Executive Committee

Filed: 5/1/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 627

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 627 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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 and unable to afford healthcare. This lack of
11 healthcare, including preventative care, often exacerbates
12 health conditions. The effects of lack of insurance negatively
13 impact those residents of the State who are insured because the
14 cost of paying for care to the uninsured is often shifted to
15 those who have insurance in the form of higher health insurance
16 premiums. It is, therefore, the intent of this legislation to
17 provide access to affordable health insurance for veterans
18 residing in Illinois who are unable to afford such coverage.
19 However, the State has only a limited amount of resources, and
20 the General Assembly therefore declares that while it intends
21 to cover as many such veterans as possible, the State may not
22 be able to cover every eligible person who qualifies for this
23 Program as a matter of entitlement due to limited funding.
 

 

 

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1     Section 5. Definitions. The following words have the
2 following meanings:
3     "Department" means the Department of Healthcare and Family
4 Services, or any successor agency.
5     "Director" means the Director of Healthcare and Family
6 Services, or any successor agency.
7     "Medical assistance" means health care benefits provided
8 under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
9     "Program" means the Veterans' Health Insurance Program.
10     "Resident" means an individual who has an Illinois
11 residence, as provided in Section 5-3 of the Illinois Public
12 Aid Code.
13     "Veteran" means any person who has served in a branch of
14 the United States military for greater than 180 consecutive
15 days after initial training.
16     "Veterans' Affairs" or "VA" means the United States
17 Department of Veterans' Affairs.
 
18     Section 10. Operation of the Program.
19     (a) The Veterans' Health Insurance Program is created. This
20 Program is not an entitlement. Enrollment is based on the
21 availability of funds, and enrollment may be capped based on
22 funds appropriated for the Program. As soon as practical after
23 the effective date of this Act, coverage for this Program shall
24 begin. The Program shall be administered by the Department of
25 Healthcare and Family Services in collaboration with the
26 Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Department shall have the
27 same powers and authority to administer the Program as are
28 provided to the Department in connection with the Department's
29 administration of the Illinois Public Aid Code. The Department
30 shall coordinate the Program with other health programs
31 operated by the Department and other State and federal
32 agencies.
33     (b) The Department shall operate the Program in a manner so

 

 

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1 that the estimated cost of the Program during the fiscal year
2 will not exceed the total appropriation for the Program. The
3 Department may take any appropriate action to limit spending or
4 enrollment into the Program, including, but not limited to,
5 ceasing to accept or process applications, reviewing
6 eligibility more frequently than annually, adjusting
7 cost-sharing, or reducing the income threshold for eligibility
8 as necessary to control expenditures for the Program.
 
9     Section 15. Eligibility.
10     (a) To be eligible for the Program, a person must:
11         (1) be a veteran who is not on active duty and who has
12     not been dishonorably discharged from service;
13         (2) be a resident of the State of Illinois;
14         (3) be at least 19 years of age and no older than 64
15     years of age;
16         (4) be uninsured, as defined by the Department by rule,
17     for a period of time established by the Department by rule,
18     which shall be no less than 6 months;
19         (5) not be eligible for medical assistance under the
20     Illinois Public Aid Code;
21         (6) not be eligible for medical benefits through the
22     Veterans Health Administration; and
23         (7) have a household income no greater than 225% of the
24     federal poverty level at the initiation of the Program;
25     depending on the availability of funds, this level may be
26     increased to 250% of the federal poverty level after 6
27     months of operation. This income threshold is subject to
28     alteration by the Department as set forth in subsection (b)
29     of Section 10.
30     (b) A veteran who is determined eligible for the Program
31 shall remain eligible for 12 months, provided the veteran
32 remains a resident of the State and is not excluded under
33 subsection (c) of this Section and provided the Department has

 

 

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1 not limited the enrollment period as set forth in subsection
2 (b) of Section 10.
3     (c) A veteran is not eligible for coverage under the
4 Program if:
5         (1) the premium required under Section 35 of this Act
6     has not been timely paid; if the required premiums are not
7     paid, the liability of the Program shall be limited to
8     benefits incurred under the Program for the time period for
9     which premiums have been paid and for grace periods as
10     established under subsection (d); if the required monthly
11     premium is not paid, the veteran is ineligible for
12     re-enrollment for a minimum period of 3 months; or
13         (2) the veteran is a resident of a nursing facility or
14     an inmate of a public institution, as defined by 42 CFR
15     435.1009.
16     (d) The Department shall adopt rules for the Program,
17 including, but not limited to, rules relating to eligibility,
18 re-enrollment, grace periods, notice requirements, hearing
19 procedures, cost-sharing, covered services, and provider
20 requirements.
 
