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PUBLIC AID
(305 ILCS 5/) Illinois Public Aid Code.

305 ILCS 5/5-16.4

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.4)
    Sec. 5-16.4. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.5

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.5)
    Sec. 5-16.5. Expedited payments.
    (a) (Blank).
    (b) In a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, a managed care community network shall receive expedited payment of its capitated reimbursement for each of its managed care enrollees if both of the following criteria are met:
        (1) At least 75% of its membership is composed of
    
hospitals that are qualified on or after July 1, 1994 as disproportionate share hospitals.
        (2) At least 75% of its managed care enrollees
    
receive services at the disproportionate share hospitals or those hospitals' affiliated sites.
    (c) For counties whose population is less than 3,000,000, the Illinois Department shall establish by rule the terms and conditions under which a managed care community network shall receive expedited payment, including a determination of the qualifying percentage criteria for disproportionate share hospitals and managed care enrollees within a network receiving services at disproportionate share hospitals or their affiliated sites.
(Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.6

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.6)
    Sec. 5-16.6. Provider compliance with certain requirements. The Illinois Department shall inquire of appropriate State agencies concerning the status of all providers' compliance with State income tax requirements, child support payments in accordance with Article X of this Code, and educational loans guaranteed by the Illinois State Scholarship Commission. The Illinois Department may suspend from participation in the medical assistance program, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Section 12-4.25 of this Code, those providers not in compliance with these requirements, unless payment arrangements acceptable to the appropriate State agency are made.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.7

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.7)
    Sec. 5-16.7. Post-parturition care. The medical assistance program shall provide the post-parturition care benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356s of the Illinois Insurance Code.
    On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with Section 5-5e.
(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.7a

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.7a)
    Sec. 5-16.7a. Reimbursement for epidural anesthesia services. In addition to other procedures authorized by the Department under this Code, the Department shall provide reimbursement to medical providers for epidural anesthesia services when ordered by the attending practitioner at the time of delivery.
    On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with Section 5-5e.
(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.8

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.8)
    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-1117)
    Sec. 5-16.8. Required health benefits. The medical assistance program shall (i) provide the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g.5, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.34, 356z.35, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.56, 356z.59, and 356z.60 of the Illinois Insurance Code, (ii) be subject to the provisions of Sections 356z.19, 356z.44, 356z.49, 364.01, 370c, and 370c.1 of the Illinois Insurance Code, and (iii) be subject to the provisions of subsection (d-5) of Section 10 of the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act.
    The Department, by rule, shall adopt a model similar to the requirements of Section 356z.39 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
    On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with Section 5-5e.
    To ensure full access to the benefits set forth in this Section, on and after January 1, 2016, the Department shall ensure that provider and hospital reimbursement for post-mastectomy care benefits required under this Section are no lower than the Medicare reimbursement rate.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-218, eff. 1-1-20; 101-281, eff. 1-1-20; 101-371, eff. 1-1-20; 101-574, eff. 1-1-20; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-144, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-530, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)
 
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-84, 103-91, and 103-420)
    Sec. 5-16.8. Required health benefits. The medical assistance program shall (i) provide the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g.5, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.34, 356z.35, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.56, 356z.59, 356z.60, and 356z.61 of the Illinois Insurance Code, (ii) be subject to the provisions of Sections 356z.19, 356z.44, 356z.49, 364.01, 370c, and 370c.1 of the Illinois Insurance Code, and (iii) be subject to the provisions of subsection (d-5) of Section 10 of the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act.
    The Department, by rule, shall adopt a model similar to the requirements of Section 356z.39 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
    On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with Section 5-5e.
    To ensure full access to the benefits set forth in this Section, on and after January 1, 2016, the Department shall ensure that provider and hospital reimbursement for post-mastectomy care benefits required under this Section are no lower than the Medicare reimbursement rate.
(Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-144, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-530, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.9

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.9)
    Sec. 5-16.9. Woman's health care provider. The medical assistance program is subject to the provisions of Section 356r of the Illinois Insurance Code. The Illinois Department shall adopt rules to implement the requirements of Section 356r of the Illinois Insurance Code in the medical assistance program including managed care components.
    On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with Section 5-5e.
(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.10

