HB0740 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0740

Introduced 2/1/2005, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-2.07 new

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that persons who fail to qualify for basic maintenance under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) program on the basis of need because of excess income or assets, or both, may establish prospective eligibility for that basic maintenance by prepaying their monthly Medicaid spend-down amount to the Department of Public Aid or by having a third party pay that amount to the Department. Provides that the Department shall establish appropriate procedures to permit such a prepayment of Medicaid spend-down amounts.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 adding Section 5-2.07 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-2.07 new)

Sec. 5-2.07. Use of Medicaid spend-down. Persons described in item 2(a) of Section 5-2, who fail to qualify for basic maintenance under Article III of this Code on the basis of need because of excess income or assets, or both, may establish prospective eligibility for that basic maintenance by prepaying their monthly spend-down amount under this Article (as described in 42 CFR 435.831) to the Department of Public Aid or by having a third party pay that amount to the Department. The Department shall establish appropriate procedures to permit such a prepayment of spend-down amounts.