21     Section 20. Notice of decisions to terminate eligibility.
22 Whenever the Department decides to either deny or terminate
23 eligibility under this Act, the veteran shall have a right to
24 notice and a hearing, as provided by the Department by rule.
 
25     Section 25. Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. The
26 Department shall coordinate with the Illinois Department of
27 Veterans' Affairs and the Veterans Assistance Commissions to
28 allow State Veterans' Affairs service officers and the Veterans
29 Assistance Commissions to assist veterans to apply for the
30 Program. All applicants must be reviewed for Veterans Health
31 Administration eligibility or other existing health benefits
32 prior to consideration for the Program.
 

 

 

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1     Section 30. Health care benefits.
2     (a) For veterans eligible and enrolled, the Department
3 shall purchase or provide health care benefits for eligible
4 veterans that are identical to the benefits provided to adults
5 under the State's approved plan under Title XIX of the Social
6 Security Act, except for nursing facility services and
7 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 household income, as defined by the Department by
22 rule, and is subject to alteration by the Department as set
23 forth in subsection (b) of Section 10.
 
24     Section 40. Charge upon claims and causes of action; right
25 of subrogation; recoveries. Sections 11-22, 11-22a, 11-22b,
26 and 11-22c of the Illinois Public Aid Code apply to health
27 benefits provided to veterans under this Act, as provided in
28 those Sections.
 
29     Section 45. Reporting. The Department shall prepare a
30 report for submission to the General Assembly on the first 6

 

 

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1 months of operation of the Program. The report shall be due to
2 the General Assembly by April 30, 2007. This report shall
3 include information regarding implementation of the Program,
4 including the number of veterans enrolled and any available
5 information regarding other benefits derived from the Program,
6 including screening for and acquisition of other veterans'
7 benefits through the Veterans' Service Officers and the
8 Veterans' Assistance Commissions. This report may also include
9 recommendations regarding improvements that may be made to the
10 Program and regarding the extension of the repeal date set
11 forth in Section 85 of this Act.
 
12     Section 50. Emergency rulemaking. The Department may adopt
13 rules necessary to establish and implement this Act through the
14 use of emergency rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45 of
15 the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. For the purposes of
16 that Act, the General Assembly finds that the adoption of rules
17 to implement this Act is deemed an emergency and necessary for
18 the public interest, safety, and welfare.
 
19     Section 85. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
20 2008.
 
21     Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
22 Section 8g as follows:
 
23     (30 ILCS 105/8g)
24     Sec. 8g. Fund transfers.
25     (a) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
26 for by law, as soon as may be practical after the effective
27 date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the
28 State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
29 transfer the sum of $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund
30 to the Motor Vehicle License Plate Fund created by Senate Bill

 

 

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1 1028 of the 91st General Assembly.
2     (b) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
3 for by law, as soon as may be practical after the effective
4 date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the
5 State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
6 transfer the sum of $25,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund
7 to the Fund for Illinois' Future created by Senate Bill 1066 of
8 the 91st General Assembly.
9     (c) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
10 for by law, on August 30 of each fiscal year's license period,
11 the Illinois Liquor Control Commission shall direct and the
12 State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall transfer from the
13 General Revenue Fund to the Youth Alcoholism and Substance
14 Abuse Prevention Fund an amount equal to the number of retail
15 liquor licenses issued for that fiscal year multiplied by $50.
16     (d) The payments to programs required under subsection (d)
17 of Section 28.1 of the Horse Racing Act of 1975 shall be made,
18 pursuant to appropriation, from the special funds referred to
19 in the statutes cited in that subsection, rather than directly
20 from the General Revenue Fund.
21     Beginning January 1, 2000, on the first day of each month,
22 or as soon as may be practical thereafter, the State
23 Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer
24 from the General Revenue Fund to each of the special funds from
25 which payments are to be made under Section 28.1(d) of the
26 Horse Racing Act of 1975 an amount equal to 1/12 of the annual
27 amount required for those payments from that special fund,
28 which annual amount shall not exceed the annual amount for
29 those payments from that special fund for the calendar year
30 1998. The special funds to which transfers shall be made under
31 this subsection (d) include, but are not necessarily limited
32 to, the Agricultural Premium Fund; the Metropolitan Exposition
33 Auditorium and Office Building Fund; the Fair and Exposition
34 Fund; the Standardbred Breeders Fund; the Thoroughbred

 

 

