Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1134

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1134

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Charles Meier

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-35

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, the personal needs allowance for a qualifying medical assistance recipient who is a resident in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act shall equal $100. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year.

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 5-35 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-35)

Sec. 5-35. Personal needs allowance.

(a) For a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under this Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this Article, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under Section 1902(q) of Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(q)) so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $60.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2026, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act for whom payments are made under this Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this Article, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under Section 1902(q) of Title XIX of the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $100.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance described in subsection (b) shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year.

(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)