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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act.
 
6     Section 3. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds
7 that those who have served their country honorably in military
8 service and who are residing in this State deserve access to
9 affordable, comprehensive health insurance. Many veterans are
10 uninsured, unable to afford healthcare, and reside far from a
11 medical facility of the United States Veterans' Health
12 Administration (VHA), leaving them without access to health
13 care. This lack of healthcare, including preventative care,
14 often exacerbates health conditions. The effects of lack of
15 insurance negatively impact those residents of the State who
16 are insured because the cost of paying for care to the
17 uninsured is often shifted to those who have insurance in the
18 form of higher health insurance premiums. It is, therefore, the
19 intent of this legislation to provide access to affordable
20 health insurance for veterans residing in Illinois who are
21 unable to afford such coverage.
 
22     Section 5. Definitions. The following words have the
23 following meanings:
24     "Department" means the Department of Healthcare and Family
25 Services, or any successor agency.
26     "Director" means the Director of Healthcare and Family
27 Services, or any successor agency.
28     "Medical assistance" means health care benefits provided
29 under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
30     "Program" means the Veterans' Health Insurance Program.
31     "Resident" means an individual who has an Illinois

 

 

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1 residence, as provided in Section 5-3 of the Illinois Public
2 Aid Code.
3     "Veteran" means any person who has served in a branch of
4 the United States military for greater than 180 consecutive
5 days after initial training.
6     "Veterans' Affairs" or "VA" means the United States
7 Department of Veterans' Affairs.
 
8     Section 10. Operation of the Program. The Veterans' Health
9 Insurance Program is created. As soon as practical after the
10 effective date of this Act, coverage for this Program shall
11 begin. The Program shall be administered by the Department of
12 Healthcare and Family Services in collaboration with the
13 Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Department shall have the
14 same powers and authority to administer the Program as are
15 provided to the Department in connection with the Department's
16 administration of the Illinois Public Aid Code. The Department
17 shall coordinate the Program with other health programs
18 operated by the Department and other State and federal
19 agencies.
 
20     Section 15. Eligibility.
21     (a) To be eligible for the Program, a person must:
22         (1) be a veteran who is not on active duty and who has
23     not been dishonorably discharged from service;
24         (2) be a resident of the State of Illinois;
25         (3) be at least 19 years of age and no older than 64
26     years of age;
27         (4) be uninsured, as defined by the Department by rule,
28     for a period of time established by the Department by rule,
29     which shall be no less than 6 months;
30         (5) not be eligible for medical assistance under the
31     Illinois Public Aid Code;
32         (6) reside too far from a medical facility of the VHA
33     to have reasonable access, as defined by the Department by
34     rule, to VHA healthcare; and

 

 

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1         (7) have an income no greater than 100% of the federal
2     poverty level, unless the Department establishes a higher
3     or lower income threshold by rule, depending on available
4     funding for the Program.
5     (b) A veteran who is determined to be eligible for the
6 Program shall remain eligible for 12 months, provided the
7 veteran remains a resident of the State and is not excluded
8 under subsection (c) of this Section.
9     (c) A veteran is not eligible for coverage under the
10 Program if:
11         (1) the premium required under Section 35 of this Act
12     has not been timely paid; if the required premiums are not
13     paid, the liability of the Program shall be limited to
14     benefits incurred under the Program for the time period for
15     which premiums have been paid and for grace periods as
16     established under subsection (d) below; if the required
17     monthly premium is not paid, the veteran is ineligible for
18     re-enrollment for a minimum period of 3 months; or
19         (2) the veteran is a resident of a nursing facility or
20     an inmate of a public institution, as defined by 42 CFR
21     435.1009.
22     (d) The Department shall adopt rules for the Program,
23 including, but not limited to, rules relating to eligibility,
24 re-enrollment, grace periods, notice requirements, hearing
25 procedures, what constitutes reasonable access to healthcare,
26 cost-sharing, covered services, provider requirements, and
27 rates of payment.
 
