
7shall be provided without charge to all senior citizen
8residents of the participant aged 65 and older, under such
9conditions as shall be prescribed by the participant.
10    (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
11180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
13transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
14of service contracts of, every participant, as defined in
15Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), shall be provided without charge to
16senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income
17eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section
184 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
19Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such
20conditions as shall be prescribed by the participant. The
21Department on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably
22necessary to determine eligibility, including updated lists of
23individuals who are eligible for services without charge under
24this Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the
25participant from providing reduced fares as may be required by
26federal law.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-1527, eff. 2-14-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
2    (30 ILCS 740/2-15.3)
3    Sec. 2-15.3. Transit services for disabled individuals.
4Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than 60 days
5following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
6General Assembly, all fixed route public transportation
7services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
8contract of, any participant shall be provided without charge
9to all disabled persons who meet the income eligibility
10limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the
11Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
12Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such procedures as shall
13be prescribed by the participant. The Department on Aging shall
14furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine
15eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are
16eligible for services without charge under this Section.
17(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
18    Section 15. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
19Sections 15-172, 15-175, 20-15, and 21-27 as follows:
 
20    (35 ILCS 200/15-172)
21    Sec. 15-172. Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead
22Exemption.
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1Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption.
2    (b) As used in this Section:
3    "Applicant" means an individual who has filed an
4application under this Section.
5    "Base amount" means the base year equalized assessed value
6of the residence plus the first year's equalized assessed value
7of any added improvements which increased the assessed value of
8the residence after the base year.
9    "Base year" means the taxable year prior to the taxable
10year for which the applicant first qualifies and applies for
11the exemption provided that in the prior taxable year the
12property was improved with a permanent structure that was
13occupied as a residence by the applicant who was liable for
14paying real property taxes on the property and who was either
15(i) an owner of record of the property or had legal or
16equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written
17instrument or (ii) had a legal or equitable interest as a
18lessee in the parcel of property that was single family
19residence. If in any subsequent taxable year for which the
20applicant applies and qualifies for the exemption the equalized
21assessed value of the residence is less than the equalized
22assessed value in the existing base year (provided that such
23equalized assessed value is not based on an assessed value that
24results from a temporary irregularity in the property that
25reduces the assessed value for one or more taxable years), then
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1new base year is established under the terms of this paragraph.
2For taxable year 1999 only, the Chief County Assessment Officer
3shall review (i) all taxable years for which the applicant
4applied and qualified for the exemption and (ii) the existing
5base year. The assessment officer shall select as the new base
6year the year with the lowest equalized assessed value. An
7equalized assessed value that is based on an assessed value
8that results from a temporary irregularity in the property that
9reduces the assessed value for one or more taxable years shall
10not be considered the lowest equalized assessed value. The
11selected year shall be the base year for taxable year 1999 and
12thereafter until a new base year is established under the terms
13of this paragraph.
14    "Chief County Assessment Officer" means the County
15Assessor or Supervisor of Assessments of the county in which
16the property is located.
17    "Equalized assessed value" means the assessed value as
18equalized by the Illinois Department of Revenue.
19    "Household" means the applicant, the spouse of the
20applicant, and all persons using the residence of the applicant
21as their principal place of residence.
22    "Household income" means the combined income of the members
23of a household for the calendar year preceding the taxable
24year.
25    "Income" has the same meaning as provided in Section 3.07
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1and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, except that, beginning in
2assessment year 2001, "income" does not include veteran's
3benefits.
4    "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" means the United States
5Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor law or laws
6relating to federal income taxes in effect for the year
7preceding the taxable year.
8    "Life care facility that qualifies as a cooperative" means
9a facility as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
10Act.
11    "Maximum income limitation" means:
12        (1) $35,000 prior to taxable year 1999;
13        (2) $40,000 in taxable years 1999 through 2003;
14        (3) $45,000 in taxable years 2004 through 2005;
15        (4) $50,000 in taxable years 2006 and 2007; and
16        (5) $55,000 in taxable year 2008 and thereafter.
17    "Residence" means the principal dwelling place and
18appurtenant structures used for residential purposes in this
19State occupied on January 1 of the taxable year by a household
20and so much of the surrounding land, constituting the parcel
21upon which the dwelling place is situated, as is used for
22residential purposes. If the Chief County Assessment Officer
23has established a specific legal description for a portion of
24property constituting the residence, then that portion of
25property shall be deemed the residence for the purposes of this
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1    "Taxable year" means the calendar year during which ad
2valorem property taxes payable in the next succeeding year are
3levied.
4    (c) Beginning in taxable year 1994, a senior citizens
5assessment freeze homestead exemption is granted for real
6property that is improved with a permanent structure that is
7occupied as a residence by an applicant who (i) is 65 years of
8age or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household
9income that does not exceed the maximum income limitation,
10(iii) is liable for paying real property taxes on the property,
11and (iv) is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or
12equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written
13instrument. This homestead exemption shall also apply to a
14leasehold interest in a parcel of property improved with a
15permanent structure that is a single family residence that is
16occupied as a residence by a person who (i) is 65 years of age
17or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household income
18that does not exceed the maximum income limitation, (iii) has a
19legal or equitable ownership interest in the property as
20lessee, and (iv) is liable for the payment of real property
21taxes on that property.
22    In counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the amount of
23the exemption for all taxable years is the equalized assessed
24value of the residence in the taxable year for which
25application is made minus the base amount. In all other
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1through taxable year 2005 and for taxable year 2007 and
2thereafter, the amount of this exemption shall be the equalized
3assessed value of the residence in the taxable year for which
4application is made minus the base amount; and (ii) for taxable
5year 2006, the amount of the exemption is as follows:
6        (1) For an applicant who has a household income of
7    $45,000 or less, the amount of the exemption is the
8    equalized assessed value of the residence in the taxable
9    year for which application is made minus the base amount.
10        (2) For an applicant who has a household income
11    exceeding $45,000 but not exceeding $46,250, the amount of
12    the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
13    residence in the taxable year for which application is made
14    minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.8.
15        (3) For an applicant who has a household income
16    exceeding $46,250 but not exceeding $47,500, the amount of
17    the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
18    residence in the taxable year for which application is made
19    minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.6.
20        (4) For an applicant who has a household income
21    exceeding $47,500 but not exceeding $48,750, the amount of
22    the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
23    residence in the taxable year for which application is made
24    minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.4.
25        (5) For an applicant who has a household income
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1    the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
2    residence in the taxable year for which application is made
3    minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.2.
4    When the applicant is a surviving spouse of an applicant
5for a prior year for the same residence for which an exemption
6under this Section has been granted, the base year and base
7amount for that residence are the same as for the applicant for
8the prior year.
9    Each year at the time the assessment books are certified to
10the County Clerk, the Board of Review or Board of Appeals shall
11give to the County Clerk a list of the assessed values of
12improvements on each parcel qualifying for this exemption that
13were added after the base year for this parcel and that
14increased the assessed value of the property.
15    In the case of land improved with an apartment building
16owned and operated as a cooperative or a building that is a
17life care facility that qualifies as a cooperative, the maximum
18reduction from the equalized assessed value of the property is
19limited to the sum of the reductions calculated for each unit
20occupied as a residence by a person or persons (i) 65 years of
21age or older, (ii) with a household income that does not exceed
22the maximum income limitation, (iii) who is liable, by contract
23with the owner or owners of record, for paying real property
24taxes on the property, and (iv) who is an owner of record of a
25legal or equitable interest in the cooperative apartment
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1cooperative where a homestead exemption has been granted under
2this Section, the cooperative association or its management
3firm shall credit the savings resulting from that exemption
4only to the apportioned tax liability of the owner who
5qualified for the exemption. Any person who willfully refuses
6to credit that savings to an owner who qualifies for the
7exemption is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
8    When a homestead exemption has been granted under this
9Section and an applicant then becomes a resident of a facility
10licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the
11Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health
12Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD Community Care Act, the
13exemption shall be granted in subsequent years so long as the
14residence (i) continues to be occupied by the qualified
15applicant's spouse or (ii) if remaining unoccupied, is still
16owned by the qualified applicant for the homestead exemption.
17    Beginning January 1, 1997, when an individual dies who
18would have qualified for an exemption under this Section, and
19the surviving spouse does not independently qualify for this
20exemption because of age, the exemption under this Section
21shall be granted to the surviving spouse for the taxable year
22preceding and the taxable year of the death, provided that,
23except for age, the surviving spouse meets all other
24qualifications for the granting of this exemption for those
25years.
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1exemption provided for in this Section may be claimed by only
2one of such persons and for only one residence.
3    For taxable year 1994 only, in counties having less than
43,000,000 inhabitants, to receive the exemption, a person shall
5submit an application by February 15, 1995 to the Chief County
6Assessment Officer of the county in which the property is
7located. In counties having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, for
8taxable year 1994 and all subsequent taxable years, to receive
9the exemption, a person may submit an application to the Chief
10County Assessment Officer of the county in which the property
11is located during such period as may be specified by the Chief
12County Assessment Officer. The Chief County Assessment Officer
13in counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall annually
14give notice of the application period by mail or by
15publication. In counties having less than 3,000,000
16inhabitants, beginning with taxable year 1995 and thereafter,
17to receive the exemption, a person shall submit an application
18by July 1 of each taxable year to the Chief County Assessment
19Officer of the county in which the property is located. A
20county may, by ordinance, establish a date for submission of
21applications that is different than July 1. The applicant shall
22submit with the application an affidavit of the applicant's
23total household income, age, marital status (and if married the
24name and address of the applicant's spouse, if known), and
25principal dwelling place of members of the household on January
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1a method for verifying the accuracy of affidavits filed by
2applicants under this Section, and the Chief County Assessment
3Officer may conduct audits of any taxpayer claiming an
4exemption under this Section to verify that the taxpayer is
5eligible to receive the exemption. Each application shall
6contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is made
7under the penalties of perjury. A taxpayer's signing a
8fraudulent application under this Act is perjury, as defined in
9Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. The applications
10shall be clearly marked as applications for the Senior Citizens
11Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption and must contain a notice
12that any taxpayer who receives the exemption is subject to an
13audit by the Chief County Assessment Officer.
14    Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, in
15counties having fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if an
16applicant fails to file the application required by this
17Section in a timely manner and this failure to file is due to a
18mental or physical condition sufficiently severe so as to
19render the applicant incapable of filing the application in a
20timely manner, the Chief County Assessment Officer may extend
21the filing deadline for a period of 30 days after the applicant
22regains the capability to file the application, but in no case
23may the filing deadline be extended beyond 3 months of the
24original filing deadline. In order to receive the extension
25provided in this paragraph, the applicant shall provide the
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1the applicant's physician stating the nature and extent of the
2condition, that, in the physician's opinion, the condition was
3so severe that it rendered the applicant incapable of filing
4the application in a timely manner, and the date on which the
5applicant regained the capability to file the application.
6    Beginning January 1, 1998, notwithstanding any other
7provision to the contrary, in counties having fewer than
83,000,000 inhabitants, if an applicant fails to file the
9application required by this Section in a timely manner and
10this failure to file is due to a mental or physical condition
11sufficiently severe so as to render the applicant incapable of
12filing the application in a timely manner, the Chief County
13Assessment Officer may extend the filing deadline for a period
14of 3 months. In order to receive the extension provided in this
15paragraph, the applicant shall provide the Chief County
16Assessment Officer with a signed statement from the applicant's
17physician stating the nature and extent of the condition, and
18that, in the physician's opinion, the condition was so severe
19that it rendered the applicant incapable of filing the
20application in a timely manner.
21    In counties having less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if an
22applicant was denied an exemption in taxable year 1994 and the
23denial occurred due to an error on the part of an assessment
24official, or his or her agent or employee, then beginning in
25taxable year 1997 the applicant's base year, for purposes of
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1than 1994. In addition, in taxable year 1997, the applicant's
2exemption shall also include an amount equal to (i) the amount
3of any exemption denied to the applicant in taxable year 1995
4as a result of using 1994, rather than 1993, as the base year,
5(ii) the amount of any exemption denied to the applicant in
6taxable year 1996 as a result of using 1994, rather than 1993,
7as the base year, and (iii) the amount of the exemption
8erroneously denied for taxable year 1994.
9    For purposes of this Section, a person who will be 65 years
10of age during the current taxable year shall be eligible to
11apply for the homestead exemption during that taxable year.
12Application shall be made during the application period in
13effect for the county of his or her residence.
14    The Chief County Assessment Officer may determine the
15eligibility of a life care facility that qualifies as a
16cooperative to receive the benefits provided by this Section by
17use of an affidavit, application, visual inspection,
18questionnaire, or other reasonable method in order to insure
19that the tax savings resulting from the exemption are credited
20by the management firm to the apportioned tax liability of each
21qualifying resident. The Chief County Assessment Officer may
22request reasonable proof that the management firm has so
23credited that exemption.
24    Except as provided in this Section, all information
25received by the chief county assessment officer or the
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1any investigation conducted under the provisions of this
2Section, shall be confidential, except for official purposes or
3pursuant to official procedures for collection of any State or
4local tax or enforcement of any civil or criminal penalty or
5sanction imposed by this Act or by any statute or ordinance
6imposing a State or local tax. Any person who divulges any such
7information in any manner, except in accordance with a proper
8judicial order, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
9    Nothing contained in this Section shall prevent the
10Director or chief county assessment officer from publishing or
11making available reasonable statistics concerning the
12operation of the exemption contained in this Section in which
13the contents of claims are grouped into aggregates in such a
14way that information contained in any individual claim shall
15not be disclosed.
16    (d) Each Chief County Assessment Officer shall annually
17publish a notice of availability of the exemption provided
18under this Section. The notice shall be published at least 60
19days but no more than 75 days prior to the date on which the
20application must be submitted to the Chief County Assessment
21Officer of the county in which the property is located. The
22notice shall appear in a newspaper of general circulation in
23the county.
24    Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act,
25no reimbursement by the State is required for the
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1(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 96-355, eff. 1-1-10;
296-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12;
397-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
4    (35 ILCS 200/15-175)
5    Sec. 15-175. General homestead exemption.
6    (a) Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177,
7homestead property is entitled to an annual homestead exemption
8limited, except as described here with relation to
9cooperatives, to a reduction in the equalized assessed value of
10homestead property equal to the increase in equalized assessed
11value for the current assessment year above the equalized
12assessed value of the property for 1977, up to the maximum
13reduction set forth below. If however, the 1977 equalized
14assessed value upon which taxes were paid is subsequently
15determined by local assessing officials, the Property Tax
16Appeal Board, or a court to have been excessive, the equalized
17assessed value which should have been placed on the property
18for 1977 shall be used to determine the amount of the
19exemption.
20    (b) Except as provided in Section 15-176, the maximum
21reduction before taxable year 2004 shall be $4,500 in counties
22with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $3,500 in all other
23counties. Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177, for
24taxable years 2004 through 2007, the maximum reduction shall be
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1and, for taxable years 2009 and thereafter, the maximum
2reduction is $6,000 in all counties. If a county has elected to
3subject itself to the provisions of Section 15-176 as provided
4in subsection (k) of that Section, then, for the first taxable
5year only after the provisions of Section 15-176 no longer
6apply, for owners who, for the taxable year, have not been
7granted a senior citizens assessment freeze homestead
8exemption under Section 15-172 or a long-time occupant
9homestead exemption under Section 15-177, there shall be an
10additional exemption of $5,000 for owners with a household
11income of $30,000 or less.
12    (c) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if,
13based on the most recent assessment, the equalized assessed
14value of the homestead property for the current assessment year
15is greater than the equalized assessed value of the property
16for 1977, the owner of the property shall automatically receive
17the exemption granted under this Section in an amount equal to
18the increase over the 1977 assessment up to the maximum
19reduction set forth in this Section.
20    (d) If in any assessment year beginning with the 2000
21assessment year, homestead property has a pro-rata valuation
22under Section 9-180 resulting in an increase in the assessed
23valuation, a reduction in equalized assessed valuation equal to
24the increase in equalized assessed value of the property for
25the year of the pro-rata valuation above the equalized assessed
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1on a proportionate basis for the period the property qualified
2as homestead property during the assessment year. The maximum
3proportionate homestead exemption shall not exceed the maximum
4homestead exemption allowed in the county under this Section
5divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of days the
6property qualified as homestead property.
7    (e) The chief county assessment officer may, when
8considering whether to grant a leasehold exemption under this
9Section, require the following conditions to be met:
10        (1) that a notarized application for the exemption,
11    signed by both the owner and the lessee of the property,
12    must be submitted each year during the application period
13    in effect for the county in which the property is located;
14        (2) that a copy of the lease must be filed with the
15    chief county assessment officer by the owner of the
16    property at the time the notarized application is
17    submitted;
18        (3) that the lease must expressly state that the lessee
19    is liable for the payment of property taxes; and
20        (4) that the lease must include the following language
21    in substantially the following form:
22            "Lessee shall be liable for the payment of real
23        estate taxes with respect to the residence in
24        accordance with the terms and conditions of Section
25        15-175 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/15-175).
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1        is (insert number), and, according to the most recent
2        property tax bill, the current amount of real estate
3        taxes associated with the premises is (insert amount)
4        per year. The parties agree that the monthly rent set
5        forth above shall be increased or decreased pro rata
6        (effective January 1 of each calendar year) to reflect
7        any increase or decrease in real estate taxes. Lessee
8        shall be deemed to be satisfying Lessee's liability for
9        the above mentioned real estate taxes with the monthly
10        rent payments as set forth above (or increased or
11        decreased as set forth herein).".
12    In addition, if there is a change in lessee, or if the
13lessee vacates the property, then the chief county assessment
14officer may require the owner of the property to notify the
15chief county assessment officer of that change.
16    This subsection (e) does not apply to leasehold interests
17in property owned by a municipality.
18    (f) "Homestead property" under this Section includes
19residential property that is occupied by its owner or owners as
20his or their principal dwelling place, or that is a leasehold
21interest on which a single family residence is situated, which
22is occupied as a residence by a person who has an ownership
23interest therein, legal or equitable or as a lessee, and on
24which the person is liable for the payment of property taxes.
25For land improved with an apartment building owned and operated
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1defined in Section 15-170 and considered to be a cooperative
2under Section 15-170, the maximum reduction from the equalized
3assessed value shall be limited to the increase in the value
4above the equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up
5to the maximum reduction set forth above, multiplied by the
6number of apartments or units occupied by a person or persons
7who is liable, by contract with the owner or owners of record,
8for paying property taxes on the property and is an owner of
9record of a legal or equitable interest in the cooperative
10apartment building, other than a leasehold interest. For
11purposes of this Section, the term "life care facility" has the
12meaning stated in Section 15-170.
13    "Household", as used in this Section, means the owner, the
14spouse of the owner, and all persons using the residence of the
15owner as their principal place of residence.
16    "Household income", as used in this Section, means the
17combined income of the members of a household for the calendar
18year preceding the taxable year.
19    "Income", as used in this Section, has the same meaning as
20provided in Section 3.07 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled
21Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act,
22except that "income" does not include veteran's benefits.
23    (g) In a cooperative where a homestead exemption has been
24granted, the cooperative association or its management firm
25shall credit the savings resulting from that exemption only to
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1the exemption. Any person who willfully refuses to so credit
2the savings shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
3    (h) Where married persons maintain and reside in separate
4residences qualifying as homestead property, each residence
5shall receive 50% of the total reduction in equalized assessed
6valuation provided by this Section.
7    (i) In all counties, the assessor or chief county
8assessment officer may determine the eligibility of
9residential property to receive the homestead exemption and the
10amount of the exemption by application, visual inspection,
11questionnaire or other reasonable methods. The determination
12shall be made in accordance with guidelines established by the
13Department, provided that the taxpayer applying for an
14additional general exemption under this Section shall submit to
15the chief county assessment officer an application with an
16affidavit of the applicant's total household income, age,
17marital status (and, if married, the name and address of the
18applicant's spouse, if known), and principal dwelling place of
19members of the household on January 1 of the taxable year. The
20Department shall issue guidelines establishing a method for
21verifying the accuracy of the affidavits filed by applicants
22under this paragraph. The applications shall be clearly marked
23as applications for the Additional General Homestead
24Exemption.
25    (j) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, in
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1exemption shall remain in effect for the remainder of the
2assessment year of the sale. The assessor or chief county
3assessment officer may require the new owner of the property to
4apply for the homestead exemption for the following assessment
5year.
6    (k) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates
7Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
8implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
9(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-1125, eff. 8-28-12;
10revised 9-20-12.)
 
