97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6173

 

Introduced , by Rep. André M. Thapedi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the 2-year moratorium on eligibility expansions does not apply to expansions approved by the federal government that are financed entirely by units of local government and federal matching funds. Regarding classes of persons eligible under the Medical Assistance Program, deletes provisions extending eligibility to persons who are under age 21 and would qualify as disabled as defined under the Federal SSI Program, under certain conditions. Regarding eligibility under the Family Care program, provides that on and after July 1, 2012 (rather than through December 31, 2013), eligibility shall extend to a caretaker relative who is 19 years of age or older when countable income is at or below 133% (rather than 185%) of the Federal Poverty Level Guidelines for the appropriate family size. Makes other changes regarding eligibility under the Family Care program. Extends eligibility to persons who, pursuant to a waiver approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are eligible for medical assistance under Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules concerning the waiver program. Provides that if the United States Supreme Court holds Title II, Subtitle A, Section 2001(a) of Public Law 111-148 to be unconstitutional, or if a holding of Public Law 111-148 makes Medicaid eligibility allowed under Section 2001(a) inoperable, or if an Act of Congress that becomes a Public Law eliminates Section 2001(a) of Public Law 111-148, the State or a unit of local government shall be prohibited from enrolling individuals in the Medical Assistance Program as the result of federal approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Sections 5-1.4, 5-2.03, 5-2, 15-1, 15-2, 15-5, and
615-11 as follows:
 
7    (305 ILCS 5/5-1.4)
8    Sec. 5-1.4. Moratorium on eligibility expansions.
9Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1096th General Assembly, there shall be a 2-year moratorium on
11the expansion of eligibility through increasing financial
12eligibility standards, or through increasing income
13disregards, or through the creation of new programs which would
14add new categories of eligible individuals under the medical
15assistance program in addition to those categories covered on
16January 1, 2011. This moratorium shall not apply to expansions
17required as a federal condition of State participation in the
18medical assistance program or to expansions approved by the
19federal government that are financed entirely by units of local
20government and federal matching funds. If the State of Illinois
21finds that the State has borne a cost related to such an
22expansion, the unit of local government shall reimburse the
23State. All federal funds associated with an expansion funded by

 

 

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1a unit of local government shall be returned to the health care
2provider. Within 10 calendar days of the effective date of this
3amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Department of
4Healthcare and Family Services shall formally advise the
5Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the passage of
6this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The State is
7prohibited from submitting additional waiver requests that
8expand or allow for an increase in the classes of persons
9eligible for medical assistance under this Article to the
10federal government for its consideration beginning on the 20th
11calendar day following the effective date of this amendatory
12Act of the 97th General Assembly until January 25, 2013.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.)
 
14    (305 ILCS 5/5-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
15    Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance
16under this Article shall be available to any of the following
17classes of persons in respect to whom a plan for coverage has
18been submitted to the Governor by the Illinois Department and
19approved by him:
20        1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under
21    Articles III and IV.
22        2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance
23    under Articles III and IV, excluding any eligibility
24    requirements that are inconsistent with any federal law or
25    federal regulation, as interpreted by the U.S. Department

 

 

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1    of Health and Human Services, but who fail to qualify
2    thereunder on the basis of need or who qualify but are not
3    receiving basic maintenance under Article IV, and who have
4    insufficient income and resources to meet the costs of
5    necessary medical care, including but not limited to the
6    following:
7            (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic
8        maintenance under Article III but who fail to qualify
9        under that Article on the basis of need and who meet
10        either of the following requirements:
11                (i) their income, as determined by the
12            Illinois Department in accordance with any federal
13            requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in
14            fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in
15            fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
16            by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
17            than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
18            Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
19            poverty line, as defined by the federal Office of
20            Management and Budget and revised annually in
21            accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus
22            Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to
23            families of the same size; or
24                (ii) their income, after the deduction of
25            costs incurred for medical care and for other types
26            of remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in

 

 

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1            fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in
2            fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
3            by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
4            than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
5            Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
6            poverty line, as defined in item (i) of this
7            subparagraph (a).
8            (b) All persons who, excluding any eligibility
9        requirements that are inconsistent with any federal
10        law or federal regulation, as interpreted by the U.S.
11        Department of Health and Human Services, would be
12        determined eligible for such basic maintenance under
13        Article IV by disregarding the maximum earned income
14        permitted by federal law.
15        3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the
16    Medically Indigent under Article VII.
17        4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding
18    paragraphs who fall sick, are injured, or die, not having
19    sufficient money, property or other resources to meet the
20    costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
21    expenses.
22        5.(a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact of
23    pregnancy has been determined by medical diagnosis, and
24    during the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the
25    pregnancy, together with their infants and children born
26    after September 30, 1983, whose income and resources are