28     Section 20. Notice of decisions to terminate eligibility.
29 Whenever the Department decides to either deny or terminate
30 eligibility under this Act, the veteran shall have a right to
31 notice and a hearing, as provided by the Department by rule.
 
32     Section 25. Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. The
33 Department shall coordinate with the Illinois Department of
34 Veterans' Affairs to allow State Veterans' Affairs service

 

 

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1 officers to assist veterans to apply for the Program.
 
2     Section 30. Health care benefits.
3     (a) The Department shall purchase or provide health care
4 benefits for eligible veterans that are identical to the
5 benefits provided to adults under the State's approved plan
6 under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, except for nursing
7 facility services and non-emergency transportation.
8     (b) Providers shall be subject to approval by the
9 Department to provide health care under the Illinois Public Aid
10 Code and shall be reimbursed at the same rates as providers
11 reimbursed under the State's approved plan under Title XIX of
12 the Social Security Act.
13     (c) As an alternative to the benefits set forth in
14 subsection (a) of this Section, and when cost-effective, the
15 Department may offer veterans subsidies toward the cost of
16 privately sponsored health insurance, including
17 employer-sponsored health insurance.
 
18     Section 35. Cost-sharing. The Department, by rule, shall
19 set forth requirements concerning co-payments and monthly
20 premiums for health care services. This cost-sharing shall be
21 based on income, as defined by the Department by rule, and
22 excluding federal veterans cash benefits.
 
23     Section 40. Charge upon claims and causes of action; right
24 of subrogation; recoveries. Sections 11-22, 11-22a, 11-22b,
25 and 11-22c of the Illinois Public Aid Code apply to health
26 benefits provided to veterans under this Act, as provided in
27 those Sections.
 
28     Section 45. Emergency rulemaking. The Department may adopt
29 rules necessary to establish and implement this Act through the
30 use of emergency rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45 of
31 the Illinois Administrative Procedures Act. For the purposes of
32 that Act, the General Assembly finds that the adoption of rules

 

 

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1 to implement this Act is deemed an emergency and necessary for
2 the public interest, safety, and welfare.
 
3     Section 50. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
4 changing Sections 11-22, 11-22a, 11-22b, and 11-22c as follows:
 
5     (305 ILCS 5/11-22)  (from Ch. 23, par. 11-22)
6     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
7     Sec. 11-22. Charge upon claims and causes of action for
8 injuries. The Illinois Department shall have a charge upon all
9 claims, demands and causes of action for injuries to an
10 applicant for or recipient of (i) financial aid under Articles
11 III, IV, and V, or (ii) health care benefits provided under the
12 Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or (iii) health care
13 benefits provided under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program
14 Act for the total amount of medical assistance provided the
15 recipient from the time of injury to the date of recovery upon
16 such claim, demand or cause of action. In addition, if the
17 applicant or recipient was employable, as defined by the
18 Department, at the time of the injury, the Department shall
19 also have a charge upon any such claims, demands and causes of
20 action for the total amount of aid provided to the recipient
21 and his dependents, including all cash assistance and medical
22 assistance only to the extent includable in the claimant's
23 action, from the time of injury to the date of recovery upon
24 such claim, demand or cause of action. Any definition of
25 "employable" adopted by the Department shall apply only to
26 persons above the age of compulsory school attendance.
27     If the injured person was employable at the time of the
28 injury and is provided aid under Articles III, IV, or V and any
29 dependent or member of his family is provided aid under Article
30 VI, or vice versa, both the Illinois Department and the local
31 governmental unit shall have a charge upon such claims, demands
32 and causes of action for the aid provided to the injured person
33 and any dependent member of his family, including all cash
34 assistance, medical assistance and food stamps, from the time

 

 

