96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5054

 

Introduced 1/25/2010, by Rep. Karen May

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-20

    Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals suffering from a permanent physical disability. Defines "permanent physical disability" to mean a permanent physical impairment, resulting from disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders a person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal care. Effective July 1, 2010.


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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 changing Section 5-20 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-20)
7     Sec. 5-20. Electronic health care card. By December 31,
8 1994, the Illinois Department may develop and implement by rule
9 an electronic health information system to process claims
10 electronically and to electronically store Medicare and
11 Medicaid patient records, medical histories, and billing
12 information. The Illinois Department may issue each Medicare
13 and Medicaid recipient a health card containing electronically
14 coded information that will access the system, verify their
15 Medicare or Medicaid status, and display how much the patient
16 must pay in deductibles or copayments for a medical procedure.
17 The Illinois Department may also develop safeguards to protect
18 recipients' health information from misuse or unauthorized
19 disclosure.
20     Beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually,
21 instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals
22 suffering from a permanent physical disability. For purposes of
23 this Section, "permanent physical disability" means a

 

 

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1 permanent physical impairment, resulting from disease, injury,
2 functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders a
3 person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own
4 health and personal care.
5 (Source: P.A. 88-308; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
7 2010.