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91_SB1624
LRB9112675DJcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by adding
2 Section 5-2.05.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 adding Section 5-2.05 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/5-2.05 new)
8 Sec. 5-2.05. Medical assistance for child care providers.
9 (a) The Illinois Department shall provide medical
10 assistance under this Article to providers of child care
11 services paid for by the Illinois Department under Article
12 IXA who meet the eligibility requirements of this subsection.
13 A provider of child care services in a facility licensed
14 as a day care home or group day care home under the Child
15 Care Act of 1969 is eligible for medical assistance under
16 this subsection if the provider rendered at least $1,800 in
17 child care services paid for by the Illinois Department under
18 Article IXA during a period of 6 consecutive months before
19 applying for medical assistance under this subsection.
20 If the Illinois Department determines that a provider is
21 eligible for medical assistance under this subsection, the
22 Illinois Department shall enroll the provider and the
23 provider's minor children who are living with provider's
24 household in the medical assistance program for the following
25 6 months. The enrolled provider and qualifying children are
26 subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and
27 restrictions of the medical assistance program.
28 (b) The Illinois Department shall establish a health care
29 premium cost-sharing option under the medical assistance
30 program for providers of child care in facilities licensed as
31 a day care center or group home under the Child Care Act of
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1 1969 who provide child care services paid for in whole or in
2 part by the Illinois Department or the Department of Children
3 and Family Services and who meet the eligibility requirements
4 of this subsection.
5 A provider is eligible to participate in the option under
6 this subsection if:
7 (1) the provider demonstrates that it meets the
8 minimum subsidized child care participation rates
9 specified in this subsection for the applicable period;
10 and
11 (2) the provider elects to exercise this health care
12 premium cost-sharing coverage option on behalf of its
13 employees and makes timely payment of the provider's
14 share of the premium.
15 Effective January 1, 2001, if the number of children
16 served by the provider who meet the Illinois Department's
17 child care assistance income guidelines under Article IXA is
18 at least 50% of the enrollment census of the provider, then
19 the provider shall pay 50% of the monthly premiums
20 attributable to the provider's participating employees.
21 Effective July 1, 2001, if the number of children served
22 by the provider who meet the Illinois Department's child care
23 assistance income guidelines under Article IXA is at least
24 40% of the enrollment census of the provider, then the
25 provider shall pay 50% of the monthly premiums attributable
26 to the provider's participating employees.
27 Effective July 1, 2002, if the number of children served
28 by the provider who meet the Illinois Department's child care
29 assistance income guidelines under Article IXA is at least
30 30% of the enrollment census of the provider, then the
31 provider shall pay 50% of the monthly premiums attributable
32 to the provider's participating employees.
33 (c) The Illinois Department shall adopt rules necessary
34 to implement this Section. The rules may include, but need
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1 not be limited to, provisions for enrollment periods and
2 procedures and for the terms, premiums, conditions,
3 limitations, and restrictions of the health care buy-in
4 option under subsection (b).