Full Text of HB5054 96th General Assembly
HB5054 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5054
Introduced 1/25/2010, by Rep. Karen May SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals suffering from a permanent physical disability. Defines "permanent physical disability" to mean a permanent physical impairment, resulting from
disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders
a person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal
care. Effective July 1, 2010.
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 5-20 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-20)
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| Sec. 5-20. Electronic health care card. By December 31, | 8 |
| 1994, the
Illinois Department may develop and implement by rule | 9 |
| an electronic health
information system to process claims | 10 |
| electronically and to electronically store
Medicare and | 11 |
| Medicaid patient records, medical histories, and billing
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| information. The Illinois Department may issue each Medicare | 13 |
| and Medicaid
recipient a health card containing electronically | 14 |
| coded information that will
access the system, verify their | 15 |
| Medicare or Medicaid status, and display how
much the patient | 16 |
| must pay in deductibles or copayments for a medical procedure.
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| The Illinois Department may also develop safeguards to protect | 18 |
| recipients'
health information from misuse or unauthorized | 19 |
| disclosure.
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| Beginning July 1, 2010, the Department shall annually, | 21 |
| instead of monthly, issue a health card to individuals | 22 |
| suffering from a permanent physical disability. For purposes of | 23 |
| this Section, "permanent physical disability" means a |
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| permanent physical impairment, resulting from
disease, injury, | 2 |
| functional disorder, or congenital condition which renders
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| person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own | 4 |
| health and personal
care. | 5 |
| (Source: P.A. 88-308; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 7 |
| 2010.
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