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1 of the injury to the date of recovery.
2     "Recipient", as used herein, means (i) in the case of
3 financial aid provided under this Code, the grantee of record
4 and any persons whose needs are included in the financial aid
5 provided to the grantee of record or otherwise met by grants
6 under the appropriate Article of this Code for which such
7 person is eligible, and (ii) in the case of health care
8 benefits provided under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
9 Act, the child to whom those benefits are provided, and (iii)
10 in the case of health care benefits provided under the
11 Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act, the veteran to whom
12 benefits are provided.
13     In each case, the notice shall be served by certified mail
14 or registered mail, upon the party or parties against whom the
15 applicant or recipient has a claim, demand or cause of action.
16 The notice shall claim the charge and describe the interest the
17 Illinois Department, the local governmental unit, or the
18 county, has in the claim, demand, or cause of action. The
19 charge shall attach to any verdict or judgment entered and to
20 any money or property which may be recovered on account of such
21 claim, demand, cause of action or suit from and after the time
22 of the service of the notice.
23     On petition filed by the Illinois Department, or by the
24 local governmental unit or county if either is claiming a
25 charge, or by the recipient, or by the defendant, the court, on
26 written notice to all interested parties, may adjudicate the
27 rights of the parties and enforce the charge. The court may
28 approve the settlement of any claim, demand or cause of action
29 either before or after a verdict, and nothing in this Section
30 shall be construed as requiring the actual trial or final
31 adjudication of any claim, demand or cause of action upon which
32 the Illinois Department, the local governmental unit or county
33 has charge. The court may determine what portion of the
34 recovery shall be paid to the injured person and what portion
35 shall be paid to the Illinois Department, the local
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1 recovery. In making this determination, the court shall conduct
2 an evidentiary hearing and shall consider competent evidence
3 pertaining to the following matters:
4         (1) the amount of the charge sought to be enforced
5     against the recovery when expressed as a percentage of the
6     gross amount of the recovery; the amount of the charge
7     sought to be enforced against the recovery when expressed
8     as a percentage of the amount obtained by subtracting from
9     the gross amount of the recovery the total attorney's fees
10     and other costs incurred by the recipient incident to the
11     recovery; and whether the Department, unit of local
12     government or county seeking to enforce the charge against
13     the recovery should as a matter of fairness and equity bear
14     its proportionate share of the fees and costs incurred to
15     generate the recovery from which the charge is sought to be
16     satisfied;
17         (2) the amount, if any, of the attorney's fees and
18     other costs incurred by the recipient incident to the
19     recovery and paid by the recipient up to the time of
20     recovery, and the amount of such fees and costs remaining
21     unpaid at the time of recovery;
22         (3) the total hospital, doctor and other medical
23     expenses incurred for care and treatment of the injury to
24     the date of recovery therefor, the portion of such expenses
25     theretofore paid by the recipient, by insurance provided by
26     the recipient, and by the Department, unit of local
27     government and county seeking to enforce a charge against
28     the recovery, and the amount of such previously incurred
29     expenses which remain unpaid at the time of recovery and by
30     whom such incurred, unpaid expenses are to be paid;
31         (4) whether the recovery represents less than
32     substantially full recompense for the injury and the
33     hospital, doctor and other medical expenses incurred to the
34     date of recovery for the care and treatment of the injury,
35     so that reduction of the charge sought to be enforced
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1     recovery or unjust enrichment to the recipient;
2         (5) the age of the recipient and of persons dependent
3     for support upon the recipient, the nature and permanency
4     of the recipient's injuries as they affect not only the
5     future employability and education of the recipient but
6     also the reasonably necessary and foreseeable future
7     material, maintenance, medical, rehabilitative and
8     training needs of the recipient, the cost of such
9     reasonably necessary and foreseeable future needs, and the
10     resources available to meet such needs and pay such costs;
11         (6) the realistic ability of the recipient to repay in
12     whole or in part the charge sought to be enforced against
13     the recovery when judged in light of the factors enumerated
14     above.
15     The burden of producing evidence sufficient to support the
16 exercise by the court of its discretion to reduce the amount of
17 a proven charge sought to be enforced against the recovery
18 shall rest with the party seeking such reduction.
19     The court may reduce and apportion the Illinois
20 Department's lien proportionate to the recovery of the
21 claimant. The court may consider the nature and extent of the
22 injury, economic and noneconomic loss, settlement offers,
23 comparative negligence as it applies to the case at hand,
24 hospital costs, physician costs, and all other appropriate
25 costs. The Illinois Department shall pay its pro rata share of
26 the attorney fees based on the Illinois Department's lien as it
27 compares to the total settlement agreed upon. This Section
28 shall not affect the priority of an attorney's lien under the
29 Attorneys Lien Act. The charges of the Illinois Department
30 described in this Section, however, shall take priority over
31 all other liens and charges existing under the laws of the
32 State of Illinois with the exception of the attorney's lien
33 under said statute.
34     Whenever the Department or any unit of local government has
35 a statutory charge under this Section against a recovery for
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1 any assistance, such charge shall not be satisfied out of any
2 recovery until the attorney's claim for fees is satisfied,
3 irrespective of whether or not an action based on recipient's
4 claim has been filed in court.
5     This Section shall be inapplicable to any claim, demand or
6 cause of action arising under (a) the Workers' Compensation Act
7 or the predecessor Workers' Compensation Act of June 28, 1913,
8 (b) the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act or the predecessor
9 Workers' Occupational Diseases Act of March 16, 1936; and (c)
10 the Wrongful Death Act.
11 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
12     (305 ILCS 5/11-22a)  (from Ch. 23, par. 11-22a)
13     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
14     Sec. 11-22a. Right of Subrogation. To the extent of the
15 amount of (i) medical assistance provided by the Department to
16 or on behalf of a recipient under Article V or VI, or (ii)
17 health care benefits provided for a child under the Covering
18 ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or (iii) health care benefits
19 provided to a veteran under the Veterans' Health Insurance
20 Program Act, the Department shall be subrogated to any right of
21 recovery such recipient may have under the terms of any private
22 or public health care coverage or casualty coverage, including
23 coverage under the "Workers' Compensation Act", approved July
24 9, 1951, as amended, or the "Workers' Occupational Diseases
25 Act", approved July 9, 1951, as amended, without the necessity
26 of assignment of claim or other authorization to secure the
27 right of recovery to the Department. To enforce its subrogation
28 right, the Department may (i) intervene or join in an action or
29 proceeding brought by the recipient, his or her guardian,
30 personal representative, estate, dependents, or survivors
31 against any person or public or private entity that may be
32 liable; (ii) institute and prosecute legal proceedings against
33 any person or public or private entity that may be liable for
34 the cost of such services; or (iii) institute and prosecute
35 legal proceedings, to the extent necessary to reimburse the

