SB2303 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2303

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/5-1.3 new

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if a person who is incarcerated in a jail or correctional facility in Illinois or receiving treatment at a hospital under the authority of the Department of Corrections was a recipient of medical assistance immediately before his or her incarceration or period of treatment, the recipient shall remain eligible for medical assistance during the period of his or her incarceration or treatment, but the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not provide medical assistance for any medical care, services, or supplies provided to the recipient during that period. Provides that the Department may, however, provide medical assistance for inpatient hospital services provided to the recipient at a hospital located outside the premises of the jail or correctional facility to the extent that federal financial participation is available for the costs of those services. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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 5-1.3 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-1.3 new)

Sec. 5-1.3. Recipient's incarceration; continued eligibility.

(a) If a person who is incarcerated in a jail or correctional facility in Illinois or receiving treatment at a hospital under the authority of the Department of Corrections was a recipient of medical assistance under this Article immediately before his or her incarceration or period of treatment, the recipient shall remain eligible for medical assistance under this Article during the period of his or her incarceration or treatment, but the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not provide medical assistance under this Article for any medical care, services, or supplies provided to the recipient during that period. The Department may, however, provide medical assistance for inpatient hospital services provided to the recipient at a hospital located outside the premises of the jail or correctional facility to the extent that federal financial participation is available for the costs of those services. Upon the recipient's release from the jail or correctional facility, the recipient shall continue to be eligible for medical assistance under this Article until the Department determines that he or she is no longer eligible for that assistance.

(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department shall not include the time during which the recipient was incarcerated in a jail or correctional facility or receiving treatment at a hospital under the authority of the Department of Corrections in any calculation concerning the time at which he or she must recertify his or her eligibility for medical assistance under this Article.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.