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.