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MADIGAN,L.

   New Act                                                                     
   215 ILCS 97/20                                                              
   215 ILCS 106/20                                                             

        Creates the Family Health Insurance Program Act  and  amends  the      
   Illinois  Health  Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the      
   Children's Health Insurance  Program  Act.  Creates  a  Family  Health      
   Insurance Program to be administered by the Department of Public Aid.       
   Provides  for  health  care  coverage for certain low-income families,      
   either by subsidizing the cost of an employer-provided  benefits  plan      
   or  by  providing  health  care services upon the payment of specified      
   premiums  and  copayments.   Requires  the  Department  to  apply  for      
   necessary federal waivers, but requires the  Department  to  implement      
   the  program  (subject  to  appropriations) even if some or all of the      
   waiver requests are denied.  Requires that the program be  operational      
   by  January  1, 2003 at the earliest, and authorizes the Department to      
   delay implementation of any portion of the program as to which federal      
   matching funds are not  yet  approved.    Repeals  the  Family  Health      
   Insurance  Program Act on July 1, 2008. Adds coverage under the Family      
   Health Insurance Program Act to the  list  of  "creditable  coverages"      
   under  the  Illinois  Health  Insurance Portability and Accountability      
   Act.   As  a  condition  of  eligibility  for  the  Children's  Health      
   Insurance Program, provides for an upper limit of  income  eligibility      
   at 200% (rather than 185%) of the federal poverty level, in connection      
   with efforts to obtain federal matching funding.                            
   FEB-06-2002  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   FEB-06-2002  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
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