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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 | adding Section 12-4.7e as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7e new)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-4.7e. Cross-Agency Medicaid Recoupment Commission. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Cross-Agency Medicaid Recoupment Commission is | ||||||
| 9 | created within the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
| 10 | Services. The Commission shall consist of the following 8 | ||||||
| 11 | members: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) The Director of Healthcare and Family Services or | ||||||
| 13 | his or her designee; and a representative of vendors of | ||||||
| 14 | goods or services to individuals or families who are | ||||||
| 15 | eligible for medical assistance under Article V of this | ||||||
| 16 | Code or for benefits under any other program administered | ||||||
| 17 | by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for | ||||||
| 18 | which federal Medicaid matching funds may be available. | ||||||
| 19 | (2) The Secretary of Human Services or his or her | ||||||
| 20 | designee; and a representative of vendors of goods or | ||||||
| 21 | services to individuals or families who are eligible for | ||||||
| 22 | benefits under any program administered by the Department | ||||||
| 23 | of Human Services for which federal Medicaid matching funds | ||||||
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| 1 | may be available. | ||||||
| 2 | (3) The Director of Children and Family Services or his | ||||||
| 3 | or her designee; and a representative of vendors of goods | ||||||
| 4 | or services to individuals or families who are eligible for | ||||||
| 5 | benefits under any program administered by the Department | ||||||
| 6 | of Children and Family Services for which federal Medicaid | ||||||
| 7 | matching funds may be available. | ||||||
| 8 | (4) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her | ||||||
| 9 | designee; and a representative of vendors of goods or | ||||||
| 10 | services to individuals or families who are eligible for | ||||||
| 11 | benefits under any program administered by the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | State Board of Education for which federal Medicaid | ||||||
| 13 | matching funds may be available. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) The Commission shall study ways for the departments of | ||||||
| 15 | Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and Children | ||||||
| 16 | and Family Services and the State Board of Education to | ||||||
| 17 | coordinate their activities and programs to maximize the amount | ||||||
| 18 | of federal Medicaid matching funds paid to the State for goods | ||||||
| 19 | and services provided to individuals and families under | ||||||
| 20 | programs administered by those 4 agencies. The Commission shall | ||||||
| 21 | submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the | ||||||
| 22 | General Assembly by January 1, 2010.
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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