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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 679
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 679 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by changing Section 40 as follows:
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| 7 | (215 ILCS 106/40)
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| 8 | Sec. 40. Waivers.
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| 9 | (a) The Department shall request any necessary waivers of | ||||||
| 10 | federal
requirements in order to allow receipt of federal | ||||||
| 11 | funding for:
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| 12 | (1) the coverage of families with eligible children | ||||||
| 13 | under this Act; and
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| 14 | (2) for the coverage of
children who would otherwise be | ||||||
| 15 | eligible under this Act, but who have health
insurance.
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| 16 | (b) The failure of the responsible federal agency to | ||||||
| 17 | approve a
waiver for children who would otherwise be eligible | ||||||
| 18 | under this Act but who have
health insurance shall not prevent | ||||||
| 19 | the implementation of any Section of this
Act provided that | ||||||
| 20 | there are sufficient appropriated funds.
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| 21 | (c) Eligibility of a person under an approved waiver due to | ||||||
| 22 | the
relationship with a child pursuant to Article V of the | ||||||
| 23 | Illinois Public Aid
Code or this Act shall be limited to such a | ||||||
| 24 | person whose countable income is
determined by the Department | ||||||
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| 1 | to be at or below such income eligibility
standard as the | ||||||
| 2 | Department by rule shall establish. The income level
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| 3 | established by the Department shall not be below 90% of the | ||||||
| 4 | federal
poverty
level. Such persons who are determined to be | ||||||
| 5 | eligible must reapply, or
otherwise establish eligibility, at | ||||||
| 6 | least annually. An eligible person shall
be required, as | ||||||
| 7 | determined by the Department by rule, to report promptly those
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| 8 | changes in income and other circumstances that affect | ||||||
| 9 | eligibility. The
eligibility of a person may be
redetermined | ||||||
| 10 | based on the information reported or may be terminated based on
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| 11 | the failure to report or failure to report accurately. A person | ||||||
| 12 | may also be
held liable to the Department for any payments made | ||||||
| 13 | by the Department on such
person's behalf that were | ||||||
| 14 | inappropriate. An applicant shall be provided with
notice of | ||||||
| 15 | these obligations.
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| 16 | (d) Subject to specific appropriation, the Department | ||||||
| 17 | shall provide outreach grants to community organizations to | ||||||
| 18 | enroll families in the program under this Section.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02; 93-63, eff. 6-30-03.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 21 | 2004.".
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