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 1        AN ACT concerning children's health programs.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Children's Health Insurance  Program  Act
 5    is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

 6        (215 ILCS 106/35)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2003)
 8        Sec. 35.  Funding.
 9        (a)  The This Program is not an entitlement and shall not
10    be  construed  to create an entitlement.  Eligibility for the
11    Program is subject to appropriation of funds by the State and
12    federal governments.  Subdivision (a)(2) of Section 25  shall
13    operate  and  be funded only if subdivision (a)(1) of Section
14    25 is operational and funded.  The estimated net State  share
15    of  appropriated  funds  for subdivision (a)(2) of Section 25
16    shall  be  equal  to  the  estimated  net  State   share   of
17    appropriated funds for subdivision (a)(1) of Section 25.
18        (b)  Any  requirement  imposed  under  this  Act  and any
19    implementation of this Act by the Department shall  cease  in
20    the   event  (1)  continued  receipt  of  federal  funds  for
21    implementation of this Act requires an amendment to this Act,
22    or (2) federal funds for implementation of the  Act  are  not
23    otherwise available.
24        (c)  Payments  under  this Act shall be appropriated from
25    the General Revenue Fund and other funds that are  authorized
26    to  be  used to reimburse or make medical payments for health
27    care benefits under this Act  or  Title  XXI  of  the  Social
28    Security Act.
29        (d)  Benefits  under  this Act shall be available only as
30    long as the intergovernmental  agreements  made  pursuant  to
31    Section 12-4.7 and Article XV of the Illinois Public Aid Code
 
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 1    and  entered  into between the Department and the Cook County
 2    Board of Commissioners continue to exist.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98; 91-24, eff. 7-1-99.)