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HOUSE RESOLUTION 33



 
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    WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services 
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("Department") administers the medical assistance ("Medicaid") 
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program under the Illinois Public Aid Code; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Medicaid program provides coverage of nursing 
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home and other healthcare expenses for low-income persons; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Department 
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has the authority, in certain circumstances, to file claims 
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against the estates of deceased Medicaid recipients for amounts 
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expended on a recipient's behalf under the Medicaid program; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, If the deceased recipient was a nursing home 
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resident for a substantial period of time or receiving medical 
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services for a substantial period of time, a claim may amount 
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to many thousands of dollars, which can be quite a shock to the 
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recipient's heirs, executor, and/or administrator; and 
 
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    WHEREAS, Because of the passage of time, there may be no 
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way to verify the correctness of some items comprising the 
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claim and the Medicaid recipient, executor, or administrator 
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may have legitimate concerns about his or her liability for 
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approving such items; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, The aforementioned circumstances and procedures 
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can create the possibility of error or misuse or abuse of the 
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system; therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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the Department of Healthcare and Family Services examine the 
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methods by which a recipient, or his or her designee, while 
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still living,  can be provided with timely notice of each item 
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of goods or services provided to the recipient under the 
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medical assistance program, including in the notice at least 
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the following: (i) a description of the item; (ii) the date the 
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item was provided; (iii) the name and address of the vendor 
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providing the item; and (iv) the cost of the item; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Department of Healthcare and Family 
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Services report its findings and recommendations to the House 
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of Representatives; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to 
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the Governor and the Director of Healthcare and Family 
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Services.