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.10)
    Sec. 5-16.10. Managed care entities; marketing. A managed health care entity providing services under this Article V may not engage in door-to-door marketing activities or marketing activities at an office of the Illinois Department or a county department in order to enroll recipients in the entity's health care delivery system. The Department shall adopt rules defining "marketing activities" prohibited by this Section.
    Before a managed health care entity providing services under this Article V may market its health care delivery system to recipients, the Illinois Department must approve a marketing plan submitted by the entity to the Illinois Department. The Illinois Department shall adopt guidelines for approving marketing plans submitted by managed health care entities under this Section. Besides prohibiting door-to-door marketing activities and marketing activities at public aid offices, the guidelines shall include at least the following:
        (1) A managed health care entity may not offer or
    
provide any gift, favor, or other inducement in marketing its health care delivery system to integrated health care program enrollees. A managed health care entity may provide health care related items that are of nominal value and pre-approved by the Department to prospective enrollees. A managed health care entity may also provide to enrollees health care related items that have been pre-approved by the Department as an incentive to manage their health care appropriately.
        (2) All persons employed or otherwise engaged by a
    
managed health care entity to market the entity's health care delivery system to recipients or to supervise that marketing shall register with the Illinois Department.
    The Inspector General appointed under Section 12-13.1 may conduct investigations to determine whether the marketing practices of managed health care entities providing services under this Article V comply with the guidelines.
(Source: P.A. 90-538, eff. 12-1-97.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.11

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.11)
    Sec. 5-16.11. Uniform standards applied to managed care entities. Any managed care entity providing services under this Code shall use a pharmacy formulary that is no more restrictive than the Illinois Department's pharmaceutical program.
(Source: P.A. 92-370, eff. 8-15-01.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.12

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.12)
    Sec. 5-16.12. Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. The medical assistance program and other programs administered by the Department are subject to the provisions of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. The Department may adopt rules to implement those provisions. These rules shall require compliance with that Act in the medical assistance managed care programs and other programs administered by the Department. The medical assistance fee-for-service program is not subject to the provisions of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act.
    Nothing in the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act shall be construed to mean that the Department is a health care plan as defined in that Act simply because the Department enters into contractual relationships with health care plans.
(Source: P.A. 91-617, eff. 1-1-00.)

305 ILCS 5/5-16.13

    (305 ILCS 5/5-16.13)
    Sec. 5-16.13. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 93-674, eff. 6-10-04. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-04.)

305 ILCS 5/5-17

    (305 ILCS 5/5-17) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-17)
    Sec. 5-17. Programs to improve access to hospital care.
    (a) (1) The General Assembly finds:
            (A) That while hospitals have traditionally
        
provided charitable care to indigent patients, this burden is not equally borne by all hospitals operating in this State. Some hospitals continue to provide significant amounts of care to low-income persons while others provide very little such care; and
            (B) That access to hospital care in this State by
        
the indigent citizens of Illinois would be seriously impaired by the closing of hospitals that provide significant amounts of care to low-income persons.
        (2) To help expand the availability of hospital care
    
for all citizens of this State, it is the policy of the State to implement programs that more equitably distribute the burden of providing hospital care to Illinois' low-income population and that improve access to health care in Illinois.
        (3) The Illinois Department may develop and implement
    
a program that lessens the burden of providing hospital care to Illinois' low-income population, taking into account the costs that must be incurred by hospitals providing significant amounts of care to low-income persons, and may develop adjustments to increase rates to improve access to health care in Illinois. The Illinois Department shall prescribe by rule the criteria, standards and procedures for effecting such adjustments in the rates of hospital payments for services provided to eligible low-income persons (under Articles V, VI and VII of this Code) under this Article.
    (b) The Illinois Department shall require hospitals certified to participate in the federal Medicaid program to:
        (1) provide equal access to available services to
    
low-income persons who are eligible for assistance under Articles V, VI and VII of this Code;
        (2) provide data and reports on the provision of
    
uncompensated care.
    (c) From the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1992 until July 1, 1992, nothing in this Section 5-17 shall be construed as creating a private right of action on behalf of any individual.
    (d) On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with Section 5-5e.
(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)

305 ILCS 5/5-18

    (305 ILCS 5/5-18) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-18)
    Sec. 5-18. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 87-895. Repealed by P.A. 92-275, eff. 8-7-01.)

