96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5054


 
Introduced 1/25/2010, by Rep. Karen May
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








305 ILCS 5/5-20










     Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that  beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals suffering from a permanent physical disability. Defines "permanent physical disability" to mean a permanent physical impairment, resulting from
disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders
a person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal
care. Effective July 1, 2010. 
  















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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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changing Section 5-20 as follows:
 



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    (305 ILCS 5/5-20)



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    Sec. 5-20. Electronic health care card. By December 31, 
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1994, the
Illinois Department may develop and implement by rule 
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an electronic health
information system to process claims 
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electronically and to electronically store
Medicare and 
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Medicaid patient records, medical histories, and billing

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information.  The Illinois Department may issue each Medicare 
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and Medicaid
recipient a health card containing electronically 
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coded information that will
access the system, verify their 
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Medicare or Medicaid status, and display how
much the patient 
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must pay in deductibles or copayments for a medical procedure.
 
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The Illinois Department may also develop safeguards to protect 
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recipients'
health information from misuse or unauthorized 
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disclosure.

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    Beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, 
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instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals 
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suffering from a permanent physical disability. For purposes of 
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this Section, "permanent physical disability" means a 
 


 






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permanent physical impairment, resulting from
disease, injury, 
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functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders
a 
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person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own 
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health and personal
care. 
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(Source: P.A. 88-308; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2010.