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91_HB3684

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by  changing
 2    Section 5-1.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 5-1 as follows:

 7        (305 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-1)
 8        Sec.  5-1.  Declaration of purpose of Article.  It is the
 9    purpose of this Article to provide  a  program  of  essential
10    medical   care   and   rehabilitative  services  for  persons
11    receiving basic maintenance grants under this  Code  and  for
12    other   persons   who   are  unable,  because  of  inadequate
13    resources, to meet their essential medical needs.
14        Preservation of  health,  alleviation  of  sickness,  and
15    correction  of  handicapping conditions for persons requiring
16    maintenance support are essential if  they  are  to  have  an
17    opportunity  to become self-supporting or to attain a greater
18    capacity  for  self-care.   For  persons  who  are  medically
19    indigent but otherwise able  to  provide  themselves  with  a
20    livelihood,  it  is  of  special importance to maintain their
21    incentives for  continued  independence  and  preserve  their
22    limited  resources  for ordinary maintenance needs to prevent
23    their total or substantial dependency.
24    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

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