Full Text of HB4685 97th General Assembly
HB4685 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB4685 Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 215 ILCS 106/7 | | 215 ILCS 170/7 | | 305 ILCS 5/11-5.1 | |
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Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in the event the Department of Healthcare and Family Services receives written correspondence from the federal government that the Department interprets as being a denial of authority to implement eligibility verification provisions enacted by Public Act 96-1501, the Department shall file, as soon as practical, a waiver request formally requesting to implement the provisions. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 7 as follows: | 6 | | (215 ILCS 106/7) | 7 | | Sec. 7. Eligibility verification. Notwithstanding any | 8 | | other provision of this Act, with respect to applications for | 9 | | benefits provided under the Program, eligibility shall be | 10 | | determined in a manner that ensures program integrity and that | 11 | | complies with federal law and regulations while minimizing | 12 | | unnecessary barriers to enrollment. To this end, as soon as | 13 | | practicable, and unless the Department receives written denial | 14 | | from the federal government, this Section shall be implemented: | 15 | | (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or its | 16 | | designees shall: | 17 | | (1) By no later than July 1, 2011, require verification | 18 | | of, at a minimum, one month's income from all sources | 19 | | required for determining the eligibility of applicants to | 20 | | the Program. Such verification shall take the form of pay | 21 | | stubs, business or income and expense records for | 22 | | self-employed persons, letters from employers, and any | 23 | | other valid documentation of income including data |
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| 1 | | obtained electronically by the Department or its designees | 2 | | from other sources as described in subsection (b) of this | 3 | | Section. | 4 | | (2) By no later than October 1, 2011, require | 5 | | verification of, at a minimum, one month's income from all | 6 | | sources required for determining the continued eligibility | 7 | | of recipients at their annual review of eligibility under | 8 | | the Program. Such verification shall take the form of pay | 9 | | stubs, business or income and expense records for | 10 | | self-employed persons, letters from employers, and any | 11 | | other valid documentation of income including data | 12 | | obtained electronically by the Department or its designees | 13 | | from other sources as described in subsection (b) of this | 14 | | Section. The Department shall send a notice to the | 15 | | recipient at least 60 days prior to the end of the period | 16 | | of eligibility that informs them of the requirements for | 17 | | continued eligibility. If a recipient does not fulfill the | 18 | | requirements for continued eligibility by the deadline | 19 | | established in the notice, a notice of cancellation shall | 20 | | be issued to the recipient and coverage shall end on the | 21 | | last day of the eligibility period. A recipient's | 22 | | eligibility may be reinstated without requiring a new | 23 | | application if the recipient fulfills the requirements for | 24 | | continued eligibility prior to the end of the month | 25 | | following the last date of coverage. Nothing in this | 26 | | Section shall prevent an individual whose coverage has been |
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| 1 | | cancelled from reapplying for health benefits at any time. | 2 | | (3) By no later than July 1, 2011, require verification | 3 | | of Illinois residency. | 4 | | (b) The Department shall establish or continue cooperative
| 5 | | arrangements with the Social Security Administration, the
| 6 | | Illinois Secretary of State, the Department of Human Services,
| 7 | | the Department of Revenue, the Department of Employment | 8 | | Security, and any other appropriate entity to gain electronic
| 9 | | access, to the extent allowed by law, to information available | 10 | | to those entities that may be appropriate for electronically
| 11 | | verifying any factor of eligibility for benefits under the
| 12 | | Program. Data relevant to eligibility shall be provided for no
| 13 | | other purpose than to verify the eligibility of new applicants | 14 | | or current recipients of health benefits under the Program. | 15 | | Data will be requested or provided for any new applicant or | 16 | | current recipient only insofar as that individual's | 17 | | circumstances are relevant to that individual's or another | 18 | | individual's eligibility. | 19 | | (c) Within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory | 20 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Department of Healthcare | 21 | | and Family Services shall send notice to current recipients | 22 | | informing them of the changes regarding their eligibility | 23 | | verification.
