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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB0549 Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning case management services.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0549 | | LRB103 04119 KTG 49125 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-16.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-16.2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-16.2. Long range plan for case management. The
The |
| 8 | | Illinois Department
shall develop a long range plan for the |
| 9 | | implementation of case management
services, as defined in |
| 10 | | Section 5-16.1 of this Act, throughout Illinois. The
long |
| 11 | | range plan shall include: (i) a geographic overview of the |
| 12 | | State and the
proportion, as determined by the Department of |
| 13 | | Public Aid and the Department of
Public Health records, of |
| 14 | | Medicaid eligible pregnant or parenting girls under
17 years |
| 15 | | of age at the time of the initial assessment; (ii) |
| 16 | | identification of
high proportion areas; (iii) goals for |
| 17 | | reducing the likelihood of long-term
welfare dependency; (iv) |
| 18 | | the time frames for accomplishing the identified
goals; and |
| 19 | | (v) specific recommendations for administrative or legislative
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| 20 | | policies and programs necessary to complete the identified |
| 21 | | goals. The long
range plan shall take into consideration other |
| 22 | | resources currently serving the
identified population. The |
| 23 | | long range plan shall be completed no later than
July 1, 1994, |