305 ILCS 5/5-18.5

    (305 ILCS 5/5-18.5)
    Sec. 5-18.5. Perinatal doula and evidence-based home visiting services.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Home visiting" means a voluntary, evidence-based strategy used to support pregnant people, infants, and young children and their caregivers to promote infant, child, and maternal health, to foster educational development and school readiness, and to help prevent child abuse and neglect. Home visitors are trained professionals whose visits and activities focus on promoting strong parent-child attachment to foster healthy child development.
    "Perinatal doula" means a trained provider who provides regular, voluntary physical, emotional, and educational support, but not medical or midwife care, to pregnant and birthing persons before, during, and after childbirth, otherwise known as the perinatal period.
    "Perinatal doula training" means any doula training that focuses on providing support throughout the prenatal, labor and delivery, or postpartum period, and reflects the type of doula care that the doula seeks to provide.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, perinatal doula services and evidence-based home visiting services shall be covered under the medical assistance program, subject to appropriation, for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this Article. Perinatal doula services include regular visits beginning in the prenatal period and continuing into the postnatal period, inclusive of continuous support during labor and delivery, that support healthy pregnancies and positive birth outcomes. Perinatal doula services may be embedded in an existing program, such as evidence-based home visiting. Perinatal doula services provided during the prenatal period may be provided weekly, services provided during the labor and delivery period may be provided for the entire duration of labor and the time immediately following birth, and services provided during the postpartum period may be provided up to 12 months postpartum.
    (b-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, beginning January 1, 2023, licensed certified professional midwife services shall be covered under the medical assistance program, subject to appropriation, for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this Article. The Department shall consult with midwives on reimbursement rates for midwifery services.
    (c) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules to administer this Section. In this rulemaking, the Department shall consider the expertise of and consult with doula program experts, doula training providers, practicing doulas, and home visiting experts, along with State agencies implementing perinatal doula services and relevant bodies under the Illinois Early Learning Council. This body of experts shall inform the Department on the credentials necessary for perinatal doula and home visiting services to be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement and the rate of reimbursement for home visiting and perinatal doula services in the prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum periods. Every 2 years, the Department shall assess the rates of reimbursement for perinatal doula and home visiting services and adjust rates accordingly.
    (d) The Department shall seek such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement this Section and shall secure federal financial participation for expenditures made by the Department in accordance with this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21; 102-1037, eff. 6-2-22.)

305 ILCS 5/5-18.10

    (305 ILCS 5/5-18.10)
    Sec. 5-18.10. Reimbursement for postpartum visits.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Certified lactation counselor" means a health care professional in lactation counseling who has demonstrated the necessary skills, knowledge, and attitudes to provide clinical breastfeeding counseling and management support to families who are thinking about breastfeeding or who have questions or problems during the course of breastfeeding.
    "Certified nurse midwife" means a person who exceeds the competencies for a midwife contained in the Essential Competencies for Midwifery Practice, published by the International Confederation of Midwives, and who qualifies as an advanced practice registered nurse.
    "Community health worker" means a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the community health worker to serve as a liaison, link, and intermediary between health and social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.
    "International board-certified lactation consultant" means a health care professional who is certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners and specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding.
    "Medical caseworker" means a health care professional who assists in the planning, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of medical services for a patient with emphasis on quality of care, continuity of services, and affordability.
    "Perinatal doula" means a trained provider of regular and voluntary physical, emotional, and educational support, but not medical or midwife care, to pregnant and birthing persons before, during, and after childbirth, otherwise known as the perinatal period.
    "Public health nurse" means a registered nurse who promotes and protects the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences.
    (b) The Illinois Department shall establish a medical assistance program to cover a universal postpartum visit within the first 3 weeks after childbirth and a comprehensive visit within 4 to 12 weeks postpartum for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this Article. In addition, postpartum care services rendered by perinatal doulas, certified lactation counselors, international board-certified lactation consultants, public health nurses, certified nurse midwives, community health workers, and medical caseworkers shall be covered under the medical assistance program.
(Source: P.A. 102-665, eff. 10-8-21.)

