Public Act 095-0248
 		





HB1758 Enrolled
LRB095 03965 DRJ 24057 b






    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 Section 5-2.4 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/5-2.4  new)
    Sec. 5-2.4. Pilot project; certain persons with 
disabilities.
    (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall 
operate a pilot project to determine the effect of raising the 
income and non-exempt asset eligibility thresholds for certain 
persons with disabilities on those persons' ability to maintain 
their homes in the community and avoid institutionalization. 
Enrollment under the pilot project shall be limited to 50 
persons per year. Persons who become eligible under this 
project shall remain eligible for medical assistance unless 
they no longer meet the standards under which they were 
determined eligible under the project. Eligibility for medical 
assistance under this Section shall cease once a person obtains 
other health coverage considered adequate to meet his or her 
health care needs.
    (b) Persons who meet all of the following criteria may be 
enrolled under the pilot project:
        (1) they initially enrolled for medical assistance 
    under paragraph 2(a)(ii) of Section 5-2;
        (2) subsequent to initial enrollment, they are 
    otherwise qualified under paragraph 2(a)(i) of Section 
    5-2, except that their income, as determined by the 
    Department, exceeds 100% of the poverty guidelines updated 
    periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department 
    of Health and Human Services under authority of 42 U.S.C. 
    9902(2) ("the federal poverty income guidelines");
        (3) they were at least 60 years of age but less than 65 
    years of age upon initial enrollment for medical 
    assistance;
        (4) they have income no greater than 200% of the 
    federal poverty income guidelines; and
        (5) they have non-exempt assets no greater than 
    $10,000.
    (c) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely 
implementation of this Section, the Department of Healthcare 
and Family Services may adopt rules necessary to implement this 
Section through the use of emergency rulemaking in accordance 
with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. 
The General Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to 
implement this Section is deemed an emergency and necessary for 
the public interest, safety, and welfare.
    (d) This Section is repealed on June 30, 2012.
 

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