Full Text of HB0072 101st General Assembly
HB0072ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Delia C. Ramirez Filed: 3/26/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 72
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 72 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 5-2 and 5-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
| 7 | | Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. | 8 | | Medical assistance under this
Article shall be available to | 9 | | any of the following classes of persons in
respect to whom a | 10 | | plan for coverage has been submitted to the Governor
by the | 11 | | Illinois Department and approved by him. If changes made in | 12 | | this Section 5-2 require federal approval, they shall not take | 13 | | effect until such approval has been received:
| 14 | | 1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under | 15 | | Articles III and IV.
| 16 | | 2. Beginning January 1, 2014, persons otherwise |
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| 1 | | eligible for basic maintenance under Article
III, | 2 | | excluding any eligibility requirements that are | 3 | | inconsistent with any federal law or federal regulation, as | 4 | | interpreted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human | 5 | | Services, but who fail to qualify thereunder on the basis | 6 | | of need, and
who have insufficient income and resources to | 7 | | meet the costs of
necessary medical care, including but not | 8 | | limited to the following:
| 9 | | (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic | 10 | | maintenance under Article
III but who fail to qualify | 11 | | under that Article on the basis of need and who
meet | 12 | | either of the following requirements:
| 13 | | (i) their income, as determined by the | 14 | | Illinois Department in
accordance with any federal | 15 | | requirements, is equal to or less than 100% of the | 16 | | federal poverty level; or
| 17 | | (ii) their income, after the deduction of | 18 | | costs incurred for medical
care and for other types | 19 | | of remedial care, is equal to or less than 100% of | 20 | | the federal poverty level.
| 21 | | (b) (Blank).
| 22 | | 3. (Blank).
| 23 | | 4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding | 24 | | paragraphs who fall
sick, are injured, or die, not having | 25 | | sufficient money, property or other
resources to meet the | 26 | | costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
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| 1 | | expenses.
| 2 | | 5.(a) Women during pregnancy and during the
60-day | 3 | | period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy, together | 4 | | with
their infants,
whose income is at or below 200% of the | 5 | | federal poverty level. Until September 30, 2019, or sooner | 6 | | if the maintenance of effort requirements under the Patient | 7 | | Protection and Affordable Care Act are eliminated or may be | 8 | | waived before then, women during pregnancy and during the | 9 | | 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy, | 10 | | whose countable monthly income, after the deduction of | 11 | | costs incurred for medical care and for other types of | 12 | | remedial care as specified in administrative rule, is equal | 13 | | to or less than the Medical Assistance-No Grant(C) | 14 | | (MANG(C)) Income Standard in effect on April 1, 2013 as set | 15 | | forth in administrative rule.
| 16 | | (b) The plan for coverage shall provide ambulatory | 17 | | prenatal care to pregnant women during a
presumptive | 18 | | eligibility period and establish an income eligibility | 19 | | standard
that is equal to 200% of the federal poverty | 20 | | level, provided that costs incurred
for medical care are | 21 | | not taken into account in determining such income
| 22 | | eligibility.
| 23 | | (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a | 24 | | demonstration in at least one
county that will provide | 25 | | medical assistance to pregnant women, together
with their | 26 | | infants and children up to one year of age,
where the |
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| 1 | | income
eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the | 2 | | nonfarm income official
poverty line, as defined by the | 3 | | federal Office of Management and Budget.
The Illinois | 4 | | Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
| 5 | | provided under federal law to implement such a | 6 | | demonstration. Such
demonstration may establish resource | 7 | | standards that are not more
restrictive than those | 8 | | established under Article IV of this Code.
| 9 | | 6. (a) Children younger than age 19 when countable | 10 | | income is at or below 133% of the federal poverty level. | 11 | | Until September 30, 2019, or sooner if the maintenance of | 12 | | effort requirements under the Patient Protection and | 13 | | Affordable Care Act are eliminated or may be waived before | 14 | | then, children younger than age 19 whose countable monthly | 15 | | income, after the deduction of costs incurred for medical | 16 | | care and for other types of remedial care as specified in | 17 | | administrative rule, is equal to or less than the Medical | 18 | | Assistance-No Grant(C) (MANG(C)) Income Standard in effect | 19 | | on April 1, 2013 as set forth in administrative rule. | 20 | | (b) Children and youth who are under temporary custody | 21 | | or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family | 22 | | Services or who receive financial assistance in support of | 23 | | an adoption or guardianship placement from the Department | 24 | | of Children and Family Services.
