HB4742ham002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Eddie Washington

Filed: 4/11/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4742

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4742, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(215 ILCS 170/25)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

Sec. 25. Enrollment in Program. The Department shall develop procedures to allow application agents to assist in enrolling children in the Program or other children's health programs operated by the Department. At the Department's discretion, technical assistance payments may be made available for approved applications facilitated by an application agent. The Department shall work with physician provider groups to encourage physicians treating uninsured children to advise the children's parents of the availability of the Program's health benefits and of the means of applying for the Program. The Department shall consider methods for including primary care case managers in the enrollment process for the Program.

Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor.

(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)".