HB1656sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Mattie Hunter

Filed: 5/12/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1656

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1656 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 12-4.44 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/12-4.44 new)

Sec. 12-4.44. Pilot program and report on centralizing administrative functions. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, with the cooperation of the Department of Human Services, shall implement a pilot program to provide community access and enrollment to Medicaid services in 8 counties. Two sites shall be administered in Cook County, one in DuPage County, one in Kane County, one in Kankakee County, one in Macon County, one in Champaign County, and one in St. Clair County. The pilot program shall be implemented by nongovernmental, community-based organizations that are members of a statewide network, serving urban communities, and located in urban areas. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, with the cooperation of the Department of Human Services, shall submit a report based upon the pilot program to the General Assembly by July 1, 2012, regarding the feasibility and potential benefits and consequences of centralizing administrative functions, to the extent allowable under federal law, for applicants applying only for medical assistance. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, an analysis of centralizing administrative functions in a community or nongovernmental setting administered by nongovernmental, community-based entities and an analysis of the impact of removing medical assistance only cases from the caseload assigned to employees in local Department of Human Services field offices that accept and process applications for benefits.".

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011.".