| 24 | | (d) In the event the Department receives written | 25 | | correspondence from the federal government that the Department | 26 | | interprets as being a denial of authority to implement this |
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| 1 | | Section, the Department shall file, as soon as practical, a | 2 | | waiver request formally requesting to implement the provisions | 3 | | of this Section. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.) | 5 | | Section 10. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 7 as follows: | 7 | | (215 ILCS 170/7) | 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016) | 9 | | Sec. 7. Eligibility verification. Notwithstanding any | 10 | | other provision of this Act, with respect to applications for | 11 | | benefits provided under the Program, eligibility shall be | 12 | | determined in a manner that ensures program integrity and that | 13 | | complies with federal law and regulations while minimizing | 14 | | unnecessary barriers to enrollment. To this end, as soon as | 15 | | practicable, and unless the Department receives written denial | 16 | | from the federal government, this Section shall be implemented: | 17 | | (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or its | 18 | | designees shall: | 19 | | (1) By July 1, 2011, require verification of, at a | 20 | | minimum, one month's income from all sources required for | 21 | | determining the eligibility of applicants to the Program.
| 22 | | Such verification shall take the form of pay stubs, | 23 | | business or income and expense records for self-employed | 24 | | persons, letters from employers, and any other valid |
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| 1 | | documentation of income including data obtained | 2 | | electronically by the Department or its designees from | 3 | | other sources as described in subsection (b) of this | 4 | | Section. | 5 | | (2) By October 1, 2011, require verification of, at a | 6 | | minimum, one month's income from all sources required for | 7 | | determining the continued eligibility of recipients at | 8 | | their annual review of eligibility under the Program. Such | 9 | | verification shall take the form of pay stubs, business or | 10 | | income and expense records for self-employed persons, | 11 | | letters from employers, and any other valid documentation | 12 | | of income including data obtained electronically by the | 13 | | Department or its designees from other sources as described | 14 | | in subsection (b) of this Section. The Department shall | 15 | | send a notice to
recipients at least 60 days prior to the | 16 | | end of their period
of eligibility that informs them of the
| 17 | | requirements for continued eligibility. If a recipient
| 18 | | does not fulfill the requirements for continued | 19 | | eligibility by the
deadline established in the notice, a | 20 | | notice of cancellation shall be issued to the recipient and | 21 | | coverage shall end on the last day of the eligibility | 22 | | period. A recipient's eligibility may be reinstated | 23 | | without requiring a new application if the recipient | 24 | | fulfills the requirements for continued eligibility prior | 25 | | to the end of the month following the last date of | 26 | | coverage. Nothing in this Section shall prevent an |
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| 1 | | individual whose coverage has been cancelled from | 2 | | reapplying for health benefits at any time. | 3 | | (3) By July 1, 2011, require verification of Illinois | 4 | | residency. | 5 | | (b) The Department shall establish or continue cooperative
| 6 | | arrangements with the Social Security Administration, the
| 7 | | Illinois Secretary of State, the Department of Human Services,
| 8 | | the Department of Revenue, the Department of Employment
| 9 | | Security, and any other appropriate entity to gain electronic
| 10 | | access, to the extent allowed by law, to information available
| 11 | | to those entities that may be appropriate for electronically
| 12 | | verifying any factor of eligibility for benefits under the
| 13 | | Program. Data relevant to eligibility shall be provided for no
| 14 | | other purpose than to verify the eligibility of new applicants | 15 | | or current recipients of health benefits under the Program. | 16 | | Data will be requested or provided for any new applicant or | 17 | | current recipient only insofar as that individual's | 18 | | circumstances are relevant to that individual's or another | 19 | | individual's eligibility. | 20 | | (c) Within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory | 21 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Department of Healthcare | 22 | | and Family Services shall send notice to current recipients | 23 | | informing them of the changes regarding their eligibility | 24 | | verification.