 

 

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1    insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
2    the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the Federal
3    Social Security Act.
4        (b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall
5    provide a plan for coverage of the persons eligible under
6    paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such plan shall provide
7    ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
8    presumptive eligibility period and establish an income
9    eligibility standard that is equal to 133% of the nonfarm
10    income official poverty line, as defined by the federal
11    Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
12    accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
13    Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to families of the
14    same size, provided that costs incurred for medical care
15    are not taken into account in determining such income
16    eligibility.
17        (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a
18    demonstration in at least one county that will provide
19    medical assistance to pregnant women, together with their
20    infants and children up to one year of age, where the
21    income eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the
22    nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the
23    federal Office of Management and Budget. The Illinois
24    Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
25    provided under federal law to implement such a
26    demonstration. Such demonstration may establish resource

 

 

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1    standards that are not more restrictive than those
2    established under Article IV of this Code.
3        6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as
4    dependent under Article IV and who have insufficient income
5    and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical care
6    to the maximum extent permitted under Title XIX of the
7    Federal Social Security Act.
8        7. (Blank). Persons who are under 21 years of age and
9    would qualify as disabled as defined under the Federal
10    Supplemental Security Income Program, provided medical
11    service for such persons would be eligible for Federal
12    Financial Participation, and provided the Illinois
13    Department determines that:
14            (a) the person requires a level of care provided by
15        a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate
16        care facility, as determined by a physician licensed to
17        practice medicine in all its branches;
18            (b) it is appropriate to provide such care outside
19        of an institution, as determined by a physician
20        licensed to practice medicine in all its branches;
21            (c) the estimated amount which would be expended
22        for care outside the institution is not greater than
23        the estimated amount which would be expended in an
24        institution.
25        8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance
26    assistance under Article IV of this Code in programs

 

 

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1    administered by the Illinois Department due to employment
2    earnings and persons in assistance units comprised of
3    adults and children who become ineligible for basic
4    maintenance assistance under Article VI of this Code due to
5    employment earnings. The plan for coverage for this class
6    of persons shall:
7            (a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up
8        to 12 months following termination of basic
9        maintenance assistance; and
10            (b) offer persons who have initially received 6
11        months of the coverage provided in paragraph (a) above,
12        the option of receiving an additional 6 months of
13        coverage, subject to the following:
14                (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to
15            provisions of the federal Social Security Act;
16                (ii) such coverage shall include all services
17            covered while the person was eligible for basic
18            maintenance assistance;
19                (iii) no premium shall be charged for such
20            coverage; and
21                (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the
22            event of a person's failure without good cause to
23            file in a timely fashion reports required for this
24            coverage under the Social Security Act and
25            coverage shall be reinstated upon the filing of
26            such reports if the person remains otherwise

 

 

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1            eligible.
2        9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
3    (AIDS) or with AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom
4    there has been a determination that but for home or
5    community-based services such individuals would require
6    the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital,
7    skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility the
8    cost of which is reimbursed under this Article. Assistance
9    shall be provided to such persons to the maximum extent
10    permitted under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security
11    Act.
12        10. Participants in the long-term care insurance
13    partnership program established under the Illinois
14    Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act who meet the
15    qualifications for protection of resources described in
16    Section 15 of that Act.
17        11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and
18    eligible for Medicaid, pursuant to Section
19    1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, and,
20    subject to federal approval, persons with a medically
21    improved disability who are employed and eligible for
22    Medicaid pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xvi) of
23    the Social Security Act, as provided by the Illinois
24    Department by rule. In establishing eligibility standards
25    under this paragraph 11, the Department shall, subject to
26    federal approval:

 

 