11    (35 ILCS 200/20-15)
12    Sec. 20-15. Information on bill or separate statement.
13There shall be printed on each bill, or on a separate slip
14which shall be mailed with the bill:
15        (a) a statement itemizing the rate at which taxes have
16    been extended for each of the taxing districts in the
17    county in whose district the property is located, and in
18    those counties utilizing electronic data processing
19    equipment the dollar amount of tax due from the person
20    assessed allocable to each of those taxing districts,
21    including a separate statement of the dollar amount of tax
22    due which is allocable to a tax levied under the Illinois
23    Local Library Act or to any other tax levied by a
24    municipality or township for public library purposes,
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1    districts of the dollar amount of tax due which is
2    allocable to a tax levied under the Illinois Pension Code
3    or to any other tax levied by a municipality or township
4    for public pension or retirement purposes,
5        (c) the total tax rate,
6        (d) the total amount of tax due, and
7        (e) the amount by which the total tax and the tax
8    allocable to each taxing district differs from the
9    taxpayer's last prior tax bill.
10    The county treasurer shall ensure that only those taxing
11districts in which a parcel of property is located shall be
12listed on the bill for that property.
13    In all counties the statement shall also provide:
14        (1) the property index number or other suitable
15    description,
16        (2) the assessment of the property,
17        (3) the equalization factors imposed by the county and
18    by the Department, and
19        (4) the equalized assessment resulting from the
20    application of the equalization factors to the basic
21    assessment.
22    In all counties which do not classify property for purposes
23of taxation, for property on which a single family residence is
24situated the statement shall also include a statement to
25reflect the fair cash value determined for the property. In all
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1accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
2Constitution, for parcels of residential property in the lowest
3assessment classification the statement shall also include a
4statement to reflect the fair cash value determined for the
5property.
6    In all counties, the statement must include information
7that certain taxpayers may be eligible for tax exemptions,
8abatements, and other assistance programs and that, for more
9information, taxpayers should consult with the office of their
10township or county assessor and with the Illinois Department of
11Revenue.
12    In all counties, the statement shall include information
13that certain taxpayers may be eligible for the Senior Citizens
14and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
15Assistance Act and that applications are available from the
16Illinois Department on Aging.
17    In counties which use the estimated or accelerated billing
18methods, these statements shall only be provided with the final
19installment of taxes due. The provisions of this Section create
20a mandatory statutory duty. They are not merely directory or
21discretionary. The failure or neglect of the collector to mail
22the bill, or the failure of the taxpayer to receive the bill,
23shall not affect the validity of any tax, or the liability for
24the payment of any tax.
25(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 200/21-27)
2    Sec. 21-27. Waiver of interest penalty.
3    (a) On the recommendation of the county treasurer, the
4county board may adopt a resolution under which an interest
5penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes for any year that
6otherwise would be imposed under Section 21-15, 21-20, or 21-25
7shall be waived in the case of any person who meets all of the
8following criteria:
9        (1) The person is determined eligible for a grant under
10    the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
11    Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act with respect to
12    the taxes for that year.
13        (2) The person requests, in writing, on a form approved
14    by the county treasurer, a waiver of the interest penalty,
15    and the request is filed with the county treasurer on or
16    before the first day of the month that an installment of
17    taxes is due.
18        (3) The person pays the installment of taxes due, in
19    full, on or before the third day of the month that the
20    installment is due.
21        (4) The county treasurer approves the request for a
22    waiver.
23    (b) With respect to property that qualifies as a brownfield
24site under Section 58.2 of the Environmental Protection Act,
25the county board, upon the recommendation of the county
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1for the delinquent payment of taxes for any year that otherwise
2would be imposed under Section 21-15, 21-20, or 21-25 if all of
3the following criteria are met:
4        (1) the property has delinquent taxes and an
5    outstanding interest penalty and the amount of that
6    interest penalty is so large as to, possibly, result in all
7    of the taxes becoming uncollectible;
8        (2) the property is part of a redevelopment plan of a
9    unit of local government and that unit of local government
10    does not oppose the waiver of the interest penalty;
11        (3) the redevelopment of the property will benefit the
12    public interest by remediating the brownfield
13    contamination;
14        (4) the taxpayer delivers to the county treasurer (i) a
15    written request for a waiver of the interest penalty, on a
16    form approved by the county treasurer, and (ii) a copy of
17    the redevelopment plan for the property;
18        (5) the taxpayer pays, in full, the amount of up to the
19    amount of the first 2 installments of taxes due, to be held
20    in escrow pending the approval of the waiver, and enters
21    into an agreement with the county treasurer setting forth a
22    schedule for the payment of any remaining taxes due; and
23        (6) the county treasurer approves the request for a
24    waiver.
25(Source: P.A. 97-655, eff. 1-13-12; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. The Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act is
2amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
3    (35 ILCS 515/7)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1207)
4    Sec. 7. The local services tax for owners of mobile homes
5who (a) are actually residing in such mobile homes, (b) hold
6title to such mobile home as provided in the Illinois Vehicle
7Code, and (c) are 65 years of age or older or are disabled
8persons within the meaning of Section 3.14 of the "Senior
9Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
10Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" on the annual billing date shall
11be reduced to 80 percent of the tax provided for in Section 3
12of this Act. Proof that a claimant has been issued an Illinois
13Person with a Disability Identification Card stating that the
14claimant is under a Class 2 disability, as provided in Section
154A of the Illinois Identification Card Act, shall constitute
16proof that the person thereon named is a disabled person within
17the meaning of this Act. An application for reduction of the
18tax shall be filed with the county clerk by the individuals who
19are entitled to the reduction. If the application is filed
20after May 1, the reduction in tax shall begin with the next
21annual bill. Application for the reduction in tax shall be done
22by submitting proof that the applicant has been issued an
23Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
24designating the applicant's disability as a Class 2 disability,
25or by affidavit in substantially the following form:

 

 

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1
APPLICATION FOR REDUCTION OF MOBILE HOME LOCAL SERVICES TAX
2    I hereby make application for a reduction to 80% of the
3total tax imposed under "An Act to provide for a local services
4tax on mobile homes".
5    (1) Senior Citizens
6    (a) I actually reside in the mobile home ....
7    (b) I hold title to the mobile home as provided in the
8Illinois Vehicle Code ....
9    (c) I reached the age of 65 on or before either January 1
10(or July 1) of the year in which this statement is filed. My
11date of birth is: ...
12    (2) Disabled Persons
13    (a) I actually reside in the mobile home...
14    (b) I hold title to the mobile home as provided in the
15Illinois Vehicle Code ....
16    (c) I was totally disabled on ... and have remained
17disabled until the date of this application. My Social
18Security, Veterans, Railroad or Civil Service Total Disability
19Claim Number is ... The undersigned declares under the penalty
20of perjury that the above statements are true and correct.
21Dated (insert date).
22
...........................
23
Signature of owner
24
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25
(Address)
26
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1
(City) (State) (Zip)
2Approved by:
3.............................
4(Assessor)
 
5This application shall be accompanied by a copy of the
6applicant's most recent application filed with the Illinois
7Department on Aging under the Senior Citizens and Disabled
8Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
9(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12;
1097-1064, eff. 1-1-13; revised 9-20-12.)
 
11    Section 25. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
12amended by changing Sections 51 and 52 as follows:
 
13    (70 ILCS 3605/51)
14    Sec. 51. Free services; eligibility.
15    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
1660 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
17the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
18implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
19provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
20of, the Board shall be provided without charge to all senior
21citizens of the Metropolitan Region (as such term is defined in
2270 ILCS 3615/1.03) aged 65 and older, under such conditions as
23shall be prescribed by the Board.

 

 

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1    (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
2180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
4transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
5of service contracts of, the Board shall be provided without
6charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income
7eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section
84 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
9Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such
10conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board. The Department
11on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably necessary to
12determine eligibility, including updated lists of individuals
13who are eligible for services without charge under this
14Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the Board from
15providing reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
16(Source: P.A. 96-1527, eff. 2-14-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 3605/52)
18    Sec. 52. Transit services for disabled individuals.
19Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than 60 days
20following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
21General Assembly, all fixed route public transportation
22services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
23contract of, the Board shall be provided without charge to all
24disabled persons who meet the income eligibility limitation set
25forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens

 

 

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1and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
2Assistance Act, under such procedures as shall be prescribed by
3the Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish all
4information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility,
5including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for
6services without charge under this Section.
7(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
8    Section 30. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended
9by changing Sections 8.6 and 8.7 as follows:
 
10    (70 ILCS 3610/8.6)
11    Sec. 8.6. Free services; eligibility.
12    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
1360 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
14the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
15implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
16provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
17of, every District shall be provided without charge to all
18senior citizens of the District aged 65 and older, under such
19conditions as shall be prescribed by the District.
20    (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
21180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
23transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
24of service contracts of, every District shall be provided

 

 

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1without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet
2the income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5)
3of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
4Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under
5such conditions as shall be prescribed by the District. The
6Department on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably
7necessary to determine eligibility, including updated lists of
8individuals who are eligible for services without charge under
9this Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the
10District from providing reduced fares as may be required by
11federal law.
12(Source: P.A. 96-1527, eff. 2-14-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 3610/8.7)
14    Sec. 8.7. Transit services for disabled individuals.
15Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than 60 days
16following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
17General Assembly, all fixed route public transportation
18services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
19contract of, any District shall be provided without charge to
20all disabled persons who meet the income eligibility limitation
21set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior
22Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
23Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such procedures as shall
24be prescribed by the District. The Department on Aging shall
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1eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are
2eligible for services without charge under this Section.
3(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
4    Section 31. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
5amended by changing Sections 3A.15, 3A.16, 3B.14, and 3B.15 as
6follows:
 
7    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15)
8    Sec. 3A.15. Free services; eligibility.
9    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
1060 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
12implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
13provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
14of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without charge to
15all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and
16older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the
17Suburban Bus Board.
18    (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
19180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
20the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
21transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
22of service contracts of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be
23provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older
24who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in

 

 

