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Sen. Mike Jacobs
Filed: 3/25/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1449
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1449 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)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.".
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