93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB7028


 
Introduced 02/09/04, by Patricia Reid Lindner - Angelo Saviano - Elizabeth Coulson - Patricia R. Bellock, Sidney H. Mathias, et al.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














215 ILCS 106/40









    Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Aid to request any necessary waivers of federal requirements in order to allow receipt of federal funding for screening for mental illness in at-risk children, including but not limited to homeless youth, juvenile offenders, and those with special health needs who might not otherwise be eligible under this Act. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning insurance.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 40 as follows:
 



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    (215 ILCS 106/40)



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    Sec. 40. Waivers. 

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    (a) The Department shall request any necessary waivers of 
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federal
requirements in order to allow receipt of federal 
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funding for:


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        (1) the coverage of families with eligible children 
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    under this Act; and


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        (2) for the coverage of
children who would otherwise be 
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    eligible under this Act, but who have health
insurance; 
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    and .

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        (3) screening for mental illness in at-risk children, 
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    including but not limited to homeless youth, juvenile 
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    offenders, and those with special health needs who might 
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    not otherwise be eligible under this Act.

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    The Department must seek the waiver under item (3) of this 
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subsection  no later than July 1, 2004.

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    (b) The failure of the responsible federal agency to 
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approve a
waiver for children who would otherwise be eligible 
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under this Act but who have
health insurance shall not prevent 
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the implementation of any Section of this
Act provided that 
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there are sufficient appropriated funds.

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    (c) Eligibility of a person under an approved waiver due to 
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the
relationship with a child pursuant to Article V of the 
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Illinois Public Aid
Code or this Act shall be limited to such a 
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person whose countable income is
determined by the Department 
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to be at or below such income eligibility
standard as the 
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Department by rule shall establish.  The income level

 


 






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established by the Department shall not be below 90% of the 
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federal
poverty
level.  Such persons who are determined to be 
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eligible must reapply, or
otherwise establish eligibility, at 
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least annually.  An eligible person shall
be required, as 
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determined by the Department by rule, to report promptly those

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changes in income and other circumstances that affect 
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eligibility.  The
eligibility of a person may be
redetermined 
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based on the information reported or may be terminated based on

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the failure to report or failure to report accurately.  A person 
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may also be
held liable to the Department for any payments made 
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by the Department on such
person's behalf that were 
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inappropriate.  An applicant shall be provided with
notice of 
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these obligations.

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(Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02; 93-63, eff. 6-30-03.)

 

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