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1subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and
2Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
3Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by
4the Suburban Bus Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish
5all information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility,
6including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for
7services without charge under this Section. Nothing in this
8Section shall relieve the Suburban Bus Board from providing
9reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1527, eff. 2-14-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.16)
12    Sec. 3A.16. Transit services for disabled individuals.
13Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than 60 days
14following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
15General Assembly, all fixed route public transportation
16services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
17contract of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without
18charge to all disabled persons who meet the income eligibility
19limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the
20Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
21Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such procedures as shall
22be prescribed by the Board. The Department on Aging shall
23furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine
24eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are
25eligible for services without charge under this Section.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14)
3    Sec. 3B.14. Free services; eligibility.
4    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
560 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
7implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
8provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
9of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without charge to
10all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and
11older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the
12Commuter Rail Board.
13    (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
14180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
15the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
16transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
17of service contracts of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be
18provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older
19who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in
20subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and
21Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
22Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by
23the Commuter Rail Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish
24all information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility,
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1services without charge under this Section. Nothing in this
2Section shall relieve the Commuter Rail Board from providing
3reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1527, eff. 2-14-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.15)
6    Sec. 3B.15. Transit services for disabled individuals.
7Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than 60 days
8following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
9General Assembly, all fixed route public transportation
10services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
11contract of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without
12charge to all disabled persons who meet the income eligibility
13limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the
14Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
15Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such procedures as shall
16be prescribed by the Board. The Department on Aging shall
17furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine
18eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are
19eligible for services without charge under this Section.
20(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
21    Section 32. The Senior Citizen Courses Act is amended by
22changing Section 1 as follows:
 
23    (110 ILCS 990/1)  (from Ch. 144, par. 1801)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
2    (a) "Public institutions of higher education" means the
3University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
4State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
5University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
6University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois
7University, and the public community colleges subject to the
8"Public Community College Act".
9    (b) "Credit Course" means any program of study for which
10public institutions of higher education award credit hours.
11    (c) "Senior citizen" means any person 65 years or older
12whose annual household income is less than the threshold amount
13provided in Section 4 of the "Senior Citizens and Disabled
14Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
15Act", approved July 17, 1972, as amended.
16(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
17    Section 33. The Citizens Utility Board Act is amended by
18changing Section 9 as follows:
 
19    (220 ILCS 10/9)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 909)
20    Sec. 9. Mailing procedure.
21    (1) As used in this Section:
22        (a) "Enclosure" means a card, leaflet, envelope or
23    combination thereof furnished by the corporation under
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1        (b) "Mailing" means any communication by a State
2    agency, other than a mailing made under the Senior Citizens
3    and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
4    Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, that is sent through the
5    United States Postal Service to more than 50,000 persons
6    within a 12-month period.
7        (c) "State agency" means any officer, department,
8    board, commission, institution or entity of the executive
9    or legislative branches of State government.
10    (2) To accomplish its powers and duties under Section 5
11this Act, the corporation, subject to the following
12limitations, may prepare and furnish to any State agency an
13enclosure to be included with a mailing by that agency.
14        (a) A State agency furnished with an enclosure shall
15    include the enclosure within the mailing designated by the
16    corporation.
17        (b) An enclosure furnished by the corporation under
18    this Section shall be provided to the State agency a
19    reasonable period of time in advance of the mailing.
20        (c) An enclosure furnished by the corporation under
21    this Section shall be limited to informing the reader of
22    the purpose, nature and activities of the corporation as
23    set forth in this Act and informing the reader that it may
24    become a member in the corporation, maintain membership in
25    the corporation and contribute money to the corporation
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1        (d) Prior to furnishing an enclosure to the State
2    agency, the corporation shall seek and obtain approval of
3    the content of the enclosure from the Illinois Commerce
4    Commission. The Commission shall approve the enclosure if
5    it determines that the enclosure (i) is not false or
6    misleading and (ii) satisfies the requirements of this Act.
7    The Commission shall be deemed to have approved the
8    enclosure unless it disapproves the enclosure within 14
9    days from the date of receipt.
10    (3) The corporation shall reimburse each State agency for
11all reasonable incremental costs incurred by the State agency
12in complying with this Section above the agency's normal
13mailing and handling costs, provided that:
14        (a) The State agency shall first furnish the
15    corporation with an itemized accounting of such additional
16    cost; and
17        (b) The corporation shall not be required to reimburse
18    the State agency for postage costs if the weight of the
19    corporation's enclosure does not exceed .35 ounce
20    avoirdupois. If the corporation's enclosure exceeds that
21    weight, then it shall only be required to reimburse the
22    State agency for postage cost over and above what the
23    agency's postage cost would have been had the enclosure
24    weighed only .35 ounce avoirdupois.
25(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 35. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
2changing Sections 3-1.2, 3-5, 4-1.6, 4-2, 5-2, 5-4, 5A-8,
36-1.2, 6-2, and 12-9 as follows:
 
4    (305 ILCS 5/3-1.2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3-1.2)
5    Sec. 3-1.2. Need. Income available to the person, when
6added to contributions in money, substance, or services from
7other sources, including contributions from legally
8responsible relatives, must be insufficient to equal the grant
9amount established by Department regulation for such person.
10    In determining earned income to be taken into account,
11consideration shall be given to any expenses reasonably
12attributable to the earning of such income. If federal law or
13regulations permit or require exemption of earned or other
14income and resources, the Illinois Department shall provide by
15rule and regulation that the amount of income to be disregarded
16be increased (1) to the maximum extent so required and (2) to
17the maximum extent permitted by federal law or regulation in
18effect as of the date this Amendatory Act becomes law. The
19Illinois Department may also provide by rule and regulation
20that the amount of resources to be disregarded be increased to
21the maximum extent so permitted or required. Subject to federal
22approval, resources (for example, land, buildings, equipment,
23supplies, or tools), including farmland property and personal
24property used in the income-producing operations related to the
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1or tools), necessary for self-support, up to $6,000 of the
2person's equity in the income-producing property, provided
3that the property produces a net annual income of at least 6%
4of the excluded equity value of the property, are exempt.
5Equity value in excess of $6,000 shall not be excluded if the
6activity produces income that is less than 6% of the exempt
7equity due to reasons beyond the person's control (for example,
8the person's illness or crop failure) and there is a reasonable
9expectation that the property will again produce income equal
10to or greater than 6% of the equity value (for example, a
11medical prognosis that the person is expected to respond to
12treatment or that drought-resistant corn will be planted). If
13the person owns more than one piece of property and each
14produces income, each piece of property shall be looked at to
15determine whether the 6% rule is met, and then the amounts of
16the person's equity in all of those properties shall be totaled
17to determine whether the total equity is $6,000 or less. The
18total equity value of all properties that is exempt shall be
19limited to $6,000.
20    In determining the resources of an individual or any
21dependents, the Department shall exclude from consideration
22the value of funeral and burial spaces, funeral and burial
23insurance the proceeds of which can only be used to pay the
24funeral and burial expenses of the insured and funds
25specifically set aside for the funeral and burial arrangements
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1funeral and burial plans, to the same extent that such items
2are excluded from consideration under the federal Supplemental
3Security Income program (SSI).
4    Prepaid funeral or burial contracts are exempt to the
5following extent:
6        (1) Funds in a revocable prepaid funeral or burial
7    contract are exempt up to $1,500, except that any portion
8    of a contract that clearly represents the purchase of
9    burial space, as that term is defined for purposes of the
10    Supplemental Security Income program, is exempt regardless
11    of value.
12        (2) Funds in an irrevocable prepaid funeral or burial
13    contract are exempt up to $5,874, except that any portion
14    of a contract that clearly represents the purchase of
15    burial space, as that term is defined for purposes of the
16    Supplemental Security Income program, is exempt regardless
17    of value. This amount shall be adjusted annually for any
18    increase in the Consumer Price Index. The amount exempted
19    shall be limited to the price of the funeral goods and
20    services to be provided upon death. The contract must
21    provide a complete description of the funeral goods and
22    services to be provided and the price thereof. Any amount
23    in the contract not so specified shall be treated as a
24    transfer of assets for less than fair market value.
25        (3) A prepaid, guaranteed-price funeral or burial
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1    life insurance policy to a trust, is exempt. The amount
2    exempted shall be limited to the amount of the insurance
3    benefit designated for the cost of the funeral goods and
4    services to be provided upon the person's death. The
5    contract must provide a complete description of the funeral
6    goods and services to be provided and the price thereof.
7    Any amount in the contract not so specified shall be
8    treated as a transfer of assets for less than fair market
9    value. The trust must include a statement that, upon the
10    death of the person, the State will receive all amounts
11    remaining in the trust, including any remaining payable
12    proceeds under the insurance policy up to an amount equal
13    to the total medical assistance paid on behalf of the
14    person. The trust is responsible for ensuring that the
15    provider of funeral services under the contract receives
16    the proceeds of the policy when it provides the funeral
17    goods and services specified under the contract. The
18    irrevocable assignment of ownership of the insurance
19    policy must be acknowledged by the insurance company.
20    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the
21contrary, an irrevocable trust containing the resources of a
22person who is determined to have a disability shall be
23considered exempt from consideration. Such trust must be
24established and managed by a non-profit association that pools
25funds but maintains a separate account for each beneficiary.
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1grandparent, legal guardian, or court. It must be established
2for the sole benefit of the person and language contained in
3the trust shall stipulate that any amount remaining in the
4trust (up to the amount expended by the Department on medical
5assistance) that is not retained by the trust for reasonable
6administrative costs related to wrapping up the affairs of the
7subaccount shall be paid to the Department upon the death of
8the person. After a person reaches age 65, any funding by or on
9behalf of the person to the trust shall be treated as a
10transfer of assets for less than fair market value unless the
11person is a ward of a county public guardian or the State
12guardian pursuant to Section 13-5 of the Probate Act of 1975 or
13Section 30 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act and lives in
14the community, or the person is a ward of a county public
15guardian or the State guardian pursuant to Section 13-5 of the
16Probate Act of 1975 or Section 30 of the Guardianship and
17Advocacy Act and a court has found that any expenditures from
18the trust will maintain or enhance the person's quality of
19life. If the trust contains proceeds from a personal injury
20settlement, any Department charge must be satisfied in order
21for the transfer to the trust to be treated as a transfer for
22fair market value.
23    The homestead shall be exempt from consideration except to
24the extent that it meets the income and shelter needs of the
25person. "Homestead" means the dwelling house and contiguous
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1value. Subject to federal approval, a person shall not be
2eligible for long-term care services, however, if the person's
3equity interest in his or her homestead exceeds the minimum
4home equity as allowed and increased annually under federal
5law. Subject to federal approval, on and after the effective
6date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly,
7homestead property transferred to a trust shall no longer be
8considered homestead property.
9    Occasional or irregular gifts in cash, goods or services
10from persons who are not legally responsible relatives which
11are of nominal value or which do not have significant effect in
12meeting essential requirements shall be disregarded. The
13eligibility of any applicant for or recipient of public aid
14under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
15under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
16Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or any distributions
17or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of
18paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois
19Income Tax Act.
20    The Illinois Department may, after appropriate
21investigation, establish and implement a consolidated standard
22to determine need and eligibility for and amount of benefits
23under this Article or a uniform cash supplement to the federal
24Supplemental Security Income program for all or any part of the
25then current recipients under this Article; provided, however,
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1supplement shall not result in reductions in benefits under
2this Article for the then current recipients of such benefits.
3(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
4    (305 ILCS 5/3-5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3-5)
5    Sec. 3-5. Amount of aid. The amount and nature of financial
6aid granted to or in behalf of aged, blind, or disabled persons
7shall be determined in accordance with the standards, grant
8amounts, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department. Due
9regard shall be given to the requirements and conditions
10existing in each case, and to the amount of property owned and
11the income, money contributions, and other support, and
12resources received or obtainable by the person, from whatever
13source. However, the amount and nature of any financial aid is
14not affected by the payment of any grant under the "Senior
15Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
16Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or any distributions or items of
17income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of
18subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
19The aid shall be sufficient, when added to all other income,
20money contributions and support, to provide the person with a
21grant in the amount established by Department regulation for
22such a person, based upon standards providing a livelihood
23compatible with health and well-being. Financial aid under this
24Article granted to persons who have been found ineligible for
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1period of eligibility for refugees and asylees pursuant to 8
2U.S.C. 1612(a)(2) shall not exceed $500 per month.
3(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
4    (305 ILCS 5/4-1.6)  (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.6)
5    Sec. 4-1.6. Need. Income available to the family as defined
6by the Illinois Department by rule, or to the child in the case
7of a child removed from his or her home, when added to
8contributions in money, substance or services from other
9sources, including income available from parents absent from
10the home or from a stepparent, contributions made for the
11benefit of the parent or other persons necessary to provide
12care and supervision to the child, and contributions from
13legally responsible relatives, must be equal to or less than
14the grant amount established by Department regulation for such
15a person. For purposes of eligibility for aid under this
16Article, the Department shall disregard all earned income
17between the grant amount and 50% of the Federal Poverty Level.
18    In considering income to be taken into account,
19consideration shall be given to any expenses reasonably
20attributable to the earning of such income. Three-fourths of
21the earned income of a household eligible for aid under this
22Article shall be disregarded when determining the level of
23assistance for which a household is eligible. The Illinois
24Department may also permit all or any portion of earned or
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1of a child. The Illinois Department may provide by rule and
2regulation for the exemptions thus permitted or required. The
3eligibility of any applicant for or recipient of public aid
4under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
5under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
6Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or any distributions
7or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of
8paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois
9Income Tax Act.
10    The Illinois Department may, by rule, set forth criteria
11under which an assistance unit is ineligible for cash
12assistance under this Article for a specified number of months
13due to the receipt of a lump sum payment.
14(Source: P.A. 96-866, eff. 7-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
15    (305 ILCS 5/4-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 4-2)
16    Sec. 4-2. Amount of aid.
17    (a) The amount and nature of financial aid shall be
18determined in accordance with the grant amounts, rules and
19regulations of the Illinois Department. Due regard shall be
20given to the self-sufficiency requirements of the family and to
21the income, money contributions and other support and resources
22available, from whatever source. However, the amount and nature
23of any financial aid is not affected by the payment of any
24grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property
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1distributions or items of income described under subparagraph
2(X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the
3Illinois Income Tax Act. The aid shall be sufficient, when
4added to all other income, money contributions and support to
5provide the family with a grant in the amount established by
6Department regulation.
7    Subject to appropriation, beginning on July 1, 2008, the
8Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts
9in effect on June 30, 2008 by 15%. The Department is authorized
10to administer this increase but may not otherwise adopt any
11rule to implement this increase.
12    (b) The Illinois Department may conduct special projects,
13which may be known as Grant Diversion Projects, under which
14recipients of financial aid under this Article are placed in
15jobs and their grants are diverted to the employer who in turn
16makes payments to the recipients in the form of salary or other
17employment benefits. The Illinois Department shall by rule
18specify the terms and conditions of such Grant Diversion
19Projects. Such projects shall take into consideration and be
20coordinated with the programs administered under the Illinois
21Emergency Employment Development Act.
22    (c) The amount and nature of the financial aid for a child
23requiring care outside his own home shall be determined in
24accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois
25Department, with due regard to the needs and requirements of
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1been placed.
2    (d) If the Department establishes grants for family units
3consisting exclusively of a pregnant woman with no dependent
4child or including her husband if living with her, the grant
5amount for such a unit shall be equal to the grant amount for
6an assistance unit consisting of one adult, or 2 persons if the
7husband is included. Other than as herein described, an unborn
8child shall not be counted in determining the size of an
9assistance unit or for calculating grants.
10    Payments for basic maintenance requirements of a child or
11children and the relative with whom the child or children are
12living shall be prescribed, by rule, by the Illinois
13Department.
14    Grants under this Article shall not be supplemented by
15General Assistance provided under Article VI.
16    (e) Grants shall be paid to the parent or other person with
17whom the child or children are living, except for such amount
18as is paid in behalf of the child or his parent or other
19relative to other persons or agencies pursuant to this Code or
20the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department.
21    (f) Subject to subsection (f-5), an assistance unit,
22receiving financial aid under this Article or temporarily
23ineligible to receive aid under this Article under a penalty
24imposed by the Illinois Department for failure to comply with
25the eligibility requirements or that voluntarily requests
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1becomes subsequently eligible for assistance within 9 months,
2shall not receive any increase in the amount of aid solely on
3account of the birth of a child; except that an increase is not
4prohibited when the birth is (i) of a child of a pregnant woman
5who became eligible for aid under this Article during the
6pregnancy, or (ii) of a child born within 10 months after the
7date of implementation of this subsection, or (iii) of a child
8conceived after a family became ineligible for assistance due
9to income or marriage and at least 3 months of ineligibility
10expired before any reapplication for assistance. This
11subsection does not, however, prevent a unit from receiving a
12general increase in the amount of aid that is provided to all
13recipients of aid under this Article.
14    The Illinois Department is authorized to transfer funds,
15and shall use any budgetary savings attributable to not
16increasing the grants due to the births of additional children,
17to supplement existing funding for employment and training
18services for recipients of aid under this Article IV. The
19Illinois Department shall target, to the extent the
20supplemental funding allows, employment and training services
21to the families who do not receive a grant increase after the
22birth of a child. In addition, the Illinois Department shall
23provide, to the extent the supplemental funding allows, such
24families with up to 24 months of transitional child care
25pursuant to Illinois Department rules. All remaining
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1services or transitional child care support.
2    In making the transfers authorized by this subsection, the
3Illinois Department shall first determine, pursuant to
4regulations adopted by the Illinois Department for this
5purpose, the amount of savings attributable to not increasing
6the grants due to the births of additional children. Transfers
7may be made from General Revenue Fund appropriations for
8distributive purposes authorized by Article IV of this Code
9only to General Revenue Fund appropriations for employability
10development services including operating and administrative
11costs and related distributive purposes under Article IXA of
12this Code. The Director, with the approval of the Governor,
13shall certify the amount and affected line item appropriations
14to the State Comptroller.
15    Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit
16the Illinois Department from using funds under this Article IV
17to provide assistance in the form of vouchers that may be used
18to pay for goods and services deemed by the Illinois
19Department, by rule, as suitable for the care of the child such
20as diapers, clothing, school supplies, and cribs.
21    (f-5) Subsection (f) shall not apply to affect the monthly
22assistance amount of any family as a result of the birth of a
23child on or after January 1, 2004. As resources permit after
24January 1, 2004, the Department may cease applying subsection
25(f) to limit assistance to families receiving assistance under
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1prior to that date. In any event, subsection (f) shall be
2completely inoperative on and after July 1, 2007.
3    (g) (Blank).
4    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
5Illinois Department is authorized to reduce payment levels used
6to determine cash grants under this Article after December 31
7of any fiscal year if the Illinois Department determines that
8the caseload upon which the appropriations for the current
9fiscal year are based have increased by more than 5% and the
10appropriation is not sufficient to ensure that cash benefits
11under this Article do not exceed the amounts appropriated for
12those cash benefits. Reductions in payment levels may be
13accomplished by emergency rule under Section 5-45 of the
14Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, except that the
15limitation on the number of emergency rules that may be adopted
16in a 24-month period shall not apply and the provisions of
17Sections 5-115 and 5-125 of the Illinois Administrative
18Procedure Act shall not apply. Increases in payment levels
19shall be accomplished only in accordance with Section 5-40 of
20the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Before any rule to
21increase payment levels promulgated under this Section shall
22become effective, a joint resolution approving the rule must be
23adopted by a roll call vote by a majority of the members
24elected to each chamber of the General Assembly.
25(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 

