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91_HB2170

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Children's Health Insurance Program
 2    Act by changing Section 5.

 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 5 as follows:

 7        (215 ILCS 106/5)
 8        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2001)
 9        Sec. 5.  Legislative intent.  The General Assembly  finds
10    that,  for the economic and social benefit of all citizens of
11    the State of Illinois, it is important to  enable  low-income
12    children  of  this  State,  to the extent funding permits, to
13    access health benefits coverage, especially preventive health
14    care.  The General Assembly  recognizes  that  assistance  to
15    help   families   purchase  health  benefits  for  low-income
16    children must be provided in a fair and equitable fashion and
17    must treat all children at the same income level in a similar
18    fashion.   The  State  of  Illinois  should  help  low-income
19    families  transition  from  a  health   care   system   where
20    government  partners with families to provide health benefits
21    to low-income children to a system where families with higher
22    incomes eventually transition into private or employer  based
23    health  plans.   This  Act  is  not  intended  to  create  an
24    entitlement.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98.)

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