 

 

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1 Illinois Department for its costs, against any noncustodial
2 parent who (A) is required by court or administrative order to
3 provide insurance or other coverage of the cost of health care
4 services for a child eligible for medical assistance under this
5 Code and (B) has received payment from a third party for the
6 costs of those services but has not used the payments to
7 reimburse either the other parent or the guardian of the child
8 or the provider of the services.
9 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
10     (305 ILCS 5/11-22b)  (from Ch. 23, par. 11-22b)
11     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
12     Sec. 11-22b. Recoveries.
13     (a) As used in this Section:
14     (1) "Carrier" means any insurer, including any private
15 company, corporation, mutual association, trust fund,
16 reciprocal or interinsurance exchange authorized under the
17 laws of this State to insure persons against liability or
18 injuries caused to another and any insurer providing benefits
19 under a policy of bodily injury liability insurance covering
20 liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a
21 motor vehicle which provides uninsured motorist endorsement or
22 coverage.
23     (2) "Beneficiary" means any person or their dependents who
24 has received benefits or will be provided benefits under this
25 Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or
26 under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act because of an
27 injury for which another person may be liable. It includes such
28 beneficiary's guardian, conservator or other personal
29 representative, his estate or survivors.
30     (b) (1) When benefits are provided or will be provided to a
31 beneficiary under this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS
32 Health Insurance Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance
33 Program Act because of an injury for which another person is
34 liable, or for which a carrier is liable in accordance with the
35 provisions of any policy of insurance issued pursuant to the

