SB2031sam002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Thomas Cullerton

Filed: 5/10/2017

10000SB2031sam002 LRB100 11002 KTG 26125 a

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2031

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2031, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 11-4.1 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/11-4.1)

Sec. 11-4.1. Medical providers assisting with applications for medical assistance. A provider enrolled to provide medical assistance services may, upon the request of an applicant individual, accompany, represent, and assist the applicant individual in applying for medical assistance under Article V of this Code, including the pursuit of any appeals related to the application, on behalf of the applicant during the applicant's life and after the applicant's death. If an applicant individual is unable to request such assistance due to incapacity or mental incompetence and has no other representative willing or able to assist in the application process, a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act or certified under this Code is authorized to assist the applicant individual in applying for long-term care services, including the pursuit of any appeals related to the application, on behalf of the applicant during the applicant's life and after the applicant's death. Subject to the provisions of the Free Healthcare Benefits Application Assistance Act, nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting any individual or entity from assisting another individual in applying for medical assistance under Article V of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".