 

 

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1    (305 ILCS 5/5-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
2    Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance
3under this Article shall be available to any of the following
4classes of persons in respect to whom a plan for coverage has
5been submitted to the Governor by the Illinois Department and
6approved by him:
7        1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under
8    Articles III and IV.
9        2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance
10    under Articles III and IV, excluding any eligibility
11    requirements that are inconsistent with any federal law or
12    federal regulation, as interpreted by the U.S. Department
13    of Health and Human Services, but who fail to qualify
14    thereunder on the basis of need or who qualify but are not
15    receiving basic maintenance under Article IV, and who have
16    insufficient income and resources to meet the costs of
17    necessary medical care, including but not limited to the
18    following:
19            (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic
20        maintenance under Article III but who fail to qualify
21        under that Article on the basis of need and who meet
22        either of the following requirements:
23                (i) their income, as determined by the
24            Illinois Department in accordance with any federal
25            requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in
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1            fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
2            by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
3            than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
4            Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
5            poverty line, as defined by the federal Office of
6            Management and Budget and revised annually in
7            accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus
8            Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to
9            families of the same size; or
10                (ii) their income, after the deduction of
11            costs incurred for medical care and for other types
12            of remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in
13            fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in
14            fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
15            by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
16            than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
17            Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
18            poverty line, as defined in item (i) of this
19            subparagraph (a).
20            (b) All persons who, excluding any eligibility
21        requirements that are inconsistent with any federal
22        law or federal regulation, as interpreted by the U.S.
23        Department of Health and Human Services, would be
24        determined eligible for such basic maintenance under
25        Article IV by disregarding the maximum earned income
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1        3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the
2    Medically Indigent under Article VII.
3        4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding
4    paragraphs who fall sick, are injured, or die, not having
5    sufficient money, property or other resources to meet the
6    costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
7    expenses.
8        5.(a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact of
9    pregnancy has been determined by medical diagnosis, and
10    during the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the
11    pregnancy, together with their infants and children born
12    after September 30, 1983, whose income and resources are
13    insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
14    the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the Federal
15    Social Security Act.
16        (b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall
17    provide a plan for coverage of the persons eligible under
18    paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such plan shall provide
19    ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
20    presumptive eligibility period and establish an income
21    eligibility standard that is equal to 133% of the nonfarm
22    income official poverty line, as defined by the federal
23    Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
24    accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
25    Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to families of the
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1    are not taken into account in determining such income
2    eligibility.
3        (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a
4    demonstration in at least one county that will provide
5    medical assistance to pregnant women, together with their
6    infants and children up to one year of age, where the
7    income eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the
8    nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the
9    federal Office of Management and Budget. The Illinois
10    Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
11    provided under federal law to implement such a
12    demonstration. Such demonstration may establish resource
13    standards that are not more restrictive than those
14    established under Article IV of this Code.
15        6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as
16    dependent under Article IV and who have insufficient income
17    and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical care
18    to the maximum extent permitted under Title XIX of the
19    Federal Social Security Act.
20        7. (Blank).
21        8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance
22    assistance under Article IV of this Code in programs
23    administered by the Illinois Department due to employment
24    earnings and persons in assistance units comprised of
25    adults and children who become ineligible for basic
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1    employment earnings. The plan for coverage for this class
2    of persons shall:
3            (a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up
4        to 12 months following termination of basic
5        maintenance assistance; and
6            (b) offer persons who have initially received 6
7        months of the coverage provided in paragraph (a) above,
8        the option of receiving an additional 6 months of
9        coverage, subject to the following:
10                (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to
11            provisions of the federal Social Security Act;
12                (ii) such coverage shall include all services
13            covered while the person was eligible for basic
14            maintenance assistance;
15                (iii) no premium shall be charged for such
16            coverage; and
17                (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the
18            event of a person's failure without good cause to
19            file in a timely fashion reports required for this
20            coverage under the Social Security Act and
21            coverage shall be reinstated upon the filing of
22            such reports if the person remains otherwise
23            eligible.
24        9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
25    (AIDS) or with AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom
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1    community-based services such individuals would require
2    the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital,
3    skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility the
4    cost of which is reimbursed under this Article. Assistance
5    shall be provided to such persons to the maximum extent
6    permitted under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security
7    Act.
8        10. Participants in the long-term care insurance
9    partnership program established under the Illinois
10    Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act who meet the
11    qualifications for protection of resources described in
12    Section 15 of that Act.
13        11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and
14    eligible for Medicaid, pursuant to Section
15    1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, and,
16    subject to federal approval, persons with a medically
17    improved disability who are employed and eligible for
18    Medicaid pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xvi) of
19    the Social Security Act, as provided by the Illinois
20    Department by rule. In establishing eligibility standards
21    under this paragraph 11, the Department shall, subject to
22    federal approval:
23            (a) set the income eligibility standard at not
24        lower than 350% of the federal poverty level;
25            (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person
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1        and medical savings accounts established pursuant to
2        26 U.S.C. 220;
3            (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to
4        those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility
5        under this paragraph 11; and
6            (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in
7        determining the eligibility of the person under this
8        Article even if the person loses eligibility under this
9        paragraph 11.
10        12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are
11    eligible for medical assistance coverage under applicable
12    provisions of the federal Social Security Act and the
13    federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and
14    Treatment Act of 2000. Those eligible persons are defined
15    to include, but not be limited to, the following persons:
16            (1) persons who have been screened for breast or
17        cervical cancer under the U.S. Centers for Disease
18        Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
19        Program established under Title XV of the federal
20        Public Health Services Act in accordance with the
21        requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as
22        administered by the Illinois Department of Public
23        Health; and
24            (2) persons whose screenings under the above
25        program were funded in whole or in part by funds
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1        Health for breast or cervical cancer screening.
2        "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be
3    identical to the benefits provided under the State's
4    approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
5    The Department must request federal approval of the
6    coverage under this paragraph 12 within 30 days after the
7    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
8    Assembly.
9        In addition to the persons who are eligible for medical
10    assistance pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this
11    paragraph 12, and to be paid from funds appropriated to the
12    Department for its medical programs, any uninsured person
13    as defined by the Department in rules residing in Illinois
14    who is younger than 65 years of age, who has been screened
15    for breast and cervical cancer in accordance with standards
16    and procedures adopted by the Department of Public Health
17    for screening, and who is referred to the Department by the
18    Department of Public Health as being in need of treatment
19    for breast or cervical cancer is eligible for medical
20    assistance benefits that are consistent with the benefits
21    provided to those persons described in subparagraphs (1)
22    and (2). Medical assistance coverage for the persons who
23    are eligible under the preceding sentence is not dependent
24    on federal approval, but federal moneys may be used to pay
25    for services provided under that coverage upon federal
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1        13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval,
2    persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible
3    under this Article and who qualify for services covered
4    under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department
5    by rule.
6        14. Subject to the availability of funds for this
7    purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this
8    Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not
9    eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who meet
10    the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this Section and
11    (i) have an application for asylum pending before the
12    federal Department of Homeland Security or on appeal before
13    a court of competent jurisdiction and are represented
14    either by counsel or by an advocate accredited by the
15    federal Department of Homeland Security and employed by a
16    not-for-profit organization in regard to that application
17    or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services through a
18    federally funded torture treatment center. Medical
19    coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided for up to
20    24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date so
21    long as an individual continues to satisfy the criteria of
22    this paragraph 14. If an individual has an appeal pending
23    regarding an application for asylum before the Department
24    of Homeland Security, eligibility under this paragraph 14
25    may be extended until a final decision is rendered on the
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1    implementation of this paragraph 14.
2        15. Family Care Eligibility.
3            (a) On and after July 1, 2012, a caretaker relative
4        who is 19 years of age or older when countable income
5        is at or below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level
6        Guidelines, as published annually in the Federal
7        Register, for the appropriate family size. A person may
8        not spend down to become eligible under this paragraph
9        15.
10            (b) Eligibility shall be reviewed annually.
11            (c) (Blank).
12            (d) (Blank).
13            (e) (Blank).
14            (f) (Blank).
15            (g) (Blank).
16            (h) (Blank).
17            (i) Following termination of an individual's
18        coverage under this paragraph 15, the individual must
19        be determined eligible before the person can be
20        re-enrolled.
21        16. Subject to appropriation, uninsured persons who
22    are not otherwise eligible under this Section who have been
23    certified and referred by the Department of Public Health
24    as having been screened and found to need diagnostic
25    evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic evaluation and
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1    purposes of this paragraph 16, uninsured persons are those
2    who do not have creditable coverage, as defined under the
3    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or
4    have otherwise exhausted any insurance benefits they may
5    have had, for prostate or testicular cancer diagnostic
6    evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic evaluation and
7    treatment. To be eligible, a person must furnish a Social
8    Security number. A person's assets are exempt from
9    consideration in determining eligibility under this
10    paragraph 16. Such persons shall be eligible for medical
11    assistance under this paragraph 16 for so long as they need
12    treatment for the cancer. A person shall be considered to
13    need treatment if, in the opinion of the person's treating
14    physician, the person requires therapy directed toward
15    cure or palliation of prostate or testicular cancer,
16    including recurrent metastatic cancer that is a known or
17    presumed complication of prostate or testicular cancer and
18    complications resulting from the treatment modalities
19    themselves. Persons who require only routine monitoring
20    services are not considered to need treatment. "Medical
21    assistance" under this paragraph 16 shall be identical to
22    the benefits provided under the State's approved plan under
23    Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Notwithstanding any
24    other provision of law, the Department (i) does not have a
25    claim against the estate of a deceased recipient of
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1    lien against any homestead property or other legal or
2    equitable real property interest owned by a recipient of
3    services under this paragraph 16.
4        17. Persons who, pursuant to a waiver approved by the
5    Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
6    Services, are eligible for medical assistance under Title
7    XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
8    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code and
9    consistent with the terms of the approved waiver, the
10    Illinois Department, may by rule:
11            (a) Limit the geographic areas in which the waiver
12        program operates.
13            (b) Determine the scope, quantity, duration, and
14        quality, and the rate and method of reimbursement, of
15        the medical services to be provided, which may differ
16        from those for other classes of persons eligible for
17        assistance under this Article.
18            (c) Restrict the persons' freedom in choice of
19        providers.
20    In implementing the provisions of Public Act 96-20, the
21Department is authorized to adopt only those rules necessary,
22including emergency rules. Nothing in Public Act 96-20 permits
23the Department to adopt rules or issue a decision that expands
24eligibility for the FamilyCare Program to a person whose income
25exceeds 185% of the Federal Poverty Level as determined from
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1Services, unless the Department is provided with express
2statutory authority.
3    The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a
4plan for coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as
5soon as possible after July 1, 1984.
6    The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance
7under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
8under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
9Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or any distributions
10or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of
11paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois
12Income Tax Act. The Department shall by rule establish the
13amounts of assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility
14for medical assistance, which shall at a minimum equal the
15amounts to be disregarded under the Federal Supplemental
16Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a single
17person to be disregarded shall not be less than $2,000, and the
18amount of assets of a married couple to be disregarded shall
19not be less than $3,000.
20    To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found
21guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA shall be
22ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as
23provided in Section 8A-8.
24    The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under
25this Article shall not be affected by the receipt by the person
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1in cases of serious illness, as long as neither the person nor
2members of the person's family have actual control over the
3donations or benefits or the disbursement of the donations or
4benefits.
5    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if the
6United States Supreme Court holds Title II, Subtitle A, Section
72001(a) of Public Law 111-148 to be unconstitutional, or if a
8holding of Public Law 111-148 makes Medicaid eligibility
9allowed under Section 2001(a) inoperable, the State or a unit
10of local government shall be prohibited from enrolling
11individuals in the Medical Assistance Program as the result of
12federal approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after the
13effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
14Assembly, and any individuals enrolled in the Medical
15Assistance Program pursuant to eligibility permitted as a
16result of such a State Medicaid waiver shall become immediately
17ineligible.
18    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if an Act
19of Congress that becomes a Public Law eliminates Section
202001(a) of Public Law 111-148, the State or a unit of local
21government shall be prohibited from enrolling individuals in
22the Medical Assistance Program as the result of federal
23approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after the effective
24date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and
25any individuals enrolled in the Medical Assistance Program
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1Medicaid waiver shall become immediately ineligible.
2(Source: P.A. 96-20, eff. 6-30-09; 96-181, eff. 8-10-09;
396-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-567, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
47-2-10; 96-1123, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1270, eff. 7-26-10; 97-48,
5eff. 6-28-11; 97-74, eff. 6-30-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11;
697-687, eff. 6-14-12; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-813, eff.
77-13-12; revised 7-23-12.)
 
