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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1514 Introduced 2/6/2015, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to create a 3-year Diabetes Prevention Pilot Program to establish an evidence-based diabetes prevention program in St. Clair County, DeKalb County, and Rock Island County from funds appropriated for that purpose. Provides that the Department shall designate a single community-based, not-for-profit provider of healthy living services to manage and administer the pilot program; and that the designated provider shall receive reimbursement under the medical assistance program for the diabetes prevention programs established under the pilot program. Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
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| | HB1514 | | LRB099 07643 KTG 27774 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 12-4.49 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.49 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.49. Diabetes Prevention Pilot Program. From |
| 8 | | funds appropriated for that purpose, the Department of |
| 9 | | Healthcare and Family Services shall create a 3-year Diabetes |
| 10 | | Prevention Pilot Program to establish an evidence-based |
| 11 | | diabetes prevention program in St. Clair County, DeKalb County, |
| 12 | | and Rock Island County. To implement the pilot program, the |
| 13 | | Department shall designate a single community-based, |
| 14 | | not-for-profit provider of healthy living services to manage |
| 15 | | and administer the pilot program. The designated provider shall |
| 16 | | receive reimbursement under the medical assistance program for |
| 17 | | the diabetes prevention programs established under the pilot |
| 18 | | program. The Department shall adopt rules in cooperation with |
| 19 | | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to implement |
| 20 | | this Section.
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law.
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