HB3842 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016
HB3842

Introduced , by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-35 new

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to appropriation, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act for whom payments are made throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $60. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

HB3842

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1 AN ACT concerning public aid.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by

5 adding Section 5-35 as follows:

6 (305 ILCS 5/5-35 new)

7 Sec. 5-35. Personal needs allowance. Subject to

8 appropriation, for a person who is a resident in a facility

9 licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the

10 Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and

11 Certification Act for whom payments are made under this Article

12 throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for

13 medical assistance under this Article, the State shall pay an

14 amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs

15 allowance authorized under Section 1902(g) of Title XIX of the

16 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(g)) so that the person's

17 total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and

18 federal sources equals $60.

19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

20 becoming law.