HB0982 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0982

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-2.05

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning services for children under Medicaid, changes references from "disabled children" and "severely mentally ill or emotionally disturbed children" to "children with disabilities" and "children with severe mental illness or emotional disturbance". Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to make an annual report concerning Medicaid services offered to children with disabilities, and sets forth items that must be included in the report. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 5-2.05 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-2.05)

Sec. 5-2.05. Children with disabilities Disabled children.

(a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid may offer, to children with developmental disabilities or children with severe mental illness or emotional disturbance and severely mentally ill or emotionally disturbed children who otherwise would not qualify for medical assistance under this Article due to family income, home-based and community-based services instead of institutional placement, as allowed under paragraph 7 of Section 5-2.

(b) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid, in conjunction with the Department of Human Services and the Division of Specialized Care for Children, University of Illinois-Chicago, shall submit an annual also report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than January of each year beginning in 2008 1, 2004 regarding the status of existing services offered under paragraph 7 of Section 5-2. This report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(1) The number of persons eligible for these services.

(2) The number of persons who applied for these services.

(3) The number of persons who currently receive these services.

(4) The number of persons who aged out of the children's program and, of those persons, the number who have been transitioned into the home services program or another program funded by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

(5) The nature, scope, and cost of services provided under paragraph 7 of Section 5-2.

(6) (5) The comparative cost of providing those services in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility.

(7) (6) The funding sources for the provision of services, including federal financial participation.

(8) (7) The qualifications, skills, and availability of caregivers for children receiving services.

(9) For persons who have aged out of the children's program and are receiving services under the home services program or other services funded by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the level of satisfaction of the customer and his or her parents, guardian, or other adult caretaker with current services as determined through surveys and other direct methods of information collection.

The report shall also include information regarding the extent to which the existing programs could provide coverage for children with developmental disabilities or children with severe mental illness or emotional disturbance mentally disabled children who are currently being provided services in an institution who could otherwise be served in a less-restrictive, community-based setting for the same or a lower cost.

(Source: P.A. 93-599, eff. 8-26-03; revised 12-15-05.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.