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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB0646 Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | |
Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning the legislative intent of the Act.
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| | SB0646 | | LRB098 04895 RPM 34923 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is |
5 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | | (215 ILCS 106/5)
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7 | | Sec. 5. Legislative intent. The
The General Assembly finds |
8 | | that, for the
economic and social benefit of all citizens of |
9 | | the State, it is important to
enable low-income children of |
10 | | this State, to the extent funding permits, to
access health |
11 | | benefits coverage, especially preventive health care. The
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12 | | General Assembly recognizes that assistance to help families |
13 | | purchase health
benefits for low-income children must be |
14 | | provided in a fair and equitable
fashion and must treat all |
15 | | children at the same income level in a similar
fashion. The |
16 | | State of Illinois should help low-income families transition |
17 | | from
a health care system where government partners with |
18 | | families to provide health
benefits to low-income children to a |
19 | | system where families with higher incomes
eventually |
20 | | transition into private or employer based health plans. This |
21 | | Act is
not intended to create an entitlement. |
22 | | (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98 .)
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