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1            (a) set the income eligibility standard at not
2        lower than 350% of the federal poverty level;
3            (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person
4        cannot access without penalty before the age of 59 1/2,
5        and medical savings accounts established pursuant to
6        26 U.S.C. 220;
7            (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to
8        those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility
9        under this paragraph 11; and
10            (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in
11        determining the eligibility of the person under this
12        Article even if the person loses eligibility under this
13        paragraph 11.
14        12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are
15    eligible for medical assistance coverage under applicable
16    provisions of the federal Social Security Act and the
17    federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and
18    Treatment Act of 2000. Those eligible persons are defined
19    to include, but not be limited to, the following persons:
20            (1) persons who have been screened for breast or
21        cervical cancer under the U.S. Centers for Disease
22        Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
23        Program established under Title XV of the federal
24        Public Health Services Act in accordance with the
25        requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as
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1        Health; and
2            (2) persons whose screenings under the above
3        program were funded in whole or in part by funds
4        appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public
5        Health for breast or cervical cancer screening.
6        "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be
7    identical to the benefits provided under the State's
8    approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
9    The Department must request federal approval of the
10    coverage under this paragraph 12 within 30 days after the
11    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
12    Assembly.
13        In addition to the persons who are eligible for medical
14    assistance pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this
15    paragraph 12, and to be paid from funds appropriated to the
16    Department for its medical programs, any uninsured person
17    as defined by the Department in rules residing in Illinois
18    who is younger than 65 years of age, who has been screened
19    for breast and cervical cancer in accordance with standards
20    and procedures adopted by the Department of Public Health
21    for screening, and who is referred to the Department by the
22    Department of Public Health as being in need of treatment
23    for breast or cervical cancer is eligible for medical
24    assistance benefits that are consistent with the benefits
25    provided to those persons described in subparagraphs (1)
26    and (2). Medical assistance coverage for the persons who

 

 

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1    are eligible under the preceding sentence is not dependent
2    on federal approval, but federal moneys may be used to pay
3    for services provided under that coverage upon federal
4    approval.
5        13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval,
6    persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible
7    under this Article and who qualify for services covered
8    under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department
9    by rule.
10        14. Subject to the availability of funds for this
11    purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this
12    Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not
13    eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who meet
14    the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this Section and
15    (i) have an application for asylum pending before the
16    federal Department of Homeland Security or on appeal before
17    a court of competent jurisdiction and are represented
18    either by counsel or by an advocate accredited by the
19    federal Department of Homeland Security and employed by a
20    not-for-profit organization in regard to that application
21    or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services through a
22    federally funded torture treatment center. Medical
23    coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided for up to
24    24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date so
25    long as an individual continues to satisfy the criteria of
26    this paragraph 14. If an individual has an appeal pending

 

 

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1    regarding an application for asylum before the Department
2    of Homeland Security, eligibility under this paragraph 14
3    may be extended until a final decision is rendered on the
4    appeal. The Department may adopt rules governing the
5    implementation of this paragraph 14.
6        15. Family Care Eligibility.
7            (a) On and after July 1, 2012 Through December 31,
8        2013, a caretaker relative who is 19 years of age or
9        older when countable income is at or below 133% 185% of
10        the Federal Poverty Level Guidelines, as published
11        annually in the Federal Register, for the appropriate
12        family size. Beginning January 1, 2014, a caretaker
13        relative who is 19 years of age or older when countable
14        income is at or below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level
15        Guidelines, as published annually in the Federal
16        Register, for the appropriate family size. A person may
17        not spend down to become eligible under this paragraph
18        15.
19            (b) Eligibility shall be reviewed annually.
20            (c) (Blank). Caretaker relatives enrolled under
21        this paragraph 15 in families with countable income
22        above 150% and at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty
23        Level Guidelines shall be counted as family members and
24        pay premiums as established under the Children's
25        Health Insurance Program Act.
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1        payable to the Department or its authorized agent, on a
2        monthly basis.
3            (e) (Blank). The premium due date is the last day
4        of the month preceding the month of coverage.
5            (f) (Blank). Individuals shall have a grace period
6        through 60 days of coverage to pay the premium.
7            (g) (Blank). Failure to pay the full monthly
8        premium by the last day of the grace period shall
9        result in termination of coverage.
10            (h) (Blank). Partial premium payments shall not be
11        refunded.
12            (i) Following termination of an individual's
13        coverage under this paragraph 15, the individual must
14        be determined eligible before the person can be
15        re-enrolled. following action is required before the
16        individual can be re-enrolled:
17                (1) A new application must be completed and the
18            individual must be determined otherwise eligible.
19                (2) There must be full payment of premiums due
20            under this Code, the Children's Health Insurance
21            Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health
22            Insurance Act, or any other healthcare program
23            administered by the Department for periods in
24            which a premium was owed and not paid for the
25            individual.
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1            there was an unpaid premium on the date the
2            individual's previous coverage was canceled.
3        The Department is authorized to implement the
4    provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
5    Assembly by adopting the medical assistance rules in effect
6    as of October 1, 2007, at 89 Ill. Admin. Code 125, and at
7    89 Ill. Admin. Code 120.32 along with only those changes
8    necessary to conform to federal Medicaid requirements,
9    federal laws, and federal regulations, including but not
10    limited to Section 1931 of the Social Security Act (42
11    U.S.C. Sec. 1396u-1), as interpreted by the U.S. Department
12    of Health and Human Services, and the countable income
13    eligibility standard authorized by this paragraph 15. The
14    Department may not otherwise adopt any rule to implement
15    this increase except as authorized by law, to meet the
16    eligibility standards authorized by the federal government
17    in the Medicaid State Plan or the Title XXI Plan, or to
18    meet an order from the federal government or any court.
19        16. Subject to appropriation, uninsured persons who
20    are not otherwise eligible under this Section who have been
21    certified and referred by the Department of Public Health
22    as having been screened and found to need diagnostic
23    evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic evaluation and
24    treatment, for prostate or testicular cancer. For the
25    purposes of this paragraph 16, uninsured persons are those
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1    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or
2    have otherwise exhausted any insurance benefits they may
3    have had, for prostate or testicular cancer diagnostic
4    evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic evaluation and
5    treatment. To be eligible, a person must furnish a Social
6    Security number. A person's assets are exempt from
7    consideration in determining eligibility under this
8    paragraph 16. Such persons shall be eligible for medical
9    assistance under this paragraph 16 for so long as they need
10    treatment for the cancer. A person shall be considered to
11    need treatment if, in the opinion of the person's treating
12    physician, the person requires therapy directed toward
13    cure or palliation of prostate or testicular cancer,
14    including recurrent metastatic cancer that is a known or
15    presumed complication of prostate or testicular cancer and
16    complications resulting from the treatment modalities
17    themselves. Persons who require only routine monitoring
18    services are not considered to need treatment. "Medical
19    assistance" under this paragraph 16 shall be identical to
20    the benefits provided under the State's approved plan under
21    Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Notwithstanding any
22    other provision of law, the Department (i) does not have a
23    claim against the estate of a deceased recipient of
24    services under this paragraph 16 and (ii) does not have a
25    lien against any homestead property or other legal or
26    equitable real property interest owned by a recipient of

