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HB2480 Engrossed                     LRB093 08056 DRJ 08257 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 5-2.4 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/5-2.4 new)
 7        Sec.  5-2.4.  Determination of spend-down eligibility. In
 8    the  case  of  community-based   services,   long-term   care
 9    services,  and  services  received  in  a  supportive  living
10    facility  described  in  Section  5-5.01a,  when  determining
11    whether  a  person  has  met  a  spend-down  requirement  for
12    eligibility  under paragraph 2 of Section 5-2, the Department
13    of Public Aid shall allow bills for  those  services  at  the
14    usual,  customary,  or  competitive  rate for community-based
15    services, as funded by the Department of Human  Services  and
16    as  established  by  the  community-based service provider as
17    part of the provider's policy and  procedure  concerning  the
18    establishment of fees for services.

19        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.