305 ILCS 5/5-19

    (305 ILCS 5/5-19) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-19)
    Sec. 5-19. Healthy Kids Program.
    (a) Any child under the age of 21 eligible to receive Medical Assistance from the Illinois Department under Article V of this Code shall be eligible for Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment services provided by the Healthy Kids Program of the Illinois Department under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396d(r).
    (b) Enrollment of Children in Medicaid. The Illinois Department shall provide for receipt and initial processing of applications for Medical Assistance for all pregnant women and children under the age of 21 at locations in addition to those used for processing applications for cash assistance, including disproportionate share hospitals, federally qualified health centers and other sites as selected by the Illinois Department.
    (c) Healthy Kids Examinations. The Illinois Department shall consider any examination of a child eligible for the Healthy Kids services provided by a medical provider meeting the requirements and complying with the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department to be reimbursed as a Healthy Kids examination.
    (d) Medical Screening Examinations.
        (1) The Illinois Department shall insure Medicaid
    
coverage for periodic health, vision, hearing, and dental screenings for children eligible for Healthy Kids services scheduled from a child's birth up until the child turns 21 years. The Illinois Department shall pay for vision, hearing, dental and health screening examinations for any child eligible for Healthy Kids services by qualified providers at intervals established by Department rules.
        (2) The Illinois Department shall pay for an
    
interperiodic health, vision, hearing, or dental screening examination for any child eligible for Healthy Kids services whenever an examination is:
            (A) requested by a child's parent, guardian, or
        
custodian, or is determined to be necessary or appropriate by social services, developmental, health, or educational personnel; or
            (B) necessary for enrollment in school; or
            (C) necessary for enrollment in a licensed day
        
care program, including Head Start; or
            (D) necessary for placement in a licensed child
        
welfare facility, including a foster home, group home or child care institution; or
            (E) necessary for attendance at a camping
        
program; or
            (F) necessary for participation in an organized
        
athletic program; or
            (G) necessary for enrollment in an early
        
childhood education program recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education; or
            (H) necessary for participation in a Women,
        
Infant, and Children (WIC) program; or
            (I) deemed appropriate by the Illinois Department.
    (e) Minimum Screening Protocols For Periodic Health Screening Examinations. Health Screening Examinations must include the following services:
        (1) Comprehensive Health and Development Assessment
    
including:
            (A) Development/Mental Health/Psychosocial
        
Assessment; and
            (B) Assessment of nutritional status including
        
tests for iron deficiency and anemia for children at the following ages: 9 months, 2 years, 8 years, and 18 years;
        (2) Comprehensive unclothed physical exam;
        (3) Appropriate immunizations at a minimum, as
    
required by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. 1396d(r).
        (4) Appropriate laboratory tests including blood lead
    
levels appropriate for age and risk factors.
            (A) Anemia test.
            (B) Sickle cell test.
            (C) Tuberculin test at 12 months of age and every
        
1-2 years thereafter unless the treating health care professional determines that testing is medically contraindicated.
            (D) Other -- The Illinois Department shall insure
        
that testing for HIV, drug exposure, and sexually transmitted diseases is provided for as clinically indicated.
        (5) Health Education. The Illinois Department shall
    
require providers to provide anticipatory guidance as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
        (6) Vision Screening. The Illinois Department shall
    
require providers to provide vision screenings consistent with those set forth in the Department of Public Health's Administrative Rules.
        (7) Hearing Screening. The Illinois Department shall
    
require providers to provide hearing screenings consistent with those set forth in the Department of Public Health's Administrative Rules.
        (8) Dental Screening. The Illinois Department shall
    
require providers to provide dental screenings consistent with those set forth in the Department of Public Health's Administrative Rules.
    (f) Covered Medical Services. The Illinois Department shall provide coverage for all necessary health care, diagnostic services, treatment and other measures to correct or ameliorate defects, physical and mental illnesses, and conditions whether discovered by the screening services or not for all children eligible for Medical Assistance under Article V of this Code.
    (g) Notice of Healthy Kids Services.
        (1) The Illinois Department shall inform any child
    
