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91_HB1399

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Children's Health  Insurance  Program
 2    Act by changing Section 20.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Children's Health Insurance  Program  Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

 7        (215 ILCS 106/20)
 8        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2001)
 9        Sec. 20.  Eligibility.
10        (a)  To  be eligible for this Program, a person must be a
11    person who has a child eligible under this  Act  and  who  is
12    eligible  under  a waiver of federal requirements pursuant to
13    an application made pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) of Section
14    40 of this Act or who is a child who:
15             (1)  is a child who  is  not  eligible  for  medical
16        assistance;
17             (2)  is  a  child  whose annual household income, as
18        determined by  the  Department,  is  above  133%  of  the
19        federal poverty level and at or below 185% of the federal
20        poverty level;
21             (3)  is a  resident of the State of Illinois; and
22             (4)  is  a  child  who  is  either  a  United States
23        citizen or included in one of the following categories of
24        non-citizens:
25                  (A)  unmarried dependent children of  either  a
26             United  States  Veteran  honorably  discharged  or a
27             person on active military duty;
28                  (B)  refugees  under   Section   207   of   the
29             Immigration and Nationality Act;
30                  (C)  asylees   under   Section   208   of   the
31             Immigration and Nationality Act;
 
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 1                  (D)  persons  for  whom  deportation  has  been
 2             withheld  under  Section  243(h)  of the Immigration
 3             and Nationality Act;
 4                  (E)  persons granted  conditional  entry  under
 5             Section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality
 6             Act as in effect prior to April 1, 1980;
 7                  (F)  persons  lawfully  admitted  for permanent
 8             residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act;
 9             and
10                  (G)  parolees, for at  least  one  year,  under
11             Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality
12             Act.
13        Those  children  who  are  in the categories set forth in
14    subdivisions (4)(F) and (4)(G) of this subsection, who  enter
15    the  United  States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be
16    eligible for 5 years beginning on the date the child  entered
17    the United States.
18        (b)  A  child  who  is  determined  to  be  eligible  for
19    assistance  shall remain eligible for 12 months, provided the
20    child maintains his or her residence in the  State,  has  not
21    yet attained 19 years of age, and is not excluded pursuant to
22    subsection  (c).   Eligibility  shall be re-determined by the
23    Department at least annually.
24        (c)  A child shall not be  eligible  for  coverage  under
25    this Program if:
26             (1)  the  premium required pursuant to Section 30 of
27        this Act has not been paid.  If the required premiums are
28        not paid the liability of the Program shall be limited to
29        benefits incurred under the Program for the  time  period
30        for  which  premiums  had  been  paid.   If  the required
31        monthly  premium  is  not  paid,  the  child   shall   be
32        ineligible  for  re-enrollment  for a minimum period of 3
33        months.  Re-enrollment shall be completed  prior  to  the
34        next covered medical visit and the first month's required
 
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 1        premium  shall  be  paid  in  advance of the next covered
 2        medical visit.  The  Department  shall  promulgate  rules
 3        regarding grace periods, notice requirements, and hearing
 4        procedures pursuant to this subsection; or
 5             (2)  the  child is an inmate of a public institution
 6        or a patient in an institution for mental diseases.; or
 7             (3)  the child is a  member  of  a  family  that  is
 8        eligible  for  health benefits covered under the State of
 9        Illinois health benefits plan on the basis of a  member's
10        employment with a public agency.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98.)

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