 

 

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1 Illinois Insurance Code, the Illinois Department shall have a
2 right to recover from such person or carrier the reasonable
3 value of benefits so provided. The Attorney General may, to
4 enforce such right, institute and prosecute legal proceedings
5 against the third person or carrier who may be liable for the
6 injury in an appropriate court, either in the name of the
7 Illinois Department or in the name of the injured person, his
8 guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors.
9         (2) The Department may:
10             (A) compromise or settle and release any such claim
11         for benefits provided under this Code, or
12             (B) waive any such claims for benefits provided
13         under this Code, in whole or in part, for the
14         convenience of the Department or if the Department
15         determines that collection would result in undue
16         hardship upon the person who suffered the injury or, in
17         a wrongful death action, upon the heirs of the
18         deceased.
19         (3) No action taken on behalf of the Department
20     pursuant to this Section or any judgment rendered in such
21     action shall be a bar to any action upon the claim or cause
22     of action of the beneficiary, his guardian, conservator,
23     personal representative, estate, dependents or survivors
24     against the third person who may be liable for the injury,
25     or shall operate to deny to the beneficiary the recovery
26     for that portion of any damages not covered hereunder.
27     (c) (1) When an action is brought by the Department
28 pursuant to subsection (b), it shall be commenced within the
29 period prescribed by Article XIII of the Code of Civil
30 Procedure.
31         However, the Department may not commence the action
32     prior to 5 months before the end of the applicable period
33     prescribed by Article XIII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
34     Thirty days prior to commencing an action, the Department
35     shall notify the beneficiary of the Department's intent to
36     commence such an action.

 

 

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1         (2) The death of the beneficiary does not abate any
2     right of action established by subsection (b).
3         (3) When an action or claim is brought by persons
4     entitled to bring such actions or assert such claims
5     against a third person who may be liable for causing the
6     death of a beneficiary, any settlement, judgment or award
7     obtained is subject to the Department's claim for
8     reimbursement of the benefits provided to the beneficiary
9     under this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health
10     Insurance Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance
11     Program Act.
12         (4) When the action or claim is brought by the
13     beneficiary alone and the beneficiary incurs a personal
14     liability to pay attorney's fees and costs of litigation,
15     the Department's claim for reimbursement of the benefits
16     provided to the beneficiary shall be the full amount of
17     benefits paid on behalf of the beneficiary under this Code,
18     or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or
19     under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act less a pro
20     rata share which represents the Department's reasonable
21     share of attorney's fees paid by the beneficiary and that
22     portion of the cost of litigation expenses determined by
23     multiplying by the ratio of the full amount of the
24     expenditures of the full amount of the judgment, award or
25     settlement.
26     (d) (1) If either the beneficiary or the Department brings
27 an action or claim against such third party or carrier, the
28 beneficiary or the Department shall within 30 days of filing
29 the action give to the other written notice by personal service
30 or registered mail of the action or claim and of the name of
31 the court in which the action or claim is brought. Proof of
32 such notice shall be filed in such action or claim. If an
33 action or claim is brought by either the Department or the
34 beneficiary, the other may, at any time before trial on the
35 facts, become a party to such action or claim or shall
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1 independently.
2         (2) If an action or claim is brought by the Department
3     pursuant to subsection (b)(1), written notice to the
4     beneficiary, guardian, personal representative, estate or
5     survivor given pursuant to this Section shall advise him of
6     his right to intervene in the proceeding, his right to
7     obtain a private attorney of his choice and the
8     Department's right to recover the reasonable value of the
9     benefits provided.
10     (e) In the event of judgment or award in a suit or claim
11 against such third person or carrier:
12         (1) If the action or claim is prosecuted by the
13     beneficiary alone, the court shall first order paid from
14     any judgment or award the reasonable litigation expenses
15     incurred in preparation and prosecution of such action or
16     claim, together with reasonable attorney's fees, when an
17     attorney has been retained. After payment of such expenses
18     and attorney's fees the court shall, on the application of
19     the Department, allow as a first lien against the amount of
20     such judgment or award the amount of the Department's
21     expenditures for the benefit of the beneficiary under this
22     Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act,
23     or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act, as
24     provided in subsection (c)(4).
25         (2) If the action or claim is prosecuted both by the
26     beneficiary and the Department, the court shall first order
27     paid from any judgment or award the reasonable litigation
28     expenses incurred in preparation and prosecution of such
29     action or claim, together with reasonable attorney's fees
30     for plaintiffs attorneys based solely on the services
31     rendered for the benefit of the beneficiary. After payment
32     of such expenses and attorney's fees, the court shall apply
33     out of the balance of such judgment or award an amount
34     sufficient to reimburse the Department the full amount of
35     benefits paid on behalf of the beneficiary under this Code,
36     or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or