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1 Breeders Fund; and the Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund.
2     (e) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
3 for by law, as soon as may be practical after the effective
4 date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, but
5 in no event later than June 30, 2000, the State Comptroller
6 shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
7 $15,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Fund for
8 Illinois' Future.
9     (f) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
10 for by law, as soon as may be practical after the effective
11 date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, but
12 in no event later than June 30, 2000, the State Comptroller
13 shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
14 $70,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Long-Term Care
15 Provider Fund.
16     (f-1) In fiscal year 2002, in addition to any other
17 transfers that may be provided for by law, at the direction of
18 and upon notification from the Governor, the State Comptroller
19 shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer amounts not
20 exceeding a total of $160,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund
21 to the Long-Term Care Provider Fund.
22     (g) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
23 for by law, on July 1, 2001, or as soon thereafter as may be
24 practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
25 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $1,200,000 from the General
26 Revenue Fund to the Violence Prevention Fund.
27     (h) In each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004, but not
28 thereafter, in addition to any other transfers that may be
29 provided for by law, the State Comptroller shall direct and the
30 State Treasurer shall transfer $5,000,000 from the General
31 Revenue Fund to the Tourism Promotion Fund.
32     (i) On or after July 1, 2001 and until May 1, 2002, in
33 addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by
34 law, at the direction of and upon notification from the

 

 

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1 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
2 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of
3 $80,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco
4 Settlement Recovery Fund. Any amounts so transferred shall be
5 re-transferred by the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
6 from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the General
7 Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification from the
8 Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2002.
9     (i-1) On or after July 1, 2002 and until May 1, 2003, in
10 addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by
11 law, at the direction of and upon notification from the
12 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
13 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of
14 $80,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco
15 Settlement Recovery Fund. Any amounts so transferred shall be
16 re-transferred by the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
17 from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the General
18 Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification from the
19 Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2003.
20     (j) On or after July 1, 2001 and no later than June 30,
21 2002, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided
22 for by law, at the direction of and upon notification from the
23 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
24 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not to exceed the following
25 sums into the Statistical Services Revolving Fund:
26    From the General Revenue Fund.................$8,450,000
27    From the Public Utility Fund..................1,700,000
28    From the Transportation Regulatory Fund.......2,650,000
29    From the Title III Social Security and
30     Employment Fund..............................3,700,000
31    From the Professions Indirect Cost Fund.......4,050,000
32    From the Underground Storage Tank Fund........550,000
33    From the Agricultural Premium Fund............750,000
34    From the State Pensions Fund..................200,000

 

 

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1    From the Road Fund............................2,000,000
2    From the Health Facilities
3     Planning Fund................................1,000,000
4    From the Savings and Residential Finance
5     Regulatory Fund..............................130,800
6    From the Appraisal Administration Fund........28,600
7    From the Pawnbroker Regulation Fund...........3,600
8    From the Auction Regulation
9     Administration Fund..........................35,800
10    From the Bank and Trust Company Fund..........634,800
11    From the Real Estate License
12     Administration Fund..........................313,600
13     (k) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
14 for by law, as soon as may be practical after the effective
15 date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the
16 State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
17 transfer the sum of $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to
18 the Teachers Health Insurance Security Fund.
19     (k-1) In addition to any other transfers that may be
20 provided for by law, on July 1, 2002, or as soon as may be
21 practical thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and
22 the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $2,000,000 from
23 the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers Health Insurance
24 Security Fund.
25     (k-2) In addition to any other transfers that may be
26 provided for by law, on July 1, 2003, or as soon as may be
27 practical thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and
28 the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $2,000,000 from
29 the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers Health Insurance
30 Security Fund.
31     (k-3) On or after July 1, 2002 and no later than June 30,
32 2003, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided
33 for by law, at the direction of and upon notification from the
34 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State

 

 