8    (305 ILCS 5/5-4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4)
9    Sec. 5-4. Amount and nature of medical assistance.
10    (a) The amount and nature of medical assistance shall be
11determined in accordance with the standards, rules, and
12regulations of the Department of Healthcare and Family
13Services, with due regard to the requirements and conditions in
14each case, including contributions available from legally
15responsible relatives. However, the amount and nature of such
16medical assistance shall not be affected by the payment of any
17grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property
18Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or any
19distributions or items of income described under subparagraph
20(X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the
21Illinois Income Tax Act. The amount and nature of medical
22assistance shall not be affected by the receipt of donations or
23benefits from fundraisers in cases of serious illness, as long
24as neither the person nor members of the person's family have
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1disbursement of the donations or benefits.
2    In determining the income and resources available to the
3institutionalized spouse and to the community spouse, the
4Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall follow the
5procedures established by federal law. If an institutionalized
6spouse or community spouse refuses to comply with the
7requirements of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act
8and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder by failing to
9provide the total value of assets, including income and
10resources, to the extent either the institutionalized spouse or
11community spouse has an ownership interest in them pursuant to
1242 U.S.C. 1396r-5, such refusal may result in the
13institutionalized spouse being denied eligibility and
14continuing to remain ineligible for the medical assistance
15program based on failure to cooperate.
16    Subject to federal approval, the community spouse resource
17allowance shall be established and maintained at the higher of
18$109,560 or the minimum level permitted pursuant to Section
191924(f)(2) of the Social Security Act, as now or hereafter
20amended, or an amount set after a fair hearing, whichever is
21greater. The monthly maintenance allowance for the community
22spouse shall be established and maintained at the higher of
23$2,739 per month or the minimum level permitted pursuant to
24Section 1924(d)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act, as now or
25hereafter amended, or an amount set after a fair hearing,
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1of the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
2the provisions of this Section shall be extended to persons who
3but for the provision of home or community-based services under
4Section 4.02 of the Illinois Act on the Aging, would require
5the level of care provided in an institution, as is provided
6for in federal law.
7    (b) Spousal support for institutionalized spouses
8receiving medical assistance.
9        (i) The Department may seek support for an
10    institutionalized spouse, who has assigned his or her right
11    of support from his or her spouse to the State, from the
12    resources and income available to the community spouse.
13        (ii) The Department may bring an action in the circuit
14    court to establish support orders or itself establish
15    administrative support orders by any means and procedures
16    authorized in this Code, as applicable, except that the
17    standard and regulations for determining ability to
18    support in Section 10-3 shall not limit the amount of
19    support that may be ordered.
20        (iii) Proceedings may be initiated to obtain support,
21    or for the recovery of aid granted during the period such
22    support was not provided, or both, for the obtainment of
23    support and the recovery of the aid provided. Proceedings
24    for the recovery of aid may be taken separately or they may
25    be consolidated with actions to obtain support. Such
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1    persons requiring support or may be brought in the name of
2    the Department, as the case requires.
3        (iv) The orders for the payment of moneys for the
4    support of the person shall be just and equitable and may
5    direct payment thereof for such period or periods of time
6    as the circumstances require, including support for a
7    period before the date the order for support is entered. In
8    no event shall the orders reduce the community spouse
9    resource allowance below the level established in
10    subsection (a) of this Section or an amount set after a
11    fair hearing, whichever is greater, or reduce the monthly
12    maintenance allowance for the community spouse below the
13    level permitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
15    (305 ILCS 5/5A-8)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-8)
16    Sec. 5A-8. Hospital Provider Fund.
17    (a) There is created in the State Treasury the Hospital
18Provider Fund. Interest earned by the Fund shall be credited to
19the Fund. The Fund shall not be used to replace any moneys
20appropriated to the Medicaid program by the General Assembly.
21    (b) The Fund is created for the purpose of receiving moneys
22in accordance with Section 5A-6 and disbursing moneys only for
23the following purposes, notwithstanding any other provision of
24law:
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1    this Code, under the Children's Health Insurance Program
2    Act, under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act,
3    under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
4    Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, and under the
5    Long Term Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement Transfer
6    Program Act.
7        (2) For the reimbursement of moneys collected by the
8    Illinois Department from hospitals or hospital providers
9    through error or mistake in performing the activities
10    authorized under this Code.
11        (3) For payment of administrative expenses incurred by
12    the Illinois Department or its agent in performing
13    activities under this Code, under the Children's Health
14    Insurance Program Act, under the Covering ALL KIDS Health
15    Insurance Act, and under the Long Term Acute Care Hospital
16    Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act.
17        (4) For payments of any amounts which are reimbursable
18    to the federal government for payments from this Fund which
19    are required to be paid by State warrant.
20        (5) For making transfers, as those transfers are
21    authorized in the proceedings authorizing debt under the
22    Short Term Borrowing Act, but transfers made under this
23    paragraph (5) shall not exceed the principal amount of debt
24    issued in anticipation of the receipt by the State of
25    moneys to be deposited into the Fund.
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1    treasury, but transfers made under this paragraph (6) shall
2    not exceed the amount transferred previously from that
3    other fund into the Hospital Provider Fund plus any
4    interest that would have been earned by that fund on the
5    monies that had been transferred.
6        (6.5) For making transfers to the Healthcare Provider
7    Relief Fund, except that transfers made under this
8    paragraph (6.5) shall not exceed $60,000,000 in the
9    aggregate.
10        (7) For making transfers not exceeding the following
11    amounts, in State fiscal years 2013 and 2014 in each State
12    fiscal year during which an assessment is imposed pursuant
13    to Section 5A-2, to the following designated funds:
14            Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust
15                Fund..............................$20,000,000
16            Long-Term Care Provider Fund..........$30,000,000
17            General Revenue Fund.................$80,000,000.
18    Transfers under this paragraph shall be made within 7 days
19    after the payments have been received pursuant to the
20    schedule of payments provided in subsection (a) of Section
21    5A-4.
22        (7.1) For making transfers not exceeding the following
23    amounts, in State fiscal year 2015, to the following
24    designated funds:
25            Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust
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1            Long-Term Care Provider Fund..........$15,000,000
2            General Revenue Fund.................$40,000,000.
3    Transfers under this paragraph shall be made within 7 days
4    after the payments have been received pursuant to the
5    schedule of payments provided in subsection (a) of Section
6    5A-4.
7        (7.5) (Blank).
8        (7.8) (Blank).
9        (7.9) (Blank).
10        (7.10) For State fiscal years 2013 and 2014, for making
11    transfers of the moneys resulting from the assessment under
12    subsection (b-5) of Section 5A-2 and received from hospital
13    providers under Section 5A-4 and transferred into the
14    Hospital Provider Fund under Section 5A-6 to the designated
15    funds not exceeding the following amounts in that State
16    fiscal year:
17            Health Care Provider Relief Fund......$50,000,000
18        Transfers under this paragraph shall be made within 7
19    days after the payments have been received pursuant to the
20    schedule of payments provided in subsection (a) of Section
21    5A-4.
22        (7.11) For State fiscal year 2015, for making transfers
23    of the moneys resulting from the assessment under
24    subsection (b-5) of Section 5A-2 and received from hospital
25    providers under Section 5A-4 and transferred into the
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1    funds not exceeding the following amounts in that State
2    fiscal year:
3            Health Care Provider Relief Fund.....$25,000,000
4        Transfers under this paragraph shall be made within 7
5    days after the payments have been received pursuant to the
6    schedule of payments provided in subsection (a) of Section
7    5A-4.
8        (8) For making refunds to hospital providers pursuant
9    to Section 5A-10.
10    Disbursements from the Fund, other than transfers
11authorized under paragraphs (5) and (6) of this subsection,
12shall be by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller upon
13receipt of vouchers duly executed and certified by the Illinois
14Department.
15    (c) The Fund shall consist of the following:
16        (1) All moneys collected or received by the Illinois
17    Department from the hospital provider assessment imposed
18    by this Article.
19        (2) All federal matching funds received by the Illinois
20    Department as a result of expenditures made by the Illinois
21    Department that are attributable to moneys deposited in the
22    Fund.
23        (3) Any interest or penalty levied in conjunction with
24    the administration of this Article.
25        (4) Moneys transferred from another fund in the State
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1        (5) All other moneys received for the Fund from any
2    other source, including interest earned thereon.
3    (d) (Blank).
4(Source: P.A. 96-3, eff. 2-27-09; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-821,
5eff. 11-20-09; 96-1530, eff. 2-16-11; 97-688, eff. 6-14-12;
697-689, eff. 6-14-12; revised 10-17-12.)
 
7    (305 ILCS 5/6-1.2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6-1.2)
8    Sec. 6-1.2. Need. Income available to the person, when
9added to contributions in money, substance, or services from
10other sources, including contributions from legally
11responsible relatives, must be insufficient to equal the grant
12amount established by Department regulation (or by local
13governmental unit in units which do not receive State funds)
14for such a person.
15    In determining income to be taken into account:
16        (1) The first $75 of earned income in income assistance
17    units comprised exclusively of one adult person shall be
18    disregarded, and for not more than 3 months in any 12
19    consecutive months that portion of earned income beyond the
20    first $75 that is the difference between the standard of
21    assistance and the grant amount, shall be disregarded.
22        (2) For income assistance units not comprised
23    exclusively of one adult person, when authorized by rules
24    and regulations of the Illinois Department, a portion of
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1    of the next $75, may be disregarded for the purpose of
2    stimulating and aiding rehabilitative effort and
3    self-support activity.
4    "Earned income" means money earned in self-employment or
5wages, salary, or commission for personal services performed as
6an employee. The eligibility of any applicant for or recipient
7of public aid under this Article is not affected by the payment
8of any grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
9Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act", any
10refund or payment of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, or
11any distributions or items of income described under
12subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section
13203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
14(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
15    (305 ILCS 5/6-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6-2)
16    Sec. 6-2. Amount of aid. The amount and nature of General
17Assistance for basic maintenance requirements shall be
18determined in accordance with local budget standards for local
19governmental units which do not receive State funds. For local
20governmental units which do receive State funds, the amount and
21nature of General Assistance for basic maintenance
22requirements shall be determined in accordance with the
23standards, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department.
24However, the amount and nature of any financial aid is not
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1and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
2Assistance Act or any distributions or items of income
3described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection
4(a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Due regard
5shall be given to the requirements and the conditions existing
6in each case, and to the income, money contributions and other
7support and resources available, from whatever source. In local
8governmental units which do not receive State funds, the grant
9shall be sufficient when added to all other income, money
10contributions and support in excess of any excluded income or
11resources, to provide the person with a grant in the amount
12established for such a person by the local governmental unit
13based upon standards meeting basic maintenance requirements.
14In local governmental units which do receive State funds, the
15grant shall be sufficient when added to all other income, money
16contributions and support in excess of any excluded income or
17resources, to provide the person with a grant in the amount
18established for such a person by Department regulation based
19upon standards providing a livelihood compatible with health
20and well-being, as directed by Section 12-4.11 of this Code.
21    The Illinois Department may conduct special projects,
22which may be known as Grant Diversion Projects, under which
23recipients of financial aid under this Article are placed in
24jobs and their grants are diverted to the employer who in turn
25makes payments to the recipients in the form of salary or other
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1specify the terms and conditions of such Grant Diversion
2Projects. Such projects shall take into consideration and be
3coordinated with the programs administered under the Illinois
4Emergency Employment Development Act.
5    The allowances provided under Article IX for recipients
6participating in the training and rehabilitation programs
7shall be in addition to such maximum payment.
8    Payments may also be made to provide persons receiving
9basic maintenance support with necessary treatment, care and
10supplies required because of illness or disability or with
11acute medical treatment, care, and supplies. Payments for
12necessary or acute medical care under this paragraph may be
13made to or in behalf of the person. Obligations incurred for
14such services but not paid for at the time of a recipient's
15death may be paid, subject to the rules and regulations of the
16Illinois Department, after the death of the recipient.
17(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
18    (305 ILCS 5/12-9)  (from Ch. 23, par. 12-9)
19    Sec. 12-9. Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund; uses. The
20Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund shall consist of (1)
21recoveries by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
22(formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) authorized by this
23Code in respect to applicants or recipients under Articles III,
24IV, V, and VI, including recoveries made by the Department of
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1of Public Aid) from the estates of deceased recipients, (2)
2recoveries made by the Department of Healthcare and Family
3Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) in
4respect to applicants and recipients under the Children's
5Health Insurance Program Act, and the Covering ALL KIDS Health
6Insurance Act, and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
7Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, (3)
8federal funds received on behalf of and earned by State
9universities and local governmental entities for services
10provided to applicants or recipients covered under this Code,
11the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, and the Covering
12ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Senior Citizens and
13Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
14Assistance Act, (3.5) federal financial participation revenue
15related to eligible disbursements made by the Department of
16Healthcare and Family Services from appropriations required by
17this Section, and (4) all other moneys received to the Fund,
18including interest thereon. The Fund shall be held as a special
19fund in the State Treasury.
20    Disbursements from this Fund shall be only (1) for the
21reimbursement of claims collected by the Department of
22Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department
23of Public Aid) through error or mistake, (2) for payment to
24persons or agencies designated as payees or co-payees on any
25instrument, whether or not negotiable, delivered to the
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1Illinois Department of Public Aid) as a recovery under this
2Section, such payment to be in proportion to the respective
3interests of the payees in the amount so collected, (3) for
4payments to the Department of Human Services for collections
5made by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
6(formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) on behalf of the
7Department of Human Services under this Code, the Children's
8Health Insurance Program Act, and the Covering ALL KIDS Health
9Insurance Act, (4) for payment of administrative expenses
10incurred in performing the activities authorized under this
11Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, and the
12Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Senior Citizens
13and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
14Assistance Act, (5) for payment of fees to persons or agencies
15in the performance of activities pursuant to the collection of
16monies owed the State that are collected under this Code, the
17Children's Health Insurance Program Act, and the Covering ALL
18KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Senior Citizens and Disabled
19Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act,
20(6) for payments of any amounts which are reimbursable to the
21federal government which are required to be paid by State
22warrant by either the State or federal government, and (7) for
23payments to State universities and local governmental entities
24of federal funds for services provided to applicants or
25recipients covered under this Code, the Children's Health
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1Insurance Act, and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
2Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
3Disbursements from this Fund for purposes of items (4) and (5)
4of this paragraph shall be subject to appropriations from the
5Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
6(formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid).
7    The balance in this Fund on the first day of each calendar
8quarter, after payment therefrom of any amounts reimbursable to
9the federal government, and minus the amount reasonably
10anticipated to be needed to make the disbursements during that
11quarter authorized by this Section, shall be certified by the
12Director of Healthcare and Family Services and transferred by
13the State Comptroller to the Drug Rebate Fund or the Healthcare
14Provider Relief Fund in the State Treasury, as appropriate,
15within 30 days of the first day of each calendar quarter. The
16Director of Healthcare and Family Services may certify and the
17State Comptroller shall transfer to the Drug Rebate Fund
18amounts on a more frequent basis.
19    On July 1, 1999, the State Comptroller shall transfer the
20sum of $5,000,000 from the Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund
21(formerly the Public Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund) into the
22DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1100, eff. 1-1-11; 97-647, eff. 1-1-12;
2497-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
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1Property Tax Relief Act is amended by changing the title of the
2Act and Sections 1, 1.5, 2, 3.05a, 3.10, 4, 4.05, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
312, and 13 as follows:
 
4    (320 ILCS 25/Act title)
5An Act in relation to the payment of grants to enable the
6elderly and the disabled to acquire or retain private housing
7and to acquire prescription drugs.
 
