96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3773


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








305 ILCS 5/5-2.3










     Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In regards to medical assistance for institutionalized persons, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to notify the applicant or recipient, or the spouse of the applicant or recipient, or a person for whom the applicant or recipient is the primary caretaker, of his or her obligation to make application for benefits within 7 days of the applicant or recipient entering an institution and that this requirement may be satisfied by providing the facility with the necessary documentation required to prove eligibility as part of seeking the institution's assistance in making application.
  















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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 5-2.3 as follows:
 



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    (305 ILCS 5/5-2.3)



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    Sec. 5-2.3. Notice of rights concerning 
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institutionalization. The
Illinois Department shall prepare a 
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notice to be given to every applicant for
and recipient of 
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medical assistance under this Article when the applicant or

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recipient, or the spouse of the applicant or recipient, or a 
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person for whom
the applicant or recipient is the primary 
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caretaker, becomes an
institutionalized person.  The notice 
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shall fully and completely inform the
institutionalized person 
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(and that person's spouse or primary caretaker, if
applicable) 
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of each individual's rights and obligations under this Code 
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with
respect to that institutionalization. The notice shall 
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inform the applicant or recipient, or the spouse of the 
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applicant or recipient, or a person for whom the applicant or 
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recipient is the primary caretaker, of his or her obligation to 
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make application for benefits within 7 days of the applicant or 
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recipient entering an institution and that this requirement may 
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be satisfied by providing the facility with the necessary 
 


 






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documentation required to prove eligibility as part of seeking 
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the institution's assistance in making application. 

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(Source: P.A. 88-162.)