eligible for Healthy Kids services and the child's family about the benefits provided under the Healthy Kids Program, including, but not limited to, the following: what services are available under Healthy Kids, including discussion of the periodicity schedules and immunization schedules, that services are provided at no cost to eligible children, the benefits of preventive health care, where the services are available, how to obtain them, and that necessary transportation and scheduling assistance is available.
        (2) The Illinois Department shall widely disseminate
    
information regarding the availability of the Healthy Kids Program throughout the State by outreach activities which shall include, but not be limited to, (i) the development of cooperation agreements with local school districts, public health agencies, clinics, hospitals and other health care providers, including developmental disability and mental health providers, and with charities, to notify the constituents of each of the Program and assist individuals, as feasible, with applying for the Program, (ii) using the media for public service announcements and advertisements of the Program, and (iii) developing posters advertising the Program for display in hospital and clinic waiting rooms.
        (3) The Illinois Department shall utilize accepted
    
methods for informing persons who are illiterate, blind, deaf, or cannot understand the English language, including but not limited to public services announcements and advertisements in the foreign language media of radio, television and newspapers.
        (4) The Illinois Department shall provide notice of
    
the Healthy Kids Program to every child eligible for Healthy Kids services and his or her family at the following times:
            (A) orally by the intake worker and in writing at
        
the time of application for Medical Assistance;
            (B) at the time the applicant is informed that he
        
or she is eligible for Medical Assistance benefits; and
            (C) at least 20 days before the date of any
        
periodic health, vision, hearing, and dental examination for any child eligible for Healthy Kids services. Notice given under this subparagraph (C) must state that a screening examination is due under the periodicity schedules and must advise the eligible child and his or her family that the Illinois Department will provide assistance in scheduling an appointment and arranging medical transportation.
    (h) Data Collection. The Illinois Department shall collect data in a usable form to track utilization of Healthy Kids screening examinations by children eligible for Healthy Kids services, including but not limited to data showing screening examinations and immunizations received, a summary of follow-up treatment received by children eligible for Healthy Kids services and the number of children receiving dental, hearing and vision services.
    (i) On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with Section 5-5e.
    (j) To ensure full access to the benefits set forth in this Section, on and after January 1, 2022, the Illinois Department shall ensure that provider and hospital reimbursements for immunization as required under this Section are no lower than 70% of the median regional maximum administration fee for the State of Illinois as established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(Source: P.A. 102-43, eff. 7-6-21.)

305 ILCS 5/5-20

    (305 ILCS 5/5-20)
    Sec. 5-20. Electronic health care card. By December 31, 1994, the Illinois Department may develop and implement by rule an electronic health information system to process claims electronically and to electronically store Medicare and Medicaid patient records, medical histories, and billing information. The Illinois Department may issue each Medicare and Medicaid recipient a health card containing electronically coded information that will access the system, verify their Medicare or Medicaid status, and display how much the patient must pay in deductibles or copayments for a medical procedure. The Illinois Department may also develop safeguards to protect recipients' health information from misuse or unauthorized disclosure.
    On or before July 1, 2011, the Department shall cease issuing monthly MediPlan cards and shall instead issue permanent or semi-permanent member cards to individuals enrolled for medical assistance. Furthermore, the Department may employ any reasonable means by which providers may verify an individual's eligibility for medical assistance in place of MediPlan cards.
(Source: P.A. 96-940, eff. 1-1-11.)

305 ILCS 5/5-21

    (305 ILCS 5/5-21)
    Sec. 5-21. Immunization. By July 1, 1994, the Illinois Department shall, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, establish and implement a pilot program that will provide immunization services for children on a walk-in basis at local public aid offices. The Director shall determine the number and location of the local public aid offices that will participate in the pilot program. The Illinois Department shall submit a report on the effectiveness of the program to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 1995. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) and the Department of Human Services, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall continue to implement the pilot program after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

305 ILCS 5/5-22

    (305 ILCS 5/5-22)
    Sec. 5-22. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98. Repealed by P.A. 96-1123, eff. 1-1-11.)

305 ILCS 5/5-23

    (305 ILCS 5/5-23)
    Sec. 5-23. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 92-581, eff. 6-26-02. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-03.)

305 ILCS 5/5-24

    (305 ILCS 5/5-24)
    Sec. 5-24. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-14.)