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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0714
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Makes a technical change
in a
Section concerning the authority of the Department of Public Health to pay for
health insurance coverage on behalf of HIV-infected persons.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0714 |
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LRB096 03392 RPM 13415 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Communicable Disease Prevention Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2d as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 315/2d)
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| Sec. 2d.
The
The Illinois Department
of Public Health
may |
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| pay for health
insurance coverage with funds appropriated for |
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| this purpose on behalf of
persons who are infected with the |
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| human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
are eligible for |
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| "continuation coverage" as provided by the federal
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| Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 or group |
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| health
insurance policies. The Illinois Department
of Public |
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| Health
shall adopt rules to establish
income eligibility |
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| requirements for participation in this health insurance
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| coverage program. The Illinois Department
of Public Health
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| shall also adopt rules and
regulations to administer this |
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| program that are in compliance with the
requirements of the |
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| federal Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency Act |
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| of 1990. |
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| (Source: P.A. 92-275, eff. 8-7-01.)
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