SB2000 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2000

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dave Syverson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-2.07

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning use of the Medicaid spend-down.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 5-2.07 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-2.07)

Sec. 5-2.07. Use of Medicaid spend-down. No later than July 1, 2007, subject to federal approval of a State Medicaid Plan amendment, which shall be sought by the the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or its successor agency, persons described in item 2(a) of Section 5-2, who fail to qualify for basic maintenance under Article III of this Code on the basis of need because of excess income or assets, or both, may establish eligibility for medical assistance by paying the amount of their monthly spend-down under this Article (as described in 42 CFR 435.831) to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or its successor agency or by having a third party pay that amount to the Department on their behalf.

(Source: P.A. 94-847, eff. 1-1-07.)