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1 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not to exceed the following
2 sums into the Statistical Services Revolving Fund:
3    Appraisal Administration Fund.................$150,000
4    General Revenue Fund..........................10,440,000
5    Savings and Residential Finance
6        Regulatory Fund...........................200,000
7    State Pensions Fund...........................100,000
8    Bank and Trust Company Fund...................100,000
9    Professions Indirect Cost Fund................3,400,000
10    Public Utility Fund...........................2,081,200
11    Real Estate License Administration Fund.......150,000
12    Title III Social Security and
13        Employment Fund...........................1,000,000
14    Transportation Regulatory Fund................3,052,100
15    Underground Storage Tank Fund.................50,000
16     (l) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
17 for by law, on July 1, 2002, or as soon as may be practical
18 thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
19 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $3,000,000 from the General
20 Revenue Fund to the Presidential Library and Museum Operating
21 Fund.
22     (m) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
23 for by law, on July 1, 2002 and on the effective date of this
24 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, or as soon
25 thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall
26 direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
27 $1,200,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Violence
28 Prevention Fund.
29     (n) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
30 for by law, on July 1, 2003, or as soon thereafter as may be
31 practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
32 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $6,800,000 from the General
33 Revenue Fund to the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
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1 2004, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided
2 for by law, at the direction of and upon notification from the
3 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
4 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not to exceed the following
5 sums into the Vehicle Inspection Fund:
6    From the Underground Storage Tank Fund .......$35,000,000.
7     (p) On or after July 1, 2003 and until May 1, 2004, in
8 addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by
9 law, at the direction of and upon notification from the
10 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
11 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of
12 $80,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco
13 Settlement Recovery Fund. Any amounts so transferred shall be
14 re-transferred from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the
15 General Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification
16 from the Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2004.
17     (q) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
18 for by law, on July 1, 2003, or as soon as may be practical
19 thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
20 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $5,000,000 from the General
21 Revenue Fund to the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
22     (r) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
23 for by law, on July 1, 2003, or as soon as may be practical
24 thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
25 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $1,922,000 from the General
26 Revenue Fund to the Presidential Library and Museum Operating
27 Fund.
28     (s) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
29 for by law, on or after July 1, 2003, the State Comptroller
30 shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
31 $4,800,000 from the Statewide Economic Development Fund to the
32 General Revenue Fund.
33     (t) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
34 for by law, on or after July 1, 2003, the State Comptroller

 

 

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1 shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
2 $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Budget
3 Stabilization Fund.
4     (u) On or after July 1, 2004 and until May 1, 2005, in
5 addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by
6 law, at the direction of and upon notification from the
7 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
8 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of
9 $80,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco
10 Settlement Recovery Fund. Any amounts so transferred shall be
11 retransferred by the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
12 from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the General
13 Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification from the
14 Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2005.
15     (v) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
16 for by law, on July 1, 2004, or as soon thereafter as may be
17 practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
18 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $1,200,000 from the General
19 Revenue Fund to the Violence Prevention Fund.
20     (w) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
21 for by law, on July 1, 2004, or as soon thereafter as may be
22 practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
23 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $6,445,000 from the General
24 Revenue Fund to the Presidential Library and Museum Operating
25 Fund.
26     (x) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
27 for by law, on January 15, 2005, or as soon thereafter as may
28 be practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
29 Treasurer shall transfer to the General Revenue Fund the
30 following sums:
31         From the State Crime Laboratory Fund, $200,000;
32         From the State Police Wireless Service Emergency Fund,
33     $200,000;
34         From the State Offender DNA Identification System

 

 

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1     Fund, $800,000; and
2         From the State Police Whistleblower Reward and
3     Protection Fund, $500,000.
4     (y) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
5 contrary, in addition to any other transfers that may be
6 provided for by law on June 30, 2005, or as soon as may be
7 practical thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and
8 the State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance from
9 the designated funds into the General Revenue Fund and any
10 future deposits that would otherwise be made into these funds
11 must instead be made into the General Revenue Fund:
12         (1) the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund;
13         (2) the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority
14     Reconstruction Fund;
15         (3) the New Technology Recovery Fund;
16         (4) the Illinois Rural Bond Bank Trust Fund;
17         (5) the ISBE School Bus Driver Permit Fund;
18         (6) the Solid Waste Management Revolving Loan Fund;
19         (7) the State Postsecondary Review Program Fund;
20         (8) the Tourism Attraction Development Matching Grant
21     Fund;
22         (9) the Patent and Copyright Fund;
23         (10) the Credit Enhancement Development Fund;
24         (11) the Community Mental Health and Developmental
25     Disabilities Services Provider Participation Fee Trust
26     Fund;
27         (12) the Nursing Home Grant Assistance Fund;
28         (13) the By-product Material Safety Fund;
29         (14) the Illinois Student Assistance Commission Higher
30     EdNet Fund;
31         (15) the DORS State Project Fund;
32         (16) the School Technology Revolving Fund;
33         (17) the Energy Assistance Contribution Fund;
34         (18) the Illinois Building Commission Revolving Fund;

 

 