8    (320 ILCS 25/1)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 401)
9    Sec. 1. Short title; common name. This Article shall be
10known and may be cited as the Senior Citizens and Disabled
11Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
12Common references to the "Circuit Breaker Act" mean this
13Article. As used in this Article, "this Act" means this
14Article.
15(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
16    (320 ILCS 25/1.5)
17    Sec. 1.5. Implementation of Executive Order No. 3 of 2004;
18termination of the Illinois Senior Citizens and Disabled
19Persons Pharmaceutical Assistance Program. Executive Order No.
203 of 2004, in part, provided for the transfer of the programs
21under this Act from the Department of Revenue to the Department
22on Aging and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
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1Assembly to conform this Act and certain related provisions of
2other statutes to that Executive Order. This amendatory Act of
3the 96th General Assembly also makes other substantive changes
4to this Act.
5    It is the purpose of this amendatory Act of the 97th
6General Assembly to terminate the Illinois Senior Citizens and
7Disabled Persons Pharmaceutical Assistance Program on July 1,
82012.
9(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
10    (320 ILCS 25/2)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 402)
11    Sec. 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide
12incentives to the senior citizens and disabled persons of this
13State to acquire and retain private housing of their choice and
14at the same time to relieve those citizens from the burdens of
15extraordinary property taxes and rising drug costs against
16their increasingly restricted earning power, and thereby to
17reduce the requirements for public housing in this State.
18(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
19    (320 ILCS 25/3.05a)
20    Sec. 3.05a. Additional resident. "Additional resident"
21means a person who (i) is living in the same residence with a
22claimant for the claim year and at the time of filing the
23claim, (ii) is not the spouse of the claimant, (iii) does not
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1(iv) receives more than half of his or her total financial
2support for that claim year from the household. An Prior to
3July 1, 2012, an additional resident who meets qualifications
4may receive pharmaceutical assistance based on a claimant's
5application.
6(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
7    (320 ILCS 25/3.10)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.10)
8    Sec. 3.10. Regulations. "Regulations" includes both rules
9promulgated and forms prescribed by the applicable Department.
10In this Act, references to the rules of the Department on Aging
11or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in effect
12prior to July 1, 2012, shall be deemed to include, in
13appropriate cases, the corresponding rules adopted by the
14Department of Revenue, to the extent that those rules continue
15in force under Executive Order No. 3 of 2004.
16(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
17    (320 ILCS 25/4)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404)
18    Sec. 4. Amount of Grant.
19    (a) In general. Any individual 65 years or older or any
20individual who will become 65 years old during the calendar
21year in which a claim is filed, and any surviving spouse of
22such a claimant, who at the time of death received or was
23entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, which
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1months immediately following the death of such claimant and
2which surviving spouse but for his or her age is otherwise
3qualified to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, and any
4disabled person whose annual household income is less than the
5income eligibility limitation, as defined in subsection (a-5)
6and whose household is liable for payment of property taxes
7accrued or has paid rent constituting property taxes accrued
8and is domiciled in this State at the time he or she files his
9or her claim is entitled to claim a grant under this Act. With
10respect to claims filed by individuals who will become 65 years
11old during the calendar year in which a claim is filed, the
12amount of any grant to which that household is entitled shall
13be an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount to which the claimant
14would otherwise be entitled as provided in this Section,
15multiplied by the number of months in which the claimant was 65
16in the calendar year in which the claim is filed.
17    (a-5) Income eligibility limitation. For purposes of this
18Section, "income eligibility limitation" means an amount for
19grant years 2008 and thereafter:
20        (1) less than $22,218 for a household containing one
21    person;
22        (2) less than $29,480 for a household containing 2
23    persons; or
24        (3) less than $36,740 for a household containing 3 or
25    more persons.
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1year 2010, a household must have annual household income of
2less than $27,610 for a household containing one person; less
3than $36,635 for a household containing 2 persons; or less than
4$45,657 for a household containing 3 or more persons.
5    The Department on Aging may adopt rules such that on
6January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the foregoing household income
7eligibility limits may be changed to reflect the annual cost of
8living adjustment in Social Security and Supplemental Security
9Income benefits that are applicable to the year for which those
10benefits are being reported as income on an application.
11    If a person files as a surviving spouse, then only his or
12her income shall be counted in determining his or her household
13income.
14    (b) Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in
15subsections (a) and (f) of this Section, the maximum amount of
16grant which a claimant is entitled to claim is the amount by
17which the property taxes accrued which were paid or payable
18during the last preceding tax year or rent constituting
19property taxes accrued upon the claimant's residence for the
20last preceding taxable year exceeds 3 1/2% of the claimant's
21household income for that year but in no event is the grant to
22exceed (i) $700 less 4.5% of household income for that year for
23those with a household income of $14,000 or less or (ii) $70 if
24household income for that year is more than $14,000.
25    (c) Public aid recipients. If household income in one or
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1$55 per month from the Department of Healthcare and Family
2Services or the Department of Human Services (acting as
3successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department
4of Human Services Act) which was determined under regulations
5of that Department on a measure of need that included an
6allowance for actual rent or property taxes paid by the
7recipient of that assistance, the amount of grant to which that
8household is entitled, except as otherwise provided in
9subsection (a), shall be the product of (1) the maximum amount
10computed as specified in subsection (b) of this Section and (2)
11the ratio of the number of months in which household income did
12not include such cash assistance over $55 to the number twelve.
13If household income did not include such cash assistance over
14$55 for any months during the year, the amount of the grant to
15which the household is entitled shall be the maximum amount
16computed as specified in subsection (b) of this Section. For
17purposes of this paragraph (c), "cash assistance" does not
18include any amount received under the federal Supplemental
19Security Income (SSI) program.
20    (d) Joint ownership. If title to the residence is held
21jointly by the claimant with a person who is not a member of
22his or her household, the amount of property taxes accrued used
23in computing the amount of grant to which he or she is entitled
24shall be the same percentage of property taxes accrued as is
25the percentage of ownership held by the claimant in the
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1    (e) More than one residence. If a claimant has occupied
2more than one residence in the taxable year, he or she may
3claim only one residence for any part of a month. In the case
4of property taxes accrued, he or she shall prorate 1/12 of the
5total property taxes accrued on his or her residence to each
6month that he or she owned and occupied that residence; and, in
7the case of rent constituting property taxes accrued, shall
8prorate each month's rent payments to the residence actually
9occupied during that month.
10    (f) (Blank).
11    (g) There Effective January 1, 2006, there is hereby
12established a program of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged
13and disabled, entitled the Illinois Seniors and Disabled Drug
14Coverage Program, which shall be administered by the Department
15of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department on Aging
16in accordance with this subsection, to consist of coverage of
17specified prescription drugs on behalf of beneficiaries of the
18program as set forth in this subsection. Notwithstanding any
19provisions of this Act to the contrary, on and after July 1,
202012, pharmaceutical assistance under this Act shall no longer
21be provided, and on July 1, 2012 the Illinois Senior Citizens
22and Disabled Persons Pharmaceutical Assistance Program shall
23terminate. The following provisions that concern the Illinois
24Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Pharmaceutical Assistance
25Program shall continue to apply on and after July 1, 2012 to
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1subsection (d) of Section 9 of this Act with respect to acts
2which took place prior to July 1, 2012.
3    To become a beneficiary under the program established under
4this subsection, a person must:
5        (1) be (i) 65 years of age or older or (ii) disabled;
6    and
7        (2) be domiciled in this State; and
8        (3) enroll with a qualified Medicare Part D
9    Prescription Drug Plan if eligible and apply for all
10    available subsidies under Medicare Part D; and
11        (4) for the 2006 and 2007 claim years, have a maximum
12    household income of (i) less than $21,218 for a household
13    containing one person, (ii) less than $28,480 for a
14    household containing 2 persons, or (iii) less than $35,740
15    for a household containing 3 or more persons; and
16        (5) for the 2008 claim year, have a maximum household
17    income of (i) less than $22,218 for a household containing
18    one person, (ii) $29,480 for a household containing 2
19    persons, or (iii) $36,740 for a household containing 3 or
20    more persons; and
21        (6) for 2009 claim year applications submitted during
22    calendar year 2010, have annual household income of less
23    than (i) $27,610 for a household containing one person;
24    (ii) less than $36,635 for a household containing 2
25    persons; or (iii) less than $45,657 for a household
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1        (4) (7) as of September 1, 2011, have a maximum
2    household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty
3    level.
4    All individuals enrolled as of December 31, 2005, in the
5pharmaceutical assistance program operated pursuant to
6subsection (f) of this Section and all individuals enrolled as
7of December 31, 2005, in the SeniorCare Medicaid waiver program
8operated pursuant to Section 5-5.12a of the Illinois Public Aid
9Code shall be automatically enrolled in the program established
10by this subsection for the first year of operation without the
11need for further application, except that they must apply for
12Medicare Part D and the Low Income Subsidy under Medicare Part
13D. A person enrolled in the pharmaceutical assistance program
14operated pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section as of
15December 31, 2005, shall not lose eligibility in future years
16due only to the fact that the person has they have not reached
17the age of 65.
18    To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department may
19act as an authorized representative of a beneficiary in order
20to enroll the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D Prescription
21Drug Plan if the beneficiary has failed to choose a plan and,
22where possible, to enroll beneficiaries in the low-income
23subsidy program under Medicare Part D or assist them in
24enrolling in that program.
25    Beneficiaries under the program established under this
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1groups:
2        (A) Eligibility Group 1 shall consist of beneficiaries
3    who are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage and who
4    are:
5            (i) disabled and under age 65; or
6            (ii) age 65 or older, with incomes over 200% of the
7        Federal Poverty Level; or
8            (iii) age 65 or older, with incomes at or below
9        200% of the Federal Poverty Level and not eligible for
10        federally funded means-tested benefits due to
11        immigration status.
12        (B) Eligibility Group 2 shall consist of beneficiaries
13    who are eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
14        (C) Eligibility Group 3 shall consist of beneficiaries
15    age 65 or older, with incomes at or below 200% of the
16    Federal Poverty Level, who are not barred from receiving
17    federally funded means-tested benefits due to immigration
18    status and are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage.
19        If the State applies and receives federal approval for
20    a waiver under Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
21    persons in Eligibility Group 3 shall continue to receive
22    benefits through the approved waiver, and Eligibility
23    Group 3 may be expanded to include disabled persons under
24    age 65 with incomes under 200% of the Federal Poverty Level
25    who are not eligible for Medicare and who are not barred
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1    to immigration status.
2        (D) Eligibility Group 4 shall consist of beneficiaries
3    who are otherwise described in Eligibility Group 2 who have
4    a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS.
5    The program established under this subsection shall cover
6the cost of covered prescription drugs in excess of the
7beneficiary cost-sharing amounts set forth in this paragraph
8that are not covered by Medicare. The Department of Healthcare
9and Family Services may establish by emergency rule changes in
10cost-sharing necessary to conform the cost of the program to
11the amounts appropriated for State fiscal year 2012 and future
12fiscal years except that the 24-month limitation on the
13adoption of emergency rules and the provisions of Sections
145-115 and 5-125 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
15shall not apply to rules adopted under this subsection (g). The
16adoption of emergency rules authorized by this subsection (g)
17shall be deemed to be necessary for the public interest,
18safety, and welfare.
19    For purposes of the program established under this
20subsection, the term "covered prescription drug" has the
21following meanings:
22        For Eligibility Group 1, "covered prescription drug"
23    means: (1) any cardiovascular agent or drug; (2) any
24    insulin or other prescription drug used in the treatment of
25    diabetes, including syringe and needles used to administer
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1    treatment of arthritis; (4) any prescription drug used in
2    the treatment of cancer; (5) any prescription drug used in
3    the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; (6) any prescription
4    drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease; (7) any
5    prescription drug used in the treatment of glaucoma; (8)
6    any prescription drug used in the treatment of lung disease
7    and smoking-related illnesses; (9) any prescription drug
8    used in the treatment of osteoporosis; and (10) any
9    prescription drug used in the treatment of multiple
10    sclerosis. The Department may add additional therapeutic
11    classes by rule. The Department may adopt a preferred drug
12    list within any of the classes of drugs described in items
13    (1) through (10) of this paragraph. The specific drugs or
14    therapeutic classes of covered prescription drugs shall be
15    indicated by rule.
16        For Eligibility Group 2, "covered prescription drug"
17    means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D
18    Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is
19    enrolled.
20        For Eligibility Group 3, "covered prescription drug"
21    means those drugs covered by the Medical Assistance Program
22    under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
23        For Eligibility Group 4, "covered prescription drug"
24    means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D
25    Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is
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1    Any person otherwise eligible for pharmaceutical
2assistance under this subsection whose covered drugs are
3covered by any public program is ineligible for assistance
4under this subsection to the extent that the cost of those
5drugs is covered by the other program.
6    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
7establish by rule the methods by which it will provide for the
8coverage called for in this subsection. Those methods may
9include direct reimbursement to pharmacies or the payment of a
10capitated amount to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.
11    For a pharmacy to be reimbursed under the program
12established under this subsection, it must comply with rules
13adopted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
14regarding coordination of benefits with Medicare Part D
15Prescription Drug Plans. A pharmacy may not charge a
16Medicare-enrolled beneficiary of the program established under
17this subsection more for a covered prescription drug than the
18appropriate Medicare cost-sharing less any payment from or on
19behalf of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
20    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the
21Department on Aging, as appropriate, may adopt rules regarding
22applications, counting of income, proof of Medicare status,
23mandatory generic policies, and pharmacy reimbursement rates
24and any other rules necessary for the cost-efficient operation
25of the program established under this subsection.
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1benefits in a coverage period as a result of the changes made
2by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
3(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-74, eff. 6-30-11; 97-333,
4eff. 8-12-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
5    (320 ILCS 25/4.05)
6    Sec. 4.05. Application.
7    (a) The Department on Aging shall establish the content,
8required eligibility and identification information, use of
9social security numbers, and manner of applying for benefits in
10a simplified format under this Act, including claims filed for
11new or renewed prescription drug benefits.
12    (b) An application may be filed on paper or over the
13Internet to enable persons to apply separately or for both a
14property tax relief grant and pharmaceutical assistance on the
15same application. An application may also enable persons to
16apply for other State or federal programs that provide medical
17or pharmaceutical assistance or other benefits, as determined
18by the Department on Aging in conjunction with the Department
19of Healthcare and Family Services.
20    (c) Applications must be filed during the time period
21prescribed by the Department.
22(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
23    (320 ILCS 25/5)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405)
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1    (a) In general. Claims must be filed after January 1, on
2forms prescribed by the Department. No claim may be filed more
3than one year after December 31 of the year for which the claim
4is filed.
5    (b) Claim is Personal. The right to file a claim under this
6Act shall be personal to the claimant and shall not survive his
7death, but such right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant
8by his legal guardian or attorney-in-fact. If a claimant dies
9after having filed a timely claim, the amount thereof shall be
10disbursed to his surviving spouse or, if no spouse survives, to
11his surviving dependent minor children in equal parts, provided
12the spouse or child, as the case may be, resided with the
13claimant at the time he filed his claim. If at the time of
14disbursement neither the claimant nor his spouse is surviving,
15and no dependent minor children of the claimant are surviving
16the amount of the claim shall escheat to the State.
17    (c) One claim per household. Only one member of a household
18may file a claim under this Act in any calendar year; where
19both members of a household are otherwise entitled to claim a
20grant under this Act, they must agree as to which of them will
21file a claim for that year.
22    (d) (Blank).
23    (e) Pharmaceutical Assistance Procedures. The Prior to
24July 1, 2012, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
25shall determine eligibility for pharmaceutical assistance
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1determine a person's current income in the manner provided by
2the Department by rule.
3    (f) A person may not under any circumstances charge a fee
4to a claimant under this Act for assistance in completing an
5application form for a property tax relief grant or
6pharmaceutical assistance under this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 96-491, eff. 8-14-09; 96-804, eff. 1-1-10;
896-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
9    (320 ILCS 25/6)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 406)
10    Sec. 6. Administration.
11    (a) In general. Upon receipt of a timely filed claim, the
12Department shall determine whether the claimant is a person
13entitled to a grant under this Act and the amount of grant to
14which he is entitled under this Act. The Department may require
15the claimant to furnish reasonable proof of the statements of
16domicile, household income, rent paid, property taxes accrued
17and other matters on which entitlement is based, and may
18withhold payment of a grant until such additional proof is
19furnished.
20    (b) Rental determination. If the Department finds that the
21gross rent used in the computation by a claimant of rent
22constituting property taxes accrued exceeds the fair rental
23value for the right to occupy that residence, the Department
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1accordingly.
2    (c) Fraudulent claims. The Department shall deny claims
3which have been fraudulently prepared or when it finds that the
4claimant has acquired title to his residence or has paid rent
5for his residence primarily for the purpose of receiving a
6grant under this Act.
7    (d) (Blank).
8    (e) Pharmaceutical Assistance. The Department shall allow
9all pharmacies licensed under the Pharmacy Practice Act to
10participate as authorized pharmacies unless they have been
11removed from that status for cause pursuant to the terms of
12this Section. The Director of the Department may enter into a
13written contract with any State agency, instrumentality or
14political subdivision, or a fiscal intermediary for the purpose
15of making payments to authorized pharmacies for covered
16prescription drugs and coordinating the program of
17pharmaceutical assistance established by this Act with other
18programs that provide payment for covered prescription drugs.
19Such agreement shall establish procedures for properly
20contracting for pharmacy services, validating reimbursement
21claims, validating compliance of dispensing pharmacists with
22the contracts for participation required under this Section,
23validating the reasonable costs of covered prescription drugs,
24and otherwise providing for the effective administration of
25this Act.
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1implement and administer the program of pharmaceutical
2assistance required by this Act, which shall include the
3following:
4        (1) Execution of contracts with pharmacies to dispense
5    covered prescription drugs. Such contracts shall stipulate
6    terms and conditions for authorized pharmacies'
7    participation and the rights of the State to terminate such
8    participation for breach of such contract or for violation
9    of this Act or related rules and regulations of the
10    Department.
11        (2) Establishment of maximum limits on the size of
12    prescriptions, new or refilled, which shall be in amounts
13    sufficient for 34 days, except as otherwise specified by
14    rule for medical or utilization control reasons.
15        (3) Establishment of liens upon any and all causes of
16    action which accrue to a beneficiary as a result of
17    injuries for which covered prescription drugs are directly
18    or indirectly required and for which the Director made
19    payment or became liable under this Act.
20        (4) Charge or collection of payments from third parties
21    or private plans of assistance, or from other programs of
22    public assistance for any claim that is properly chargeable
23    under the assignment of benefits executed by beneficiaries
24    as a requirement of eligibility for the pharmaceutical
25    assistance identification card under this Act.
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1    beneficiaries into a Medicare Discount Card program
2    authorized under the federal Medicare Modernization Act of
3    2003 (P.L. 108-391) to coordinate coverage including
4    Medicare Transitional Assistance.
5        (5) Inspection of appropriate records and audit of
6    participating authorized pharmacies to ensure contract
7    compliance, and to determine any fraudulent transactions
8    or practices under this Act.
9        (6) Payment to pharmacies under this Act in accordance
10    with the State Prompt Payment Act.
11    The Department shall annually report to the Governor and
12the General Assembly by March 1st of each year on the
13administration of pharmaceutical assistance under this Act.
14(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11;
1597-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
16    (320 ILCS 25/7)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 407)
17    Sec. 7. Payment and denial of claims.
18    (a) In general. The Director shall order the payment from
19appropriations made for that purpose of grants to claimants
20under this Act in the amounts to which the Department has
21determined they are entitled, respectively. If a claim is
22denied, the Director shall cause written notice of that denial
23and the reasons for that denial to be sent to the claimant.
24    (b) Payment of claims one dollar and under. Where the
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1dollar, the Department shall pay to the claimant one dollar.
2    (c) Right to appeal. Any person aggrieved by an action or
3determination of the Department on Aging arising under any of
4its powers or duties under this Act may request in writing that
5the Department on Aging reconsider its action or determination,
6setting out the facts upon which the request is based. The
7Department on Aging shall consider the request and either
8modify or affirm its prior action or determination. The
9Department on Aging may adopt, by rule, procedures for
10conducting its review under this Section.
11    Any person aggrieved by an action or determination of the
12Department of Healthcare and Family Services arising under any
13of its powers or duties under this Act may request in writing
14that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
15reconsider its action or determination, setting out the facts
16upon which the request is based. The Department of Healthcare
17and Family Services shall consider the request and either
18modify or affirm its prior action or determination. The
19Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt, by
20rule, procedures for conducting its review under this Section.
21    (d) (Blank).
22(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
23    (320 ILCS 25/8)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 408)
24    Sec. 8. Records. Every claimant of a grant under this Act
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1assistance under this Act shall keep such records, render such
2statements, file such forms and comply with such rules and
3regulations as the Department on Aging may from time to time
4prescribe. The Department on Aging may by regulations require
5landlords to furnish to tenants statements as to gross rent or
6rent constituting property taxes accrued.
7(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
8    (320 ILCS 25/9)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 409)
9    Sec. 9. Fraud; error.
10    (a) Any person who files a fraudulent claim for a grant
11under this Act, or who for compensation prepares a claim for a
12grant and knowingly enters false information on an application
13for any claimant under this Act, or who fraudulently files
14multiple applications, or who fraudulently states that a
15nondisabled person is disabled, or who, prior to July 1, 2012,
16fraudulently procures pharmaceutical assistance benefits, or
17who fraudulently uses such assistance to procure covered
18prescription drugs, or who, on behalf of an authorized
19pharmacy, files a fraudulent request for payment, is guilty of
20a Class 4 felony for the first offense and is guilty of a Class
213 felony for each subsequent offense.
22    (b) (Blank).
23    (b-5) The Department on Aging and the Department of
24Healthcare and Family Services shall immediately suspend the
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1fraudulent procurement or fraudulent use of such assistance,
2and shall revoke such assistance upon a conviction. A person
3convicted of fraud under subsection (a) shall be permanently
4barred from all of the programs established under this Act.
5    (c) The Department on Aging may recover from a claimant any
6amount paid to that claimant under this Act on account of an
7erroneous or fraudulent claim, together with 6% interest per
8year. Amounts recoverable from a claimant by the Department on
9Aging under this Act may, but need not, be recovered by
10offsetting the amount owed against any future grant payable to
11the person under this Act.
12    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may
13recover for acts prior to July 1, 2012 from an authorized
14pharmacy any amount paid to that pharmacy under the
15pharmaceutical assistance program on account of an erroneous or
16fraudulent request for payment under that program, together
17with 6% interest per year. The Department of Healthcare and
18Family Services may recover from a person who erroneously or
19fraudulently obtains benefits under the pharmaceutical
20assistance program the value of the benefits so obtained,
21together with 6% interest per year.
22    (d) A prosecution for a violation of this Section may be
23commenced at any time within 3 years of the commission of that
24violation.
25(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 