 

 

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1     under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act.
2     (f) The court shall, upon further application at any time
3 before the judgment or award is satisfied, allow as a further
4 lien the amount of any expenditures of the Department in
5 payment of additional benefits arising out of the same cause of
6 action or claim provided on behalf of the beneficiary under
7 this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act,
8 or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act, when such
9 benefits were provided or became payable subsequent to the
10 original order.
11     (g) No judgment, award, or settlement in any action or
12 claim by a beneficiary to recover damages for injuries, when
13 the Department has an interest, shall be satisfied without
14 first giving the Department notice and a reasonable opportunity
15 to perfect and satisfy its lien.
16     (h) When the Department has perfected a lien upon a
17 judgment or award in favor of a beneficiary against any third
18 party for an injury for which the beneficiary has received
19 benefits under this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health
20 Insurance Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program
21 Act, the Department shall be entitled to a writ of execution as
22 lien claimant to enforce payment of said lien against such
23 third party with interest and other accruing costs as in the
24 case of other executions. In the event the amount of such
25 judgment or award so recovered has been paid to the
26 beneficiary, the Department shall be entitled to a writ of
27 execution against such beneficiary to the extent of the
28 Department's lien, with interest and other accruing costs as in
29 the case of other executions.
30     (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
31 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire amount
32 of any settlement of the injured beneficiary's action or claim,
33 with or without suit, is subject to the Department's claim for
34 reimbursement of the benefits provided and any lien filed
35 pursuant thereto to the same extent and subject to the same
36 limitations as in Section 11-22 of this Code.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
2     (305 ILCS 5/11-22c)  (from Ch. 23, par. 11-22c)
3     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
4     Sec. 11-22c. (a) As used in this Section, "recipient" means
5 any person receiving financial assistance under Article IV or
6 Article VI of this Code, or receiving health care benefits
7 under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or receiving
8 health care benefits under the Veterans' Health Insurance
9 Program Act.
10     (b) If a recipient maintains any suit, charge or other
11 court or administrative action against an employer seeking back
12 pay for a period during which the recipient received financial
13 assistance under Article IV or Article VI of this Code, or
14 health care benefits under the Covering ALL KIDS Health
15 Insurance Act, or health care benefits under the Veterans'
16 Health Insurance Program Act, the recipient shall report such
17 fact to the Department. To the extent of the amount of
18 assistance provided to or on behalf of the recipient under
19 Article IV or Article VI, or health care benefits provided
20 under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or health
21 care benefits provided under the Veterans' Health Insurance
22 Program Act, the Department may by intervention or otherwise
23 without the necessity of assignment of claim, attach a lien on
24 the recovery of back wages equal to the amount of assistance
25 provided by the Department to the recipient under Article IV or
26 Article VI, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
27 Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act.
28 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
29     Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
30 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
31     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect September
32 1, 2006.