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 1        AN ACT concerning children's health programs.

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

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

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 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2003)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