99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2497
 
Introduced 2/18/2015, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
305 ILCS 5/12-4.49 new

     Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and the Department of Human Services, shall undertake a study to determine the feasibility of permitting recipients of medical assistance provided under Article V of the Code to obtain authorized benefits by presenting a valid State identification card issued by the Secretary of State in place of a separate Medical Card. Provides that the study shall include an analysis of any costs or cost savings associated with: (i) discontinuing the distribution and use of a separate Medical Card for recipients of medical assistance; (ii) permitting recipients of medical assistance to qualify for a waiver of any fee prescribed under the Illinois Identification Card Act and collected by the Secretary of State for the issuance of a State identification card; and (iii)  establishing a verification process that would enable healthcare providers participating in the medical assistance program to use a person's Social Security number as it appears on a valid State identification card issued by the Secretary of State to verify that person's eligibility for medical assistance benefits. 
  


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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
5adding Section 12-4.49 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.49 new)
7    Sec. 12-4.49. Medical Card; State identification card. The 
8Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in cooperation 
9with the Secretary of State and the Department of Human 
10Services, shall undertake a study to determine the feasibility 
11of permitting recipients of medical assistance provided under 
12Article V of this Code to obtain authorized benefits by 
13presenting a valid State identification card issued by the 
14Secretary of State in place of a separate Medical Card. The 
15study shall include an analysis of any costs or cost savings 
16associated with:
17        (1) discontinuing the distribution and use of a 
18    separate Medical Card for recipients of medical assistance 
19    provided under Article V of this Code; 
20        (2) permitting recipients of medical assistance 
21    provided under Article V of this Code to qualify for a 
22    waiver of any fee prescribed under the Illinois 
23    Identification Card Act and collected by the Secretary of 
 
 
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1    State for the issuance of a State identification card; and 
2        (3) establishing a verification process that would 
3    enable healthcare providers participating in the medical 
4    assistance program under Article V of this Code to use a 
5    person's Social Security number as it appears on a valid 
6    State identification card issued by the Secretary of State 
7    to verify that person's eligibility for medical 
8    assistance. 
9    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in 
10cooperation with the Secretary of State and the Department of 
11Human Services, shall presents its findings to the General 
12Assembly within 6 months after the effective date of this 
13amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.