 

 

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1    services under this paragraph 16.
2        17. Persons who, pursuant to a waiver approved by the
3    Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
4    Services, are eligible for medical assistance under Title
5    XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
6    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code and
7    consistent with the terms of the approved waiver, the
8    Illinois Department, may by rule:
9            (a) Limit the geographic areas in which the waiver
10        program operates.
11            (b) Determine the scope, quantity, duration, and
12        quality, and the rate and method of reimbursement, of
13        the medical services to be provided, which may differ
14        from those for other classes of persons eligible for
15        assistance under this Article.
16            (c) Restrict the persons' freedom in choice of
17        providers.
18    In implementing the provisions of Public Act 96-20, the
19Department is authorized to adopt only those rules necessary,
20including emergency rules. Nothing in Public Act 96-20 permits
21the Department to adopt rules or issue a decision that expands
22eligibility for the FamilyCare Program to a person whose income
23exceeds 185% of the Federal Poverty Level as determined from
24time to time by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
25Services, unless the Department is provided with express
26statutory authority.

 

 

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1    The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a
2plan for coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as
3soon as possible after July 1, 1984.
4    The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance
5under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
6under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
7Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or any distributions
8or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of
9paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois
10Income Tax Act. The Department shall by rule establish the
11amounts of assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility
12for medical assistance, which shall at a minimum equal the
13amounts to be disregarded under the Federal Supplemental
14Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a single
15person to be disregarded shall not be less than $2,000, and the
16amount of assets of a married couple to be disregarded shall
17not be less than $3,000.
18    To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found
19guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA shall be
20ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as
21provided in Section 8A-8.
22    The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under
23this Article shall not be affected by the receipt by the person
24of donations or benefits from fundraisers held for the person
25in cases of serious illness, as long as neither the person nor
26members of the person's family have actual control over the

 

 

