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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2262 Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning no later than October 1, 2016, and for each State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs allowance required under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for any person residing in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code and who is enrolled in the State's Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for adults with developmental disabilities shall be no less than 15% of the individual's monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the previous calendar year. Establishes a similar personal needs allowance amount for any person residing in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code beginning no later than October 1, 2016 and for each State fiscal year thereafter. Effective immediately.
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| | SB2262 | | LRB099 15899 KTG 40214 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 5-35 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-35 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-35. Personal needs allowance; Community-Integrated |
| 8 | | Living Arrangements; ID/DD facilities. |
| 9 | | (a) Beginning no later than October 1, 2016, and for each |
| 10 | | State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs |
| 11 | | allowance required under Section 1902(g) of Title XIX of the |
| 12 | | Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(g)) for any person residing |
| 13 | | in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living |
| 14 | | Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act who is determined |
| 15 | | to be eligible for medical assistance under this Code and who |
| 16 | | is enrolled in the State's Home and Community-Based Services |
| 17 | | Waiver Program for adults with developmental disabilities |
| 18 | | shall be no less than 15% of the individual's monthly |
| 19 | | Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the previous calendar |
| 20 | | year. |
| 21 | | (b) Beginning no later than October 1, 2016, and for each |
| 22 | | State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs |
| 23 | | allowance required under Section 1902(g) of Title XIX of the |