| 25 | | (d) In the event the Department receives written | 26 | | correspondence from the federal government that the Department |
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| 1 | | interprets as being a denial of authority to implement this | 2 | | Section, the Department shall file, as soon as practical, a | 3 | | waiver request formally requesting to implement the provisions | 4 | | of this Section. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.) | 6 | | Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 7 | | changing Section 11-5.1 as follows: | 8 | | (305 ILCS 5/11-5.1) | 9 | | Sec. 11-5.1. Eligibility verification. Notwithstanding any | 10 | | other provision of this Code, with respect to applications for | 11 | | medical assistance provided under Article V of this Code, | 12 | | eligibility shall be determined in a manner that ensures | 13 | | program integrity and complies with federal laws and | 14 | | regulations while minimizing unnecessary barriers to | 15 | | enrollment. To this end, as soon as practicable, and unless the | 16 | | Department receives written denial from the federal | 17 | | government, this Section shall be implemented: | 18 | | (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or its | 19 | | designees shall: | 20 | | (1) By no later than July 1, 2011, require verification | 21 | | of, at a minimum, one month's income from all sources | 22 | | required for determining the eligibility of applicants for | 23 | | medical assistance under this Code. Such verification | 24 | | shall take the form of pay stubs, business or income and |
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| 1 | | expense records for self-employed persons, letters from | 2 | | employers, and any other valid documentation of income | 3 | | including data obtained electronically by the Department | 4 | | or its designees from other sources as described in | 5 | | subsection (b) of this Section. | 6 | | (2) By no later than October 1, 2011, require | 7 | | verification of, at a minimum, one month's income from all | 8 | | sources required for determining the continued eligibility | 9 | | of recipients at their annual review of eligibility for | 10 | | medical assistance under this Code. Such verification | 11 | | shall take the form of pay stubs, business or income and | 12 | | expense records for self-employed persons, letters from | 13 | | employers, and any other valid documentation of income | 14 | | including data obtained electronically by the Department | 15 | | or its designees from other sources as described in | 16 | | subsection (b) of this Section. The
Department shall send a | 17 | | notice to
recipients at least 60 days prior to the end of | 18 | | their period
of eligibility that informs them of the
| 19 | | requirements for continued eligibility. If a recipient
| 20 | | does not fulfill the requirements for continued | 21 | | eligibility by the
deadline established in the notice a | 22 | | notice of cancellation shall be issued to the recipient and | 23 | | coverage shall end on the last day of the eligibility | 24 | | period. A recipient's eligibility may be reinstated | 25 | | without requiring a new application if the recipient | 26 | | fulfills the requirements for continued eligibility prior |
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| 1 | | to the end of the month following the last date of | 2 | | coverage. Nothing in this Section shall prevent an | 3 | | individual whose coverage has been cancelled from | 4 | | reapplying for health benefits at any time. | 5 | | (3) By no later than July 1, 2011, require verification | 6 | | of Illinois residency. | 7 | | (b) The Department shall establish or continue cooperative
| 8 | | arrangements with the Social Security Administration, the
| 9 | | Illinois Secretary of State, the Department of Human Services,
| 10 | | the Department of Revenue, the Department of Employment
| 11 | | Security, and any other appropriate entity to gain electronic
| 12 | | access, to the extent allowed by law, to information available
| 13 | | to those entities that may be appropriate for electronically
| 14 | | verifying any factor of eligibility for benefits under the
| 15 | | Program. Data relevant to eligibility shall be provided for no
| 16 | | other purpose than to verify the eligibility of new applicants | 17 | | or current recipients of health benefits under the Program. | 18 | | Data shall be requested or provided for any new applicant or | 19 | | current recipient only insofar as that individual's | 20 | | circumstances are relevant to that individual's or another | 21 | | individual's eligibility. | 22 | | (c) Within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory | 23 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Department of Healthcare | 24 | | and Family Services shall send notice to current recipients | 25 | | informing them of the changes regarding their eligibility | 26 | | verification.
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| 1 | | (d) In the event the Department of Healthcare and Family | 2 | | Services receives written correspondence from the federal | 3 | | government that the Department interprets as being a denial of | 4 | | authority to implement this Section, the Department shall file, | 5 | | as soon as practical, a waiver request formally requesting to | 6 | | implement the provisions of this Section. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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