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91_HB4461
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by adding
2 Section 5-23.
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 adding Section 5-23 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/5-23 new)
8 Sec. 5-23. Purchase of medical assistance.
9 (a) A person who meets the following criteria may
10 purchase medical assistance under this Article:
11 (1) The person is disabled within the meaning of the
12 Social Security Act and:
13 (A) is a recipient of either Supplemental
14 Security Income or Social Security Disability
15 Insurance benefits based on that disability; or
16 (B) would be a recipient of either Supplemental
17 Security Income or Social Security Disability
18 Insurance benefits based on that disability but is
19 ineligible for those benefits based solely on the
20 amount of the person's earned income.
21 (2) The person's assets do not exceed $15,000,
22 excluding any amounts in a retirement account, assistive
23 technology account, medical savings account, or other
24 account designed to enable the person to achieve
25 self-sufficiency.
26 (b) In determining a person's eligibility to purchase
27 medical assistance under this Section, the Illinois
28 Department shall disregard the following:
29 (1) The person's earned income.
30 (2) The person's unearned income, up to the
31 Supplemental Security Income payment amount then in
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1 effect.
2 (3) The person's spouse's assets and earned and
3 unearned income.
4 (c) The Illinois Department shall adopt rules
5 establishing the premiums to be paid to purchase medical
6 assistance under this Section. The rules shall establish
7 premiums at the rate of 10% of the amount of the person's
8 earned income that exceeds 250% of the poverty guidelines
9 updated annually in the Federal Register by the United States
10 Department of Health and Human Services under authority of
11 section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
12 1981. The rules for determining the person's earned income
13 shall require (i) the use of the same earned income
14 disregards used to determine eligibility for Supplemental
15 Security Income and (ii) the deduction of impairment-related
16 work expenses, as defined in the Social Security Act, from
17 the person's earned income.