| 25 | | 7. (Blank).
| 26 | | 8. As required under federal law, persons who are |
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| 1 | | eligible for Transitional Medical Assistance as a result of | 2 | | an increase in earnings or child or spousal support | 3 | | received. The plan for coverage for this class of persons | 4 | | shall:
| 5 | | (a) extend the medical assistance coverage to the | 6 | | extent required by federal law; and
| 7 | | (b) offer persons who have initially received 6 | 8 | | months of the
coverage provided in paragraph (a) above, | 9 | | the option of receiving an
additional 6 months of | 10 | | coverage, subject to the following:
| 11 | | (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to | 12 | | provisions of the federal
Social Security Act;
| 13 | | (ii) such coverage shall include all services | 14 | | covered under Illinois' State Medicaid Plan;
| 15 | | (iii) no premium shall be charged for such | 16 | | coverage; and
| 17 | | (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the | 18 | | event of a person's
failure without good cause to | 19 | | file in a timely fashion reports required for
this | 20 | | coverage under the Social Security Act and | 21 | | coverage shall be reinstated
upon the filing of | 22 | | such reports if the person remains otherwise | 23 | | eligible.
| 24 | | 9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | 25 | | (AIDS) or with
AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom | 26 | | there has been a determination
that but for home or |
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| 1 | | community-based services such individuals would
require | 2 | | the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital, | 3 | | skilled
nursing facility or intermediate care facility the | 4 | | cost of which is
reimbursed under this Article. Assistance | 5 | | shall be provided to such
persons to the maximum extent | 6 | | permitted under Title
XIX of the Federal Social Security | 7 | | Act.
| 8 | | 10. Participants in the long-term care insurance | 9 | | partnership program
established under the Illinois | 10 | | Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act who meet the
| 11 | | qualifications for protection of resources described in | 12 | | Section 15 of that
Act.
| 13 | | 11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and | 14 | | eligible for Medicaid,
pursuant to Section | 15 | | 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, and, | 16 | | subject to federal approval, persons with a medically | 17 | | improved disability who are employed and eligible for | 18 | | Medicaid pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xvi) of | 19 | | the Social Security Act, as
provided by the Illinois | 20 | | Department by rule. In establishing eligibility standards | 21 | | under this paragraph 11, the Department shall, subject to | 22 | | federal approval: | 23 | | (a) set the income eligibility standard at not | 24 | | lower than 350% of the federal poverty level; | 25 | | (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person | 26 | | cannot access without penalty before the age
of 59 1/2, |
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| 1 | | and medical savings accounts established pursuant to | 2 | | 26 U.S.C. 220; | 3 | | (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to | 4 | | those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility | 5 | | under this paragraph 11; and
| 6 | | (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in | 7 | | determining the eligibility of the person under this | 8 | | Article even if the person loses eligibility under this | 9 | | paragraph 11.
| 10 | | 12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are | 11 | | eligible for medical
assistance coverage under applicable | 12 | | provisions of the federal Social Security
Act and the | 13 | | federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and | 14 | | Treatment Act of
2000. Those eligible persons are defined | 15 | | to include, but not be limited to,
the following persons:
| 16 | | (1) persons who have been screened for breast or | 17 | | cervical cancer under
the U.S. Centers for Disease | 18 | | Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
| 19 | | Program established under Title XV of the federal | 20 | | Public Health Services Act in
accordance with the | 21 | | requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as | 22 | | administered by
the Illinois Department of Public | 23 | | Health; and
| 24 | | (2) persons whose screenings under the above | 25 | | program were funded in whole
or in part by funds | 26 | | appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public |
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| 1 | | Health
for breast or cervical cancer screening.