 

 

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1    (320 ILCS 25/12)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 412)
2    Sec. 12. Regulations - Department on Aging.
3    (a) Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provision to
4the contrary, the Department on Aging may adopt rules regarding
5applications, proof of eligibility, required identification
6information, use of social security numbers, counting of
7income, and a method of computing "gross rent" in the case of a
8claimant living in a nursing or sheltered care home, and any
9other rules necessary for the cost-efficient operation of the
10program established under Section 4.
11    (b) The Department on Aging shall, to the extent of
12appropriations made for that purpose:
13        (1) attempt to secure the cooperation of appropriate
14    federal, State and local agencies in securing the names and
15    addresses of persons to whom this Act pertains;
16        (2) prepare a mailing list of persons eligible for
17    grants under this Act;
18        (3) secure the cooperation of the Department of
19    Revenue, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
20    other State agencies, and local business establishments to
21    facilitate distribution of applications under this Act to
22    those eligible to file claims; and
23        (4) through use of direct mail, newspaper
24    advertisements and radio and television advertisements,
25    and all other appropriate means of communication, conduct
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1    of eligible citizens of the benefits under this Act and the
2    procedures for applying for them.
3(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
4    (320 ILCS 25/13)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 413)
5    Sec. 13. List of persons who have qualified. The Department
6on Aging shall maintain a list of all persons who have
7qualified under this Act and shall make the list available to
8the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
9Department of Public Health, the Secretary of State,
10municipalities, and public transit authorities upon request.
11    All information received by a State agency, municipality,
12or public transit authority under this Section shall be
13confidential, except for official purposes, and any person who
14divulges or uses that information in any manner, except in
15accordance with a proper judicial order, shall be guilty of a
16Class B misdemeanor.
17(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
18    Section 45. The Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral
19Act is amended by changing Sections 2 and 8 as follows:
 
20    (320 ILCS 30/2)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 452)
21    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
22    (a) "Taxpayer" means an individual whose household income
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12005; (ii) $50,000 for tax years 2006 through 2011; and (iii)
2$55,000 for tax year 2012 and thereafter.
3    (b) "Tax deferred property" means the property upon which
4real estate taxes are deferred under this Act.
5    (c) "Homestead" means the land and buildings thereon,
6including a condominium or a dwelling unit in a multidwelling
7building that is owned and operated as a cooperative, occupied
8by the taxpayer as his residence or which are temporarily
9unoccupied by the taxpayer because such taxpayer is temporarily
10residing, for not more than 1 year, in a licensed facility as
11defined in Section 1-113 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
12    (d) "Real estate taxes" or "taxes" means the taxes on real
13property for which the taxpayer would be liable under the
14Property Tax Code, including special service area taxes, and
15special assessments on benefited real property for which the
16taxpayer would be liable to a unit of local government.
17    (e) "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
18    (f) "Qualifying property" means a homestead which (a) the
19taxpayer or the taxpayer and his spouse own in fee simple or
20are purchasing in fee simple under a recorded instrument of
21sale, (b) is not income-producing property, (c) is not subject
22to a lien for unpaid real estate taxes when a claim under this
23Act is filed, and (d) is not held in trust, other than an
24Illinois land trust with the taxpayer identified as the sole
25beneficiary, if the taxpayer is filing for the program for the
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1or tax year 2012 and thereafter.
2    (g) "Equity interest" means the current assessed valuation
3of the qualified property times the fraction necessary to
4convert that figure to full market value minus any outstanding
5debts or liens on that property. In the case of qualifying
6property not having a separate assessed valuation, the
7appraised value as determined by a qualified real estate
8appraiser shall be used instead of the current assessed
9valuation.
10    (h) "Household income" has the meaning ascribed to that
11term in the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
12Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
13    (i) "Collector" means the county collector or, if the taxes
14to be deferred are special assessments, an official designated
15by a unit of local government to collect special assessments.
16(Source: P.A. 97-481, eff. 8-22-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
17    (320 ILCS 30/8)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 458)
18    Sec. 8. Nothing in this Act (a) affects any provision of
19any mortgage or other instrument relating to land requiring a
20person to pay real estate taxes or (b) affects the eligibility
21of any person to receive any grant pursuant to the "Senior
22Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
23Pharmaceutical Assistance Act".
24(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 49. Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is
2amended by changing Section 5
 
3    (320 ILCS 50/5)
4    Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds:
5    (1) Senior citizens identify pharmaceutical assistance as
6the single most critical factor to their health, well-being,
7and continued independence.
8    (2) The State of Illinois currently operates 2
9pharmaceutical assistance programs that benefit seniors: (i)
10the program of pharmaceutical assistance under the Senior
11Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
12Pharmaceutical Assistance Act and (ii) the Aid to the Aged,
13Blind, or Disabled program under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
14The State has been given authority to establish a third
15program, SeniorRx Care, through a federal Medicaid waiver.
16    (3) Each year, numerous pieces of legislation are filed
17seeking to establish additional pharmaceutical assistance
18benefits for seniors or to make changes to the existing
19programs.
20    (4) Establishment of a pharmaceutical assistance review
21committee will ensure proper coordination of benefits,
22diminish the likelihood of duplicative benefits, and ensure
23that the best interests of seniors are served.
24    (5) In addition to the State pharmaceutical assistance
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1and pharmacies, also offer prescription drug discount or
2coverage programs.
3    (6) Many seniors are unaware of the myriad of public and
4private programs available to them.
5    (7) Establishing a pharmaceutical clearinghouse with a
6toll-free hot-line and local outreach workers will educate
7seniors about the vast array of options available to them and
8enable seniors to make an educated and informed choice that is
9best for them.
10    (8) Estimates indicate that almost one-third of senior
11citizens lack prescription drug coverage. The federal
12government, states, and the pharmaceutical industry each have a
13role in helping these uninsured seniors gain access to
14life-saving medications.
15    (9) The State of Illinois has recognized its obligation to
16assist Illinois' neediest seniors in purchasing prescription
17medications, and it is now time for pharmaceutical
18manufacturers to recognize their obligation to make their
19medications affordable to seniors.
20(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
21    Section 50. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
22changing Sections 3-609, 3-623, 3-626, 3-667, 3-683, 3-806.3,
23and 11-1301.2 as follows:
 
24    (625 ILCS 5/3-609)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)

 

 

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1    Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates.
2    (a) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected
3disability from the United States Department of Veterans
4Affairs, and who has obtained certification from a licensed
5physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse
6that the service-connected disability qualifies the veteran
7for issuance of registration plates or decals to a person with
8disabilities in accordance with Section 3-616, may, without the
9payment of any registration fee, make application to the
10Secretary of State for disabled veterans license plates
11displaying the international symbol of access, for the
12registration of one motor vehicle of the first division or one
13motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than
148,000 pounds.
15    (b) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected
16disability from the United States Department of Veterans
17Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be
1850% or more, but whose disability does not qualify the veteran
19for a plate or decal for persons with disabilities under
20Section 3-616, may, without the payment of any registration
21fee, make application to the Secretary for a special
22registration plate without the international symbol of access
23for the registration of one motor vehicle of the first division
24or one motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more
25than 8,000 pounds.
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1documentation for eligibility of registration without fee
2unless the applicant has a permanent qualifying disability, and
3such registration plates may not be issued to any person not
4eligible therefor. The Illinois Department of Veterans'
5Affairs may assist in providing the documentation of
6disability.
7    (d) The design and color of the plates shall be within the
8discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates issued
9under subsection (b) of this Section shall not contain the
10international symbol of access. The Secretary may, in his or
11her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or
12personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this
13Code. Registration shall be for a multi-year period and may be
14issued staggered registration.
15    (e) Any person eligible to receive license plates under
16this Section who has been approved for benefits under the
17Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
18Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, or who has claimed and received
19a grant under that Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the
20fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars
21displaying standard multi-year registration plates issued
22under Section 3-414.1, for motor vehicles registered at 8,000
23pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), or for recreational
24vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
253-815(b), for a second set of plates under this Section.
26(Source: P.A. 96-79, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-918,

 

 

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1eff. 1-1-13; revised 8-23-12.)
 
