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1 AN ACT concerning children's health programs.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act
5 is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
6 (215 ILCS 106/35)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2003)
8 Sec. 35. Funding.
9 (a) TheThis Program is not an entitlement and shall not
10 be construed to create an entitlement. Eligibility for the
11 Program is subject to appropriation of funds by the State and
12 federal governments. Subdivision (a)(2) of Section 25 shall
13 operate and be funded only if subdivision (a)(1) of Section
14 25 is operational and funded. The estimated net State share
15 of appropriated funds for subdivision (a)(2) of Section 25
16 shall be equal to the estimated net State share of
17 appropriated funds for subdivision (a)(1) of Section 25.
18 (b) Any requirement imposed under this Act and any
19 implementation of this Act by the Department shall cease in
20 the event (1) continued receipt of federal funds for
21 implementation of this Act requires an amendment to this Act,
22 or (2) federal funds for implementation of the Act are not
23 otherwise available.
24 (c) Payments under this Act shall be appropriated from
25 the General Revenue Fund and other funds that are authorized
26 to be used to reimburse or make medical payments for health
27 care benefits under this Act or Title XXI of the Social
28 Security Act.
29 (d) Benefits under this Act shall be available only as
30 long as the intergovernmental agreements made pursuant to
31 Section 12-4.7 and Article XV of the Illinois Public Aid Code
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1 and entered into between the Department and the Cook County
2 Board of Commissioners continue to exist.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98; 91-24, eff. 7-1-99.)