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90_HB3835

      305 ILCS 5/3-1            from Ch. 23, par. 3-1
          Amends the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   In  provisions
      regarding  the Aid to the  Aged, Blind, and Disabled program,
      provides that financial aid shall be available  under    this
      program  to  persons  who  are  noncitizens  who were legally
      present in the United  States before August 22, 1996, who are
      age 65 or older, and who  were  found  ineligible    for  SSI
      because   they   did   not   meet  the  disability  standard,
      notwithstanding that these  persons  are  otherwise  excluded
      from   eligibility  under  this  Code  in  other  provisions.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by  changing
 2    Section 3-1.
 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    changing Section 3-1 as follows:
 7        (305 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-1)
 8        Sec.  3-1.   Eligibility  Requirements.  Financial aid in
 9    meeting  basic  maintenance  requirements  for  a  livelihood
10    compatible with health and well-being shall  be  given  under
11    this  Article  to  or  in  behalf of aged, blind, or disabled
12    persons who meet the eligibility conditions of Sections 3-1.1
13    through 3-1.7. Financial aid  under  this  Article  shall  be
14    available only for persons (i) who are receiving Supplemental
15    Security Income (SSI), (ii) or who have been found ineligible
16    for  SSI  on  the  basis  of income, or (iii) notwithstanding
17    Section 1-11 of this  Code,  who  are  noncitizens  who  were
18    legally  present in the United States before August 22, 1996,
19    who are age 65 or older, and who were  found  ineligible  for
20    SSI because they did not meet the disability standard.
21        "Aged  person" means a person who has attained age 65, as
22    demonstrated  by  such  evidence  of  age  as  the   Illinois
23    Department may by rule prescribe.
24        "Blind  person" means a person who has no vision or whose
25    vision with corrective glasses is so defective as to  prevent
26    the  performance  of  ordinary  duties  or  tasks  for  which
27    eyesight  is  essential. The Illinois Department shall define
28    blindness in  terms  of  ophthalmic  measurements  or  ocular
29    conditions.   For  purposes of this Act, an Illinois Disabled
30    Person Identification Card issued pursuant  to  The  Illinois
31    Identification  Card  Act, indicating that the person thereon
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 1    named has a Type 3 disability shall  be  evidence  that  such
 2    person  is a blind person within the meaning of this Section;
 3    however, such a card shall not qualify such person for aid as
 4    a blind person under this Act, and eligibility for aid  as  a
 5    blind person shall be determined as provided in this Act.
 6        "Disabled person" means a person age 18 or over who has a
 7    physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss which is of a
 8    permanent  nature and which substantially impairs his ability
 9    to  perform  labor  or  services  or  to  engage  in   useful
10    occupations  for which he is qualified, as determined by rule
11    and regulation of the Illinois Department.  For  purposes  of
12    this  Act,  an  Illinois  Disabled Person Identification Card
13    issued pursuant to  The  Illinois  Identification  Card  Act,
14    indicating  that  the person thereon named has a Type 1 or 2,
15    Class 2 disability shall be evidence that such  person  is  a
16    disabled  person  under  this  Section;  however, such a card
17    shall not qualify such person for aid as  a  disabled  person
18    under  this Act, and eligibility for aid as a disabled person
19    shall be determined as provided in this Act.  If federal  law
20    or  regulation  permit  or  require the inclusion of blind or
21    disabled persons whose blindness or disability is not of  the
22    degree  specified  in the foregoing definitions, or permit or
23    require the inclusion of disabled persons  under  age  18  or
24    aged  persons  under  age  65,  the Illinois Department, upon
25    written approval of the Governor, may provide  by  rule  that
26    all  aged, blind or disabled persons toward whose aid federal
27    funds are available be eligible  for  assistance  under  this
28    Article   as  is  given  to  those  who  meet  the  foregoing
29    definitions of blind  person  and  disabled  person  or  aged
30    person.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)
32        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
33    becoming law.

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