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1         (19) the Illinois Aquaculture Development Fund;
2         (20) the Homelessness Prevention Fund;
3         (21) the DCFS Refugee Assistance Fund;
4         (22) the Illinois Century Network Special Purposes
5     Fund; and
6         (23) the Build Illinois Purposes Fund.
7     (z) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided
8 for by law, on July 1, 2005, or as soon as may be practical
9 thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
10 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $1,200,000 from the General
11 Revenue Fund to the Violence Prevention Fund.
12     (aa) In addition to any other transfers that may be
13 provided for by law, on July 1, 2005, or as soon as may be
14 practical thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and
15 the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $9,000,000 from
16 the General Revenue Fund to the Presidential Library and Museum
17 Operating Fund.
18     (bb) In addition to any other transfers that may be
19 provided for by law, on July 1, 2005, or as soon as may be
20 practical thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and
21 the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $6,803,600 from
22 the General Revenue Fund to the Securities Audit and
23 Enforcement Fund.
24     (cc) In addition to any other transfers that may be
25 provided for by law, on or after July 1, 2005 and until May 1,
26 2006, at the direction of and upon notification from the
27 Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
28 Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of
29 $80,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco
30 Settlement Recovery Fund. Any amounts so transferred shall be
31 re-transferred by the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
32 from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the General
33 Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification from the
34 Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2006.

 

 

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1     (dd) (y) In addition to any other transfers that may be
2 provided for by law, on April 1, 2005, or as soon thereafter as
3 may be practical, at the direction of the Director of Public
4 Aid (now Director of Healthcare and Family Services), the State
5 Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer
6 from the Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund amounts not to exceed
7 $14,000,000 to the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund.
8     (ee) In addition to any other transfers that may be
9 provided for by law, on July 1, 2006, or as soon thereafter as
10 practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
11 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $2,000,000 from the General
12 Revenue Fund to the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund.
13 (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-648, eff. 1-8-04; 93-839,
14 eff. 7-30-04; 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05; 94-58, eff. 6-17-05;
15 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; revised 12-15-05.)
 
16     Section 95. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
17 changing Sections 11-22, 11-22a, 11-22b, and 11-22c as follows:
 