2    (625 ILCS 5/3-623)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
3    Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates. The Secretary, upon
4receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the
5Secretary of State, may issue to recipients awarded the Purple
6Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States who
7reside in Illinois, special registration plates. The
8Secretary, upon receipt of the proper application, may also
9issue these special registration plates to an Illinois resident
10who is the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the
11Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United
12States. The special plates issued pursuant to this Section
13should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st
14division, including motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the 2nd
15division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. The Secretary
16may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as
17vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section
183-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary of State must make a
19version of the special registration plates authorized under
20this Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles.
21    The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within
22the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate
23documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the
24appropriate registration fee shall accompany the application.
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1plates for a vehicle and who has been approved for benefits
2under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
3Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the annual fee for
4the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in Section
53-806.3 of this Code.
6(Source: P.A. 96-1101, eff. 1-1-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/3-626)
8    Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
9    (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
10Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications
11made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
12issue special registration plates designated as Korean War
13Veteran license plates to residents of Illinois who
14participated in the United States Armed Forces during the
15Korean War. The special plate issued under this Section shall
16be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division,
17motorcycles, motor vehicles of the second division weighing not
18more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as defined by
19Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this Section
20shall expire according to the staggered multi-year procedure
21established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
22    (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
23wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
24Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
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1Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
2designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of
3Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the
4eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall
5approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under
6Section 3-412.
7    (c) (Blank).
8    (d) The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created as
9a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Korean
10War Memorial Construction Fund shall, subject to
11appropriation, be used by the Department of Veteran Affairs to
12provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial to
13be located at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. Upon
14the completion of the Memorial, the Department of Veteran
15Affairs shall certify to the State Treasurer that the
16construction of the Memorial has been completed. Upon the
17certification by the Department of Veteran Affairs, the State
18Treasurer shall transfer all moneys in the Fund and any future
19deposits into the Fund into the Secretary of State Special
20License Plate Fund.
21    (e) An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran
22license plates for a vehicle and who has been approved for
23benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
24Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act shall pay
25the original issuance and the regular annual fee for the
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1this Code in addition to the fees specified in subsection (c)
2of this Section.
3(Source: P.A. 96-1409, eff. 1-1-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
4    (625 ILCS 5/3-667)
5    Sec. 3-667. Korean Service license plates.
6    (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
7Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications
8made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
9issue special registration plates designated as Korean Service
10license plates to residents of Illinois who, on or after July
1127, 1954, participated in the United States Armed Forces in
12Korea. The special plate issued under this Section shall be
13affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division,
14motorcycles, motor vehicles of the second division weighing not
15more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as defined by
16Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this Section
17shall expire according to the staggered multi-year procedure
18established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
19    (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
20wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
21Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
22issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with
23Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
24designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of
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1eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall
2approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under
3Section 3-412.
4    (c) An applicant shall be charged a $2 fee for original
5issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. This
6additional fee shall be deposited into the Korean War Memorial
7Construction Fund a special fund in the State treasury.
8    (d) An individual who has been issued Korean Service
9license plates for a vehicle and who has been approved for
10benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
11Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act shall pay
12the original issuance and the regular annual fee for the
13registration of the vehicle as provided in Section 3-806.3 of
14this Code in addition to the fees specified in subsection (c)
15of this Section.
16(Source: P.A. 97-306, eff. 1-1-12; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
17    (625 ILCS 5/3-683)
18    Sec. 3-683. Distinguished Service Cross license plates.
19The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form
20prescribed by the Secretary of State, shall issue special
21registration plates to any Illinois resident who has been
22awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by a branch of the
23armed forces of the United States. The Secretary, upon receipt
24of the proper application, shall also issue these special
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1surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Distinguished
2Service Cross by a branch of the armed forces of the United
3States. The special plates issued under this Section should be
4affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division,
5including motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the second division
6weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
7    The design and color of the plates shall be wholly within
8the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate
9documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the
10appropriate registration fee shall accompany the application.
11However, for an individual who has been issued Distinguished
12Service Cross plates for a vehicle and who has been approved
13for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
14Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the
15annual fee for the registration of the vehicle shall be as
16provided in Section 3-806.3 of this Code.
17(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
18    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
19    Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens. Commencing with the 2009
20registration year, the registration fee paid by any vehicle
21owner who has been approved for benefits under the Senior
22Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
23Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or who is the spouse of such a
24person shall be $24 instead of the fee otherwise provided in
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1registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor
2vehicles displaying special registration plates issued under
3Section 3-609, 3-616, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626,
43-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, 3-651, or 3-663,
5motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
63-815(a), and recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds
7or less under Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of
8claimants shall also be entitled to this reduced registration
9fee for the registration year in which the claimant was
10eligible.
11    Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the
12registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who has claimed and
13received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
14Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or who is
15the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
16otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying
17standard multi-year registration plates issued under Section
183-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special registration plates
19issued under Section 3-607, 3-609, 3-616, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623,
203-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650,
213-651, 3-663, or 3-664, motor vehicles registered at 8,000
22pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and recreational
23vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
243-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be
25entitled to this reduced registration fee for the registration
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1    No more than one reduced registration fee under this
2Section shall be allowed during any 12 month period based on
3the primary eligibility of any individual, whether such reduced
4registration fee is allowed to the individual or to the spouse,
5widow or widower of such individual. This Section does not
6apply to the fee paid in addition to the registration fee for
7motor vehicles displaying vanity or special license plates.
8(Source: P.A. 96-554, eff. 1-1-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
9    (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.2)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.2)
10    Sec. 11-1301.2. Special decals for parking; persons with
11disabilities.
12    (a) The Secretary of State shall provide for, by
13administrative rules, the design, size, color, and placement of
14a person with disabilities motorist decal or device and shall
15provide for, by administrative rules, the content and form of
16an application for a person with disabilities motorist decal or
17device, which shall be used by local authorities in the
18issuance thereof to a person with temporary disabilities,
19provided that the decal or device is valid for no more than 90
20days, subject to renewal for like periods based upon continued
21disability, and further provided that the decal or device
22clearly sets forth the date that the decal or device expires.
23The application shall include the requirement of an Illinois
24Identification Card number or a State of Illinois driver's
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1authorized holder to designate and identify a vehicle not owned
2or displaying a registration plate as provided in Sections
33-609 and 3-616 of this Act to designate when the vehicle is
4being used to transport said person or persons with
5disabilities, and thus is entitled to enjoy all the privileges
6that would be afforded a person with disabilities licensed
7vehicle. Person with disabilities decals or devices issued and
8displayed pursuant to this Section shall be recognized and
9honored by all local authorities regardless of which local
10authority issued such decal or device.
11    The decal or device shall be issued only upon a showing by
12adequate documentation that the person for whose benefit the
13decal or device is to be used has a temporary disability as
14defined in Section 1-159.1 of this Code.
15    (b) The local governing authorities shall be responsible
16for the provision of such decal or device, its issuance and
17designated placement within the vehicle. The cost of such decal
18or device shall be at the discretion of such local governing
19authority.
20    (c) The Secretary of State may, pursuant to Section
213-616(c), issue a person with disabilities parking decal or
22device to a person with disabilities as defined by Section
231-159.1. Any person with disabilities parking decal or device
24issued by the Secretary of State shall be registered to that
25person with disabilities in the form to be prescribed by the
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1or device shall not display that person's address. One
2additional decal or device may be issued to an applicant upon
3his or her written request and with the approval of the
4Secretary of State. The written request must include a
5justification of the need for the additional decal or device.
6    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2014, the Secretary shall
7provide by administrative rule for the issuance of a separate
8and distinct parking decal or device for persons with
9disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code. The
10authorized holder of a decal or device issued under this
11subsection (c-5) shall be exempt from the payment of fees
12generated by parking in a metered space, a parking area subject
13to paragraph (10) of subsection (a) of Section 11-209 of this
14Code, or a publicly owned parking structure or area.
15    The Secretary shall issue a meter-exempt decal or device to
16a person with disabilities who: (i) has been issued
17registration plates under Section 3-609 or 3-616 of this Code
18or a special decal or device under this Section, (ii) holds a
19valid Illinois driver's license, ; and (iii) is unable to do one
20or more of the following:
21        (1) manage, manipulate, or insert coins, or obtain
22    tickets or tokens in parking meters or ticket machines in
23    parking lots or parking structures, due to the lack of fine
24    motor control of both hands;
25        (2) reach above his or her head to a height of 42
26    inches from the ground, due to a lack of finger, hand, or

 

 

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1    upper extremity strength or mobility;
2        (3) approach a parking meter due to his or her use of a
3    wheelchair or other device for mobility; or
4        (4) walk more than 20 feet due to an orthopedic,
5    neurological, cardiovascular, or lung condition in which
6    the degree of debilitation is so severe that it almost
7    completely impedes the ability to walk.
8    The application for a meter-exempt parking decal or device
9shall contain a statement certified by a licensed physician,
10physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse attesting to
11the nature and estimated duration of the applicant's condition
12and verifying that the applicant meets the physical
13qualifications specified in this subsection (c-5).
14    Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection (c-5),
15the Secretary shall issue a meter-exempt decal or device to a
16person who has been issued registration plates under Section
173-616 of this Code or a special decal or device under this
18Section, if the applicant is the parent or guardian of a person
19with disabilities who is under 18 years of age and incapable of
20driving.
21    (d) Replacement decals or devices may be issued for lost,
22stolen, or destroyed decals upon application and payment of a
23$10 fee. The replacement fee may be waived for individuals that
24have claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and
25Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
26Assistance Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-72, eff. 1-1-10; 96-79, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000,
2eff. 7-2-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-845, eff. 1-1-13; revised
38-3-12.)
 
4    Section 55. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 17-6.5 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/17-6.5)
7    Sec. 17-6.5. Persons under deportation order;
8ineligibility for benefits.
9    (a) An individual against whom a United States Immigration
10Judge has issued an order of deportation which has been
11affirmed by the Board of Immigration Review, as well as an
12individual who appeals such an order pending appeal, under
13paragraph 19 of Section 241(a) of the Immigration and
14Nationality Act relating to persecution of others on account of
15race, religion, national origin or political opinion under the
16direction of or in association with the Nazi government of
17Germany or its allies, shall be ineligible for the following
18benefits authorized by State law:
19        (1) The homestead exemptions and homestead improvement
20    exemption under Sections 15-170, 15-175, 15-176, and
21    15-180 of the Property Tax Code.
22        (2) Grants under the Senior Citizens and Disabled
23    Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
24    Act.

 

 

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1        (3) The double income tax exemption conferred upon
2    persons 65 years of age or older by Section 204 of the
3    Illinois Income Tax Act.
4        (4) Grants provided by the Department on Aging.
5        (5) Reductions in vehicle registration fees under
6    Section 3-806.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
7        (6) Free fishing and reduced fishing license fees under
8    Sections 20-5 and 20-40 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
9        (7) Tuition free courses for senior citizens under the
10    Senior Citizen Courses Act.
11        (8) Any benefits under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
12    (b) If a person has been found by a court to have knowingly
13received benefits in violation of subsection (a) and:
14        (1) the total monetary value of the benefits received
15    is less than $150, the person is guilty of a Class A
16    misdemeanor; a second or subsequent violation is a Class 4
17    felony;
18        (2) the total monetary value of the benefits received
19    is $150 or more but less than $1,000, the person is guilty
20    of a Class 4 felony; a second or subsequent violation is a
21    Class 3 felony;
22        (3) the total monetary value of the benefits received
23    is $1,000 or more but less than $5,000, the person is
24    guilty of a Class 3 felony; a second or subsequent
25    violation is a Class 2 felony;
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1    is $5,000 or more but less than $10,000, the person is
2    guilty of a Class 2 felony; a second or subsequent
3    violation is a Class 1 felony; or
4        (5) the total monetary value of the benefits received
5    is $10,000 or more, the person is guilty of a Class 1
6    felony.
7    (c) For purposes of determining the classification of an
8offense under this Section, all of the monetary value of the
9benefits received as a result of the unlawful act, practice, or
10course of conduct may be accumulated.
11    (d) Any grants awarded to persons described in subsection
12(a) may be recovered by the State of Illinois in a civil action
13commenced by the Attorney General in the circuit court of
14Sangamon County or the State's Attorney of the county of
15residence of the person described in subsection (a).
16    (e) An individual described in subsection (a) who has been
17deported shall be restored to any benefits which that
18individual has been denied under State law pursuant to
19subsection (a) if (i) the Attorney General of the United States
20has issued an order cancelling deportation and has adjusted the
21status of the individual to that of an alien lawfully admitted
22for permanent residence in the United States or (ii) the
23country to which the individual has been deported adjudicates
24or exonerates the individual in a judicial or administrative
25proceeding as not being guilty of the persecution of others on
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1opinion under the direction of or in association with the Nazi
2government of Germany or its allies.
3(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 100/5-45from Ch. 127, par. 1005-45
4    15 ILCS 405/10.05from Ch. 15, par. 210.05
5    30 ILCS 105/6z-52
6    30 ILCS 105/6z-81
7    30 ILCS 740/2-15.2
8    30 ILCS 740/2-15.3
9    35 ILCS 200/15-172
10    35 ILCS 200/15-175
11    35 ILCS 200/20-15
12    35 ILCS 200/21-27
13    35 ILCS 515/7from Ch. 120, par. 1207
14    70 ILCS 3605/51
15    70 ILCS 3605/52
16    70 ILCS 3610/8.6
17    70 ILCS 3610/8.7
18    70 ILCS 3615/3A.15
19    70 ILCS 3615/3A.16
20    70 ILCS 3615/3B.14
21    70 ILCS 3615/3B.15
22    110 ILCS 990/1from Ch. 144, par. 1801
23    220 ILCS 10/9from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 909
24    305 ILCS 5/3-1.2from Ch. 23, par. 3-1.2
25    305 ILCS 5/3-5from Ch. 23, par. 3-5

 

 

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1    305 ILCS 5/4-1.6from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.6
2    305 ILCS 5/4-2from Ch. 23, par. 4-2
3    305 ILCS 5/5-2from Ch. 23, par. 5-2
4    305 ILCS 5/5-4from Ch. 23, par. 5-4
5    305 ILCS 5/5A-8from Ch. 23, par. 5A-8
6    305 ILCS 5/6-1.2from Ch. 23, par. 6-1.2
7    305 ILCS 5/6-2from Ch. 23, par. 6-2
8    305 ILCS 5/12-9from Ch. 23, par. 12-9
9    320 ILCS 25/Act title
10    320 ILCS 25/1from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 401
11    320 ILCS 25/1.5
12    320 ILCS 25/2from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 402
13    320 ILCS 25/3.05a
14    320 ILCS 25/3.10from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.10
15    320 ILCS 25/4from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404
16    320 ILCS 25/4.05
17    320 ILCS 25/5from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405
18    320 ILCS 25/6from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 406
19    320 ILCS 25/7from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 407
20    320 ILCS 25/8from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 408
21    320 ILCS 25/9from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 409
22    320 ILCS 25/12from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 412
23    320 ILCS 25/13from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 413
24    320 ILCS 30/2from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 452
25    320 ILCS 30/8from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 458
26    320 ILCS 50/5

 

 

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1    625 ILCS 5/3-609from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609
2    625 ILCS 5/3-623from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623
3    625 ILCS 5/3-626
4    625 ILCS 5/3-667
5    625 ILCS 5/3-683
6    625 ILCS 5/3-806.3from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3
7    625 ILCS 5/11-1301.2from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.2
8    720 ILCS 5/17-6.5