| 2 | | "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be | 3 | | identical to the benefits
provided under the State's | 4 | | approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security
Act. | 5 | | The Department must request federal approval of the | 6 | | coverage under this
paragraph 12 within 30 days after the | 7 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd General | 8 | | Assembly.
| 9 | | In addition to the persons who are eligible for medical | 10 | | assistance pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this | 11 | | paragraph 12, and to be paid from funds appropriated to the | 12 | | Department for its medical programs, any uninsured person | 13 | | as defined by the Department in rules residing in Illinois | 14 | | who is younger than 65 years of age, who has been screened | 15 | | for breast and cervical cancer in accordance with standards | 16 | | and procedures adopted by the Department of Public Health | 17 | | for screening, and who is referred to the Department by the | 18 | | Department of Public Health as being in need of treatment | 19 | | for breast or cervical cancer is eligible for medical | 20 | | assistance benefits that are consistent with the benefits | 21 | | provided to those persons described in subparagraphs (1) | 22 | | and (2). Medical assistance coverage for the persons who | 23 | | are eligible under the preceding sentence is not dependent | 24 | | on federal approval, but federal moneys may be used to pay | 25 | | for services provided under that coverage upon federal | 26 | | approval. |
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| 1 | | 13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval, | 2 | | persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible | 3 | | under this Article and who qualify for services covered | 4 | | under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department | 5 | | by rule.
| 6 | | 14. Subject to the availability of funds for this | 7 | | purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this | 8 | | Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not | 9 | | eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who meet | 10 | | the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this Section and | 11 | | (i) have an application for asylum pending before the | 12 | | federal Department of Homeland Security or on appeal before | 13 | | a court of competent jurisdiction and are represented | 14 | | either by counsel or by an advocate accredited by the | 15 | | federal Department of Homeland Security and employed by a | 16 | | not-for-profit organization in regard to that application | 17 | | or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services through a | 18 | | federally funded torture treatment center. Medical | 19 | | coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided for up to | 20 | | 24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date so | 21 | | long as an individual continues to satisfy the criteria of | 22 | | this paragraph 14. If an individual has an appeal pending | 23 | | regarding an application for asylum before the Department | 24 | | of Homeland Security, eligibility under this paragraph 14 | 25 | | may be extended until a final decision is rendered on the | 26 | | appeal. The Department may adopt rules governing the |
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| 1 | | implementation of this paragraph 14.
| 2 | | 15. Family Care Eligibility. | 3 | | (a) On and after July 1, 2012, a parent or other | 4 | | caretaker relative who is 19 years of age or older when | 5 | | countable income is at or below 133% of the federal | 6 | | poverty level. A person may not spend down to become | 7 | | eligible under this paragraph 15. | 8 | | (b) Eligibility shall be reviewed annually. | 9 | | (c) (Blank). | 10 | | (d) (Blank). | 11 | | (e) (Blank). | 12 | | (f) (Blank). | 13 | | (g) (Blank). | 14 | | (h) (Blank). | 15 | | (i) Following termination of an individual's | 16 | | coverage under this paragraph 15, the individual must | 17 | | be determined eligible before the person can be | 18 | | re-enrolled. | 19 | | 16. Subject to appropriation, uninsured persons who | 20 | | are not otherwise eligible under this Section who have been | 21 | | certified and referred by the Department of Public Health | 22 | | as having been screened and found to need diagnostic | 23 | | evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic evaluation and | 24 | | treatment, for prostate or testicular cancer. For the | 25 | | purposes of this paragraph 16, uninsured persons are those | 26 | | who do not have creditable coverage, as defined under the |
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| 1 | | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or | 2 | | have otherwise exhausted any insurance benefits they may | 3 | | have had, for prostate or testicular cancer diagnostic | 4 | | evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic evaluation and | 5 | | treatment.
To be eligible, a person must furnish a Social | 6 | | Security number.
A person's assets are exempt from | 7 | | consideration in determining eligibility under this | 8 | | paragraph 16.