18     (305 ILCS 5/11-22)  (from Ch. 23, par. 11-22)
19     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
20     Sec. 11-22. Charge upon claims and causes of action for
21 injuries. The Illinois Department shall have a charge upon all
22 claims, demands and causes of action for injuries to an
23 applicant for or recipient of (i) financial aid under Articles
24 III, IV, and V, or (ii) health care benefits provided under the
25 Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or (iii) health care
26 benefits provided under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program
27 Act for the total amount of medical assistance provided the
28 recipient from the time of injury to the date of recovery upon
29 such claim, demand or cause of action. In addition, if the
30 applicant or recipient was employable, as defined by the
31 Department, at the time of the injury, the Department shall
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1 action for the total amount of aid provided to the recipient
2 and his dependents, including all cash assistance and medical
3 assistance only to the extent includable in the claimant's
4 action, from the time of injury to the date of recovery upon
5 such claim, demand or cause of action. Any definition of
6 "employable" adopted by the Department shall apply only to
7 persons above the age of compulsory school attendance.
8     If the injured person was employable at the time of the
9 injury and is provided aid under Articles III, IV, or V and any
10 dependent or member of his family is provided aid under Article
11 VI, or vice versa, both the Illinois Department and the local
12 governmental unit shall have a charge upon such claims, demands
13 and causes of action for the aid provided to the injured person
14 and any dependent member of his family, including all cash
15 assistance, medical assistance and food stamps, from the time
16 of the injury to the date of recovery.
17     "Recipient", as used herein, means (i) in the case of
18 financial aid provided under this Code, the grantee of record
19 and any persons whose needs are included in the financial aid
20 provided to the grantee of record or otherwise met by grants
21 under the appropriate Article of this Code for which such
22 person is eligible, and (ii) in the case of health care
23 benefits provided under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
24 Act, the child to whom those benefits are provided, and (iii)
25 in the case of health care benefits provided under the
26 Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act, the veteran to whom
27 benefits are provided.
28     In each case, the notice shall be served by certified mail
29 or registered mail, upon the party or parties against whom the
30 applicant or recipient has a claim, demand or cause of action.
31 The notice shall claim the charge and describe the interest the
32 Illinois Department, the local governmental unit, or the
33 county, has in the claim, demand, or cause of action. The
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1 any money or property which may be recovered on account of such
2 claim, demand, cause of action or suit from and after the time
3 of the service of the notice.
4     On petition filed by the Illinois Department, or by the
5 local governmental unit or county if either is claiming a
6 charge, or by the recipient, or by the defendant, the court, on
7 written notice to all interested parties, may adjudicate the
8 rights of the parties and enforce the charge. The court may
9 approve the settlement of any claim, demand or cause of action
10 either before or after a verdict, and nothing in this Section
11 shall be construed as requiring the actual trial or final
12 adjudication of any claim, demand or cause of action upon which
13 the Illinois Department, the local governmental unit or county
14 has charge. The court may determine what portion of the
15 recovery shall be paid to the injured person and what portion
16 shall be paid to the Illinois Department, the local
17 governmental unit or county having a charge against the
18 recovery. In making this determination, the court shall conduct
19 an evidentiary hearing and shall consider competent evidence
20 pertaining to the following matters:
21         (1) the amount of the charge sought to be enforced
22     against the recovery when expressed as a percentage of the
23     gross amount of the recovery; the amount of the charge
24     sought to be enforced against the recovery when expressed
25     as a percentage of the amount obtained by subtracting from
26     the gross amount of the recovery the total attorney's fees
27     and other costs incurred by the recipient incident to the
28     recovery; and whether the Department, unit of local
29     government or county seeking to enforce the charge against
30     the recovery should as a matter of fairness and equity bear
31     its proportionate share of the fees and costs incurred to
32     generate the recovery from which the charge is sought to be
33     satisfied;
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1     other costs incurred by the recipient incident to the
2     recovery and paid by the recipient up to the time of
3     recovery, and the amount of such fees and costs remaining
4     unpaid at the time of recovery;
5         (3) the total hospital, doctor and other medical
6     expenses incurred for care and treatment of the injury to
7     the date of recovery therefor, the portion of such expenses
8     theretofore paid by the recipient, by insurance provided by
9     the recipient, and by the Department, unit of local
10     government and county seeking to enforce a charge against
11     the recovery, and the amount of such previously incurred
12     expenses which remain unpaid at the time of recovery and by
13     whom such incurred, unpaid expenses are to be paid;
14         (4) whether the recovery represents less than
15     substantially full recompense for the injury and the
16     hospital, doctor and other medical expenses incurred to the
17     date of recovery for the care and treatment of the injury,
18     so that reduction of the charge sought to be enforced
19     against the recovery would not likely result in a double
20     recovery or unjust enrichment to the recipient;
21         (5) the age of the recipient and of persons dependent
22     for support upon the recipient, the nature and permanency
23     of the recipient's injuries as they affect not only the
24     future employability and education of the recipient but
25     also the reasonably necessary and foreseeable future
26     material, maintenance, medical, rehabilitative and
27     training needs of the recipient, the cost of such
28     reasonably necessary and foreseeable future needs, and the
29     resources available to meet such needs and pay such costs;
30         (6) the realistic ability of the recipient to repay in
31     whole or in part the charge sought to be enforced against
32     the recovery when judged in light of the factors enumerated
33     above.
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1 exercise by the court of its discretion to reduce the amount of
2 a proven charge sought to be enforced against the recovery
3 shall rest with the party seeking such reduction.
4     The court may reduce and apportion the Illinois
5 Department's lien proportionate to the recovery of the
6 claimant. The court may consider the nature and extent of the
7 injury, economic and noneconomic loss, settlement offers,
8 comparative negligence as it applies to the case at hand,
9 hospital costs, physician costs, and all other appropriate
10 costs. The Illinois Department shall pay its pro rata share of