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1donations or benefits or the disbursement of the donations or
2benefits.
3    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if the
4United States Supreme Court holds Title II, Subtitle A, Section
52001(a) of Public Law 111-148 to be unconstitutional, or if a
6holding of Public Law 111-148 makes Medicaid eligibility
7allowed under Section 2001(a) inoperable, the State or a unit
8of local government shall be prohibited from enrolling
9individuals in the Medical Assistance Program as the result of
10federal approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after the
11effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
12Assembly, and any individuals enrolled in the Medical
13Assistance Program pursuant to eligibility permitted as a
14result of such a State Medicaid waiver shall become immediately
15ineligible.
16    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if an Act
17of Congress that becomes a Public Law eliminates Section
182001(a) of Public Law 111-148, the State or a unit of local
19government shall be prohibited from enrolling individuals in
20the Medical Assistance Program as the result of federal
21approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after the effective
22date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and
23any individuals enrolled in the Medical Assistance Program
24pursuant to eligibility permitted as a result of such a State
25Medicaid waiver shall become immediately ineligible.
26(Source: P.A. 96-20, eff. 6-30-09; 96-181, eff. 8-10-09;

 

 

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196-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-567, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
27-2-10; 96-1123, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1270, eff. 7-26-10; 97-48,
3eff. 6-28-11; 97-74, eff. 6-30-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11;
4revised 10-4-11.)
 
5    (305 ILCS 5/5-2.03)
6    Sec. 5-2.03. Presumptive eligibility. Beginning on the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
8Assembly and except where federal law requires presumptive
9eligibility, no adult may be presumed eligible for medical
10assistance under this Code and the Department may not cover any
11service rendered to an adult unless the adult has completed an
12application for benefits, all required verifications have been
13received, and the Department or its designee has found the
14adult eligible for the date on which that service was provided.
15Nothing in this Section shall apply to pregnant women or to
16persons enrolled under the medical assistance program due to
17expansions approved by the federal government that are financed
18entirely by units of local government and federal matching
19funds.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.)
 
21    (305 ILCS 5/15-1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 15-1)
22    Sec. 15-1. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the
23context requires otherwise:
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1by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days
2represented by the payments in question and the denominator of
3which is 365.
4    (a-5) "County provider" means a health care provider that
5is, or is operated by, a county with a population greater than
63,000,000.
7    (b) "Fund" means the County Provider Trust Fund.
8    (c) "Hospital" or "County hospital" means a hospital, as
9defined in Section 14-1 of this Code, which is a county
10hospital located in a county of over 3,000,000 population.
11(Source: P.A. 87-13; 88-85; 88-554, eff. 7-26-94.)
 
12    (305 ILCS 5/15-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 15-2)
13    Sec. 15-2. County Provider Trust Fund.
14    (a) There is created in the State Treasury the County
15Provider Trust Fund. Interest earned by the Fund shall be
16credited to the Fund. The Fund shall not be used to replace any
17funds appropriated to the Medicaid program by the General
18Assembly.
19    (b) The Fund is created solely for the purposes of
20receiving, investing, and distributing monies in accordance
21with this Article XV. The Fund shall consist of:
22        (1) All monies collected or received by the Illinois
23    Department under Section 15-3 of this Code;
24        (2) All federal financial participation monies
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1    of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396b, attributable
2    to eligible expenditures made by the Illinois Department
3    pursuant to Section 15-5 of this Code;
4        (3) All federal moneys received by the Illinois
5    Department pursuant to Title XXI of the Social Security Act
6    attributable to eligible expenditures made by the Illinois
7    Department pursuant to Section 15-5 of this Code; and
8        (4) All other monies received by the Fund from any
9    source, including interest thereon.
10    (c) Disbursements from the Fund shall be by warrants drawn
11by the State Comptroller upon receipt of vouchers duly executed
12and certified by the Illinois Department and shall be made
13only:
14        (1) For hospital inpatient care, hospital outpatient
15    care, care provided by other outpatient facilities
16    operated by a county, and disproportionate share hospital
17    adjustment payments made under Title XIX of the Social
18    Security Act and Article V of this Code as required by
19    Section 15-5 of this Code;
20        (1.5) For services provided or purchased by county
21    providers pursuant to Section 5-11 of this Code;
22        (2) For the reimbursement of administrative expenses
23    incurred by county providers on behalf of the Illinois
24    Department as permitted by Section 15-4 of this Code;
25        (3) For the reimbursement of monies received by the
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1        (4) For the payment of administrative expenses
2    necessarily incurred by the Illinois Department or its
3    agent in performing the activities required by this Article
4    XV;
5        (5) For the payment of any amounts that are
6    reimbursable to the federal government, attributable
7    solely to the Fund, and required to be paid by State
8    warrant; and
9        (6) For hospital inpatient care, hospital outpatient
10    care, care provided by other outpatient facilities
11    operated by a county, and disproportionate share hospital
12    adjustment payments made under Title XXI of the Social
13    Security Act, pursuant to Section 15-5 of this Code.
14        (7) For medical care and related services provided
15    pursuant to a contract with a county.
16(Source: P.A. 95-859, eff. 8-19-08.)
 
