093_HB2480
LRB093 08056 DRJ 08257 b
1 AN ACT in relation to public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 adding Section 5-2.4 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/5-2.4 new)
7 Sec. 5-2.4. Determination of spend-down eligibility. In
8 the case of community-based services, long-term care
9 services, and services received in a supportive living
10 facility described in Section 5-5.01a, when determining
11 whether a person has met a spend-down requirement for
12 eligibility under paragraph 2 of Section 5-2, the Department
13 of Public Aid shall allow bills for those services at the
14 maximum allowable Medicaid rate for community-based services
15 funded by the Department of Human Services, regardless of the
16 amount actually paid by the person for the services, if any,
17 and regardless of any grant received by the provider of the
18 services.
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.