Public Act 097-0172
 
HB1656 EnrolledLRB097 09302 KTG 49437 b

    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
adding Section 12-4.44 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.44 new)
    Sec. 12-4.44. Report on centralizing administrative
functions. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
with the cooperation of the Department of Human Services, shall
provide a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2012,
regarding the feasibility and potential consequences of
centralizing administrative functions, to the extent allowable
under federal law, for applicants applying only for medical
assistance. The report shall include, but need not be limited
to, an analysis of centralizing administrative functions in a
statewide or regional centers administered by either public or
private entities, and an analysis of the impact of removing
medical assistance only cases from the caseload assigned to
employees in local Department of Human Services field offices
that accept and process applications for benefits.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2011.

Effective Date: 7/22/2011