HB0959 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0959

Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-31 new
305 ILCS 5/5-32 new

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for persons who (i) are eligible for Medicaid and are inpatients in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or (ii) are enrolled in the Illinois Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver program for adults with developmental disabilities and reside in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the Department shall increase the total monthly personal needs allowance to such persons by an amount equal to the total amount of the increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits. As to persons residing in facilities licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, provides that the personal needs allowance shall not be reduced below the rates calculated on January 1, 2013. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Sections 5-31 and 5-32 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-31 new)

Sec. 5-31. Personal needs allowance. For a person who is an inpatient in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act for which payments are made under this Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this Article, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the Department shall increase the total monthly personal needs allowance to the person by an amount equal to the total amount of the increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits.

(305 ILCS 5/5-32 new)

Sec. 5-32. Personal needs allowance. For a person who resides in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this Article and who is enrolled in the Illinois Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver program for adults with developmental disabilities, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits, the Department shall increase the total monthly personal needs allowance to the person by an amount equal to the total amount of the increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security benefits.

The personal needs allowance for persons residing in facilities referenced in this Section shall not be reduced below the rates calculated on January 1, 2013.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.