11 the attorney fees based on the Illinois Department's lien as it
12 compares to the total settlement agreed upon. This Section
13 shall not affect the priority of an attorney's lien under the
14 Attorneys Lien Act. The charges of the Illinois Department
15 described in this Section, however, shall take priority over
16 all other liens and charges existing under the laws of the
17 State of Illinois with the exception of the attorney's lien
18 under said statute.
19     Whenever the Department or any unit of local government has
20 a statutory charge under this Section against a recovery for
21 damages incurred by a recipient because of its advancement of
22 any assistance, such charge shall not be satisfied out of any
23 recovery until the attorney's claim for fees is satisfied,
24 irrespective of whether or not an action based on recipient's
25 claim has been filed in court.
26     This Section shall be inapplicable to any claim, demand or
27 cause of action arising under (a) the Workers' Compensation Act
28 or the predecessor Workers' Compensation Act of June 28, 1913,
29 (b) the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act or the predecessor
30 Workers' Occupational Diseases Act of March 16, 1936; and (c)
31 the Wrongful Death Act.
32 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
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1     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
2     Sec. 11-22a. Right of Subrogation. To the extent of the
3 amount of (i) medical assistance provided by the Department to
4 or on behalf of a recipient under Article V or VI, or (ii)
5 health care benefits provided for a child under the Covering
6 ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or (iii) health care benefits
7 provided to a veteran under the Veterans' Health Insurance
8 Program Act, the Department shall be subrogated to any right of
9 recovery such recipient may have under the terms of any private
10 or public health care coverage or casualty coverage, including
11 coverage under the "Workers' Compensation Act", approved July
12 9, 1951, as amended, or the "Workers' Occupational Diseases
13 Act", approved July 9, 1951, as amended, without the necessity
14 of assignment of claim or other authorization to secure the
15 right of recovery to the Department. To enforce its subrogation
16 right, the Department may (i) intervene or join in an action or
17 proceeding brought by the recipient, his or her guardian,
18 personal representative, estate, dependents, or survivors
19 against any person or public or private entity that may be
20 liable; (ii) institute and prosecute legal proceedings against
21 any person or public or private entity that may be liable for
22 the cost of such services; or (iii) institute and prosecute
23 legal proceedings, to the extent necessary to reimburse the
24 Illinois Department for its costs, against any noncustodial
25 parent who (A) is required by court or administrative order to
26 provide insurance or other coverage of the cost of health care
27 services for a child eligible for medical assistance under this
28 Code and (B) has received payment from a third party for the
29 costs of those services but has not used the payments to
30 reimburse either the other parent or the guardian of the child
31 or the provider of the services.
32 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
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1     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
2     Sec. 11-22b. Recoveries.
3     (a) As used in this Section:
4     (1) "Carrier" means any insurer, including any private
5 company, corporation, mutual association, trust fund,
6 reciprocal or interinsurance exchange authorized under the
7 laws of this State to insure persons against liability or
8 injuries caused to another and any insurer providing benefits
9 under a policy of bodily injury liability insurance covering
10 liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a
11 motor vehicle which provides uninsured motorist endorsement or
12 coverage.
13     (2) "Beneficiary" means any person or their dependents who
14 has received benefits or will be provided benefits under this
15 Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or
16 under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act because of an
17 injury for which another person may be liable. It includes such
18 beneficiary's guardian, conservator or other personal
19 representative, his estate or survivors.
20     (b) (1) When benefits are provided or will be provided to a
21 beneficiary under this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS
22 Health Insurance Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance
23 Program Act because of an injury for which another person is
24 liable, or for which a carrier is liable in accordance with the
25 provisions of any policy of insurance issued pursuant to the
26 Illinois Insurance Code, the Illinois Department shall have a
27 right to recover from such person or carrier the reasonable
28 value of benefits so provided. The Attorney General may, to
29 enforce such right, institute and prosecute legal proceedings
30 against the third person or carrier who may be liable for the
31 injury in an appropriate court, either in the name of the
32 Illinois Department or in the name of the injured person, his
33 guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors.
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1             (A) compromise or settle and release any such claim
2         for benefits provided under this Code, or
3             (B) waive any such claims for benefits provided
4         under this Code, in whole or in part, for the
5         convenience of the Department or if the Department
6         determines that collection would result in undue
7         hardship upon the person who suffered the injury or, in
8         a wrongful death action, upon the heirs of the
9         deceased.
10         (3) No action taken on behalf of the Department
11     pursuant to this Section or any judgment rendered in such
12     action shall be a bar to any action upon the claim or cause
13     of action of the beneficiary, his guardian, conservator,
14     personal representative, estate, dependents or survivors
15     against the third person who may be liable for the injury,
16     or shall operate to deny to the beneficiary the recovery
17     for that portion of any damages not covered hereunder.
18     (c) (1) When an action is brought by the Department
19 pursuant to subsection (b), it shall be commenced within the
20 period prescribed by Article XIII of the Code of Civil
21 Procedure.
22         However, the Department may not commence the action
23     prior to 5 months before the end of the applicable period
24     prescribed by Article XIII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
25     Thirty days prior to commencing an action, the Department
26     shall notify the beneficiary of the Department's intent to
27     commence such an action.
28         (2) The death of the beneficiary does not abate any
29     right of action established by subsection (b).
30         (3) When an action or claim is brought by persons
31     entitled to bring such actions or assert such claims
32     against a third person who may be liable for causing the
33     death of a beneficiary, any settlement, judgment or award
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1     reimbursement of the benefits provided to the beneficiary
2     under this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health
3     Insurance Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance
4     Program Act.
5         (4) When the action or claim is brought by the
