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HB0209 Engrossed |
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LRB095 04577 DRJ 24632 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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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 Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 5-26 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-26 new) |
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| Sec. 5-26. Federal Family Opportunity Act. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "the federal Act" means the |
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| federal Family Opportunity Act, enacted as part of the Deficit |
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| Reduction Act of 2005.
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| (b) The Department of Human Services, in conjunction with |
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| the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, shall |
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| implement the Medical Assistance provisions of the federal Act |
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| as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th General Assembly. |
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| (c) As soon as possible after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Department of |
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| Human Services, in conjunction with the Department of |
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| Healthcare and Family Services, shall take all necessary and |
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| appropriate steps to try to secure (i) any available federal |
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| funds for a demonstration project regarding home and |
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| community-based alternatives to psychiatric residential |
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| treatment facilities for children, as authorized by the federal |