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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3840 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a person who uses Medicaid spend-down to qualify for medical assistance shall not be eligible for medical assistance if the person does not meet his or her monthly spend-down for 6 consecutive months. Effective immediately.
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| | SB3840 | | LRB101 20353 KTG 69898 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-2.07 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-2.07) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-2.07. Use of Medicaid spend-down. No later than July |
| 8 | | 1, 2007, subject to federal approval of a State Medicaid Plan |
| 9 | | amendment, which shall be sought by the Department of |
| 10 | | Healthcare and Family Services or its successor agency, persons |
| 11 | | described in item 2(a) of Section 5-2, who fail to qualify for |
| 12 | | basic maintenance under Article III of this Code on the basis |
| 13 | | of need because of excess income or assets, or both, may |
| 14 | | establish eligibility for medical assistance by paying the |
| 15 | | amount of their monthly spend-down under this Article (as |
| 16 | | described in 42 CFR 435.831) to the Department of Healthcare |
| 17 | | and Family Services or its successor agency or by having a |
| 18 | | third party pay that amount to the Department on their behalf. |
| 19 | | A person who uses Medicaid spend-down to qualify for medical |
| 20 | | assistance shall not be eligible for medical assistance if the |
| 21 | | person does not meet his or her monthly spend-down for 6 |
| 22 | | consecutive months.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-847, eff. 1-1-07.)
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