6     beneficiary alone and the beneficiary incurs a personal
7     liability to pay attorney's fees and costs of litigation,
8     the Department's claim for reimbursement of the benefits
9     provided to the beneficiary shall be the full amount of
10     benefits paid on behalf of the beneficiary under this Code,
11     or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or
12     under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act less a pro
13     rata share which represents the Department's reasonable
14     share of attorney's fees paid by the beneficiary and that
15     portion of the cost of litigation expenses determined by
16     multiplying by the ratio of the full amount of the
17     expenditures of the full amount of the judgment, award or
18     settlement.
19     (d) (1) If either the beneficiary or the Department brings
20 an action or claim against such third party or carrier, the
21 beneficiary or the Department shall within 30 days of filing
22 the action give to the other written notice by personal service
23 or registered mail of the action or claim and of the name of
24 the court in which the action or claim is brought. Proof of
25 such notice shall be filed in such action or claim. If an
26 action or claim is brought by either the Department or the
27 beneficiary, the other may, at any time before trial on the
28 facts, become a party to such action or claim or shall
29 consolidate his action or claim with the other if brought
30 independently.
31         (2) If an action or claim is brought by the Department
32     pursuant to subsection (b)(1), written notice to the
33     beneficiary, guardian, personal representative, estate or
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1     his right to intervene in the proceeding, his right to
2     obtain a private attorney of his choice and the
3     Department's right to recover the reasonable value of the
4     benefits provided.
5     (e) In the event of judgment or award in a suit or claim
6 against such third person or carrier:
7         (1) If the action or claim is prosecuted by the
8     beneficiary alone, the court shall first order paid from
9     any judgment or award the reasonable litigation expenses
10     incurred in preparation and prosecution of such action or
11     claim, together with reasonable attorney's fees, when an
12     attorney has been retained. After payment of such expenses
13     and attorney's fees the court shall, on the application of
14     the Department, allow as a first lien against the amount of
15     such judgment or award the amount of the Department's
16     expenditures for the benefit of the beneficiary under this
17     Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act,
18     or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act, as
19     provided in subsection (c)(4).
20         (2) If the action or claim is prosecuted both by the
21     beneficiary and the Department, the court shall first order
22     paid from any judgment or award the reasonable litigation
23     expenses incurred in preparation and prosecution of such
24     action or claim, together with reasonable attorney's fees
25     for plaintiffs attorneys based solely on the services
26     rendered for the benefit of the beneficiary. After payment
27     of such expenses and attorney's fees, the court shall apply
28     out of the balance of such judgment or award an amount
29     sufficient to reimburse the Department the full amount of
30     benefits paid on behalf of the beneficiary under this Code,
31     or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or
32     under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act.
33     (f) The court shall, upon further application at any time
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1 lien the amount of any expenditures of the Department in
2 payment of additional benefits arising out of the same cause of
3 action or claim provided on behalf of the beneficiary under
4 this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act,
5 or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act, when such
6 benefits were provided or became payable subsequent to the
7 original order.
8     (g) No judgment, award, or settlement in any action or
9 claim by a beneficiary to recover damages for injuries, when
10 the Department has an interest, shall be satisfied without
11 first giving the Department notice and a reasonable opportunity
12 to perfect and satisfy its lien.
13     (h) When the Department has perfected a lien upon a
14 judgment or award in favor of a beneficiary against any third
15 party for an injury for which the beneficiary has received
16 benefits under this Code, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health
17 Insurance Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program
18 Act, the Department shall be entitled to a writ of execution as
19 lien claimant to enforce payment of said lien against such
20 third party with interest and other accruing costs as in the
21 case of other executions. In the event the amount of such
22 judgment or award so recovered has been paid to the
23 beneficiary, the Department shall be entitled to a writ of
24 execution against such beneficiary to the extent of the
25 Department's lien, with interest and other accruing costs as in
26 the case of other executions.
27     (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
28 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire amount
29 of any settlement of the injured beneficiary's action or claim,
30 with or without suit, is subject to the Department's claim for
31 reimbursement of the benefits provided and any lien filed
32 pursuant thereto to the same extent and subject to the same
33 limitations as in Section 11-22 of this Code.
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1     (305 ILCS 5/11-22c)  (from Ch. 23, par. 11-22c)
2     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-693)
3     Sec. 11-22c. (a) As used in this Section, "recipient" means
4 any person receiving financial assistance under Article IV or
5 Article VI of this Code, or receiving health care benefits
6 under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or receiving
7 health care benefits under the Veterans' Health Insurance
8 Program Act.
9     (b) If a recipient maintains any suit, charge or other
10 court or administrative action against an employer seeking back
11 pay for a period during which the recipient received financial
12 assistance under Article IV or Article VI of this Code, or
13 health care benefits under the Covering ALL KIDS Health
14 Insurance Act, or health care benefits under the Veterans'
15 Health Insurance Program Act, the recipient shall report such
16 fact to the Department. To the extent of the amount of
17 assistance provided to or on behalf of the recipient under
18 Article IV or Article VI, or health care benefits provided
19 under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, or health
20 care benefits provided under the Veterans' Health Insurance
21 Program Act, the Department may by intervention or otherwise
22 without the necessity of assignment of claim, attach a lien on
23 the recovery of back wages equal to the amount of assistance
24 provided by the Department to the recipient under Article IV or
25 Article VI, or under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
26 Act, or under the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act.
27 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
28     Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
29 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
30     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.".