Such persons shall be eligible for medical | 9 | | assistance under this paragraph 16 for so long as they need | 10 | | treatment for the cancer. A person shall be considered to | 11 | | need treatment if, in the opinion of the person's treating | 12 | | physician, the person requires therapy directed toward | 13 | | cure or palliation of prostate or testicular cancer, | 14 | | including recurrent metastatic cancer that is a known or | 15 | | presumed complication of prostate or testicular cancer and | 16 | | complications resulting from the treatment modalities | 17 | | themselves. Persons who require only routine monitoring | 18 | | services are not considered to need treatment.
"Medical | 19 | | assistance" under this paragraph 16 shall be identical to | 20 | | the benefits provided under the State's approved plan under | 21 | | Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
Notwithstanding any | 22 | | other provision of law, the Department (i) does not have a | 23 | | claim against the estate of a deceased recipient of | 24 | | services under this paragraph 16 and (ii) does not have a | 25 | | lien against any homestead property or other legal or | 26 | | equitable real property interest owned by a recipient of |
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| 1 | | services under this paragraph 16. | 2 | | 17. Persons who, pursuant to a waiver approved by the | 3 | | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human | 4 | | Services, are eligible for medical assistance under Title | 5 | | XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act. | 6 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code and | 7 | | consistent with the terms of the approved waiver, the | 8 | | Illinois Department, may by rule: | 9 | | (a) Limit the geographic areas in which the waiver | 10 | | program operates. | 11 | | (b) Determine the scope, quantity, duration, and | 12 | | quality, and the rate and method of reimbursement, of | 13 | | the medical services to be provided, which may differ | 14 | | from those for other classes of persons eligible for | 15 | | assistance under this Article. | 16 | | (c) Restrict the persons' freedom in choice of | 17 | | providers. | 18 | | 18. Beginning January 1, 2014, persons aged 19 or | 19 | | older, but younger than 65, who are not otherwise eligible | 20 | | for medical assistance under this Section 5-2, who qualify | 21 | | for medical assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C. | 22 | | 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) and applicable federal | 23 | | regulations, and who have income at or below 133% of the | 24 | | federal poverty level plus 5% for the applicable family | 25 | | size as determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14) and | 26 | | applicable federal regulations. Persons eligible for |
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| 1 | | medical assistance under this paragraph 18 shall receive | 2 | | coverage for the Health Benefits Service Package as that | 3 | | term is defined in subsection (m) of Section 5-1.1 of this | 4 | | Code. If Illinois' federal medical assistance percentage | 5 | | (FMAP) is reduced below 90% for persons eligible for | 6 | | medical
assistance under this paragraph 18, eligibility | 7 | | under this paragraph 18 shall cease no later than the end | 8 | | of the third month following the month in which the | 9 | | reduction in FMAP takes effect. | 10 | | 19. Beginning January 1, 2014, as required under 42 | 11 | | U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(IX), persons older than age 18 | 12 | | and younger than age 26 who are not otherwise eligible for | 13 | | medical assistance under paragraphs (1) through (17) of | 14 | | this Section who (i) were in foster care under the | 15 | | responsibility of the State on the date of attaining age 18 | 16 | | or on the date of attaining age 21 when a court has | 17 | | continued wardship for good cause as provided in Section | 18 | | 2-31 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and (ii) received | 19 | | medical assistance under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan | 20 | | or waiver of such plan while in foster care. | 21 | | 20. Beginning January 1, 2018, persons who are | 22 | | foreign-born victims of human trafficking, torture, or | 23 | | other serious crimes as defined in Section 2-19 of this | 24 | | Code and their derivative family members if such persons: | 25 | | (i) reside in Illinois; (ii) are not eligible under any of | 26 | | the preceding paragraphs; (iii) meet the income guidelines |