17    (305 ILCS 5/15-5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 15-5)
18    Sec. 15-5. Disbursements from the Fund.
19    (a) The monies in the Fund shall be disbursed only as
20provided in Section 15-2 of this Code and as follows:
21        (1) To the extent that such costs are reimbursable
22    under federal law, to pay the county hospitals' inpatient
23    reimbursement rates based on actual costs incurred,
24    trended forward annually by an inflation index.
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1    under federal law, to pay county hospitals and county
2    operated outpatient facilities for outpatient services
3    based on a federally approved methodology to cover the
4    maximum allowable costs.
5        (3) To pay the county hospitals disproportionate share
6    hospital adjustment payments as may be specified in the
7    Illinois Title XIX State plan.
8        (3.5) To pay county providers for services provided or
9    purchased pursuant to Section 5-11 of this Code.
10        (4) To reimburse the county providers for expenses
11    contractually assumed pursuant to Section 15-4 of this
12    Code.
13        (5) To pay the Illinois Department its necessary
14    administrative expenses relative to the Fund and other
15    amounts agreed to, if any, by the county providers in the
16    agreement provided for in subsection (c).
17        (6) To pay the county providers any other amount due
18    according to a federally approved State plan, including but
19    not limited to payments made under the provisions of
20    Section 701(d)(3)(B) of the federal Medicare, Medicaid,
21    and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000.
22    Intergovernmental transfers supporting payments under this
23    paragraph (6) shall not be subject to the computation
24    described in subsection (a) of Section 15-3 of this Code,
25    but shall be computed as the difference between the total
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1    providers less any amount of federal financial
2    participation due the Illinois Department under Titles XIX
3    and XXI of the Social Security Act as a result of such
4    payments to county providers.
5    (b) The Illinois Department shall promptly seek all
6appropriate amendments to the Illinois Title XIX State Plan to
7maximize reimbursement, including disproportionate share
8hospital adjustment payments, to the county providers.
9    (c) (Blank).
10    (d) The payments provided for herein are intended to cover
11services rendered on and after July 1, 1991, and any agreement
12executed between a qualifying county and the Illinois
13Department pursuant to this Section may relate back to that
14date, provided the Illinois Department obtains federal
15approval. Any changes in payment rates resulting from the
16provisions of Article 3 of this amendatory Act of 1992 are
17intended to apply to services rendered on or after October 1,
181992, and any agreement executed between a qualifying county
19and the Illinois Department pursuant to this Section may be
20effective as of that date.
21    (e) If one or more hospitals file suit in any court
22challenging any part of this Article XV, payments to hospitals
23from the Fund under this Article XV shall be made only to the
24extent that sufficient monies are available in the Fund and
25only to the extent that any monies in the Fund are not
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1order of the court.
2    (f) All payments under this Section are contingent upon
3federal approval of changes to the Title XIX State plan, if
4that approval is required.
5(Source: P.A. 95-859, eff. 8-19-08.)
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/15-11)
7    Sec. 15-11. Uses of State funds.
8    (a) At any point, if State revenues referenced in
9subsection (b) or (c) of Section 15-10 or additional State
10grants are disbursed to the Cook County Health and Hospitals
11System, all funds may be used only for the following:
12        (1) medical services provided at hospitals or clinics
13    owned and operated by the Cook County Health and Hospitals
14    System Bureau of Health Services; or
15        (2) information technology to enhance billing
16    capabilities for medical claiming and reimbursement; or .
17        (3) services purchased by county providers pursuant to
18    Section 5-11 of this Code.
19    (b) State funds may not be used for the following:
20        (1) non-clinical services, except services that may be
21    required by accreditation bodies or State or federal
22    regulatory or licensing authorities;
23        (2) non-clinical support staff, except as pursuant to
24    paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
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1    medical technology, except for capital improvements that
2    may be required by accreditation bodies or State or federal
3    regulatory or licensing authorities.
4(Source: P.A. 95-859, eff. 8-19-08.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    305 ILCS 5/5-1.4
4    305 ILCS 5/5-2from Ch. 23, par. 5-2
5    305 ILCS 5/5-2.03
6    305 ILCS 5/15-1from Ch. 23, par. 15-1
7    305 ILCS 5/15-2from Ch. 23, par. 15-2
8    305 ILCS 5/15-5from Ch. 23, par. 15-5
9    305 ILCS 5/15-11