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    AN ACT concerning insurance.

 
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Free 
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Healthcare Benefits Application Assistance Act.
 
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    Section 5. Healthcare program application assistance.   It 
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is a Class C misdemeanor for any person, including an 
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individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint 
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venture, or any employee or agent thereof, to charge another 
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person for assisting in completing and submitting an 
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application for enrollment in any means-tested healthcare 
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program administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family 
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Services.
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    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting a 
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person or other entity from receiving payment from the 
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Department of Healthcare and Family Services or other State 
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agency for assisting persons in applying for healthcare 
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benefits.
 
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    Section 10. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance  Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 25 as follows:
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/25)
 


 






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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

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    Sec. 25. Enrollment in Program. The Department shall 
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develop procedures to allow application agents to assist in 
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enrolling children in the Program or other children's health 
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programs operated by the Department.  At the Department's 
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discretion, technical assistance payments may be made 
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available for approved applications facilitated by an 
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application agent. The Department shall permit day and 
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temporary labor service agencies, as defined in the Day and 
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Temporary Labor Services Act and doing business in Illinois, to 
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enroll as unpaid application agents.  As established in the Free 
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Healthcare Benefits Application Assistance Act, it shall be 
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unlawful for any person to charge another person or family for 
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assisting in completing and submitting an application for 
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enrollment in this Program.

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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.