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| 1 | | of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2; and (iv) meet the | 2 | | nonfinancial eligibility requirements of Sections 16-2, | 3 | | 16-3, and 16-5 of this Code. The Department may extend | 4 | | medical assistance for persons who are foreign-born | 5 | | victims of human trafficking, torture, or other serious | 6 | | crimes whose medical assistance would be terminated | 7 | | pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 16-5 if the | 8 | | Department determines that the person, during the year of | 9 | | initial eligibility (1) experienced a health crisis, (2) | 10 | | has been unable, after reasonable attempts, to obtain | 11 | | necessary information from a third party, or (3) has other | 12 | | extenuating circumstances that prevented the person from | 13 | | completing his or her application for status. The | 14 | | Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the | 15 | | provisions of this paragraph. | 16 | | 21. Beginning January 1, 2020, persons who are | 17 | | foreign-born and who: (i) reside in Illinois; (ii) are not | 18 | | eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs; (iii) meet | 19 | | the income guidelines of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2; | 20 | | (iv) meet the nonfinancial eligibility requirements of | 21 | | Sections 16-2, 16-3, and 16-5 of this Code; and (v) have a | 22 | | valid I-766 Employment Authorization Document pursuant to | 23 | | Section 274a.13 of Title 8 of the Code of Federal | 24 | | Regulations or a valid social security number issued by the | 25 | | Social Security Administration. The Department may adopt | 26 | | any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this |
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| 1 | | paragraph. | 2 | | In implementing the provisions of Public Act 96-20, the | 3 | | Department is authorized to adopt only those rules necessary, | 4 | | including emergency rules. Nothing in Public Act 96-20 permits | 5 | | the Department to adopt rules or issue a decision that expands | 6 | | eligibility for the FamilyCare Program to a person whose income | 7 | | exceeds 185% of the Federal Poverty Level as determined from | 8 | | time to time by the U.S. Department of Health and Human | 9 | | Services, unless the Department is provided with express | 10 | | statutory authority.
| 11 | | The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance | 12 | | under this
Article is not affected by the payment of any grant | 13 | | under the Senior
Citizens and Persons with Disabilities | 14 | | Property Tax Relief Act or any distributions or items of income | 15 | | described under
subparagraph (X) of
paragraph (2) of subsection | 16 | | (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax
Act. | 17 | | The Department shall by rule establish the amounts of
| 18 | | assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility for medical | 19 | | assistance,
which shall at a minimum equal the amounts to be | 20 | | disregarded under the
Federal Supplemental Security Income | 21 | | Program. The amount of assets of a
single person to be | 22 | | disregarded
shall not be less than $2,000, and the amount of | 23 | | assets of a married couple
to be disregarded shall not be less | 24 | | than $3,000.
| 25 | | To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found | 26 | | guilty of a
second violation of Article VIIIA
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| 1 | | ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as | 2 | | provided
in Section 8A-8.
| 3 | | The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under | 4 | | this Article
shall not be affected by the receipt by the person | 5 | | of donations or benefits
from fundraisers held for the person | 6 | | in cases of serious illness,
as long as neither the person nor | 7 | | members of the person's family
have actual control over the | 8 | | donations or benefits or the disbursement
of the donations or | 9 | | benefits.
| 10 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if the | 11 | | United States Supreme Court holds Title II, Subtitle A, Section | 12 | | 2001(a) of Public Law 111-148 to be unconstitutional, or if a | 13 | | holding of Public Law 111-148 makes Medicaid eligibility | 14 | | allowed under Section 2001(a) inoperable, the State or a unit | 15 | | of local government shall be prohibited from enrolling | 16 | | individuals in the Medical Assistance Program as the result of | 17 | | federal approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after the | 18 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 19 | | Assembly, and any individuals enrolled in the Medical | 20 | | Assistance Program pursuant to eligibility permitted as a | 21 | | result of such a State Medicaid waiver shall become immediately | 22 | | ineligible. | 23 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if an Act | 24 | | of Congress that becomes a Public Law eliminates Section | 25 | | 2001(a) of Public Law 111-148, the State or a unit of local | 26 | | government shall be prohibited from enrolling individuals in |
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| 1 | | the Medical Assistance Program as the result of federal | 2 | | approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after the effective | 3 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and | 4 | | any individuals enrolled in the Medical Assistance Program | 5 | | pursuant to eligibility permitted as a result of such a State | 6 | | Medicaid waiver shall become immediately ineligible. | 7 | | Effective October 1, 2013, the determination of | 8 | | eligibility of persons who qualify under paragraphs 5, 6, 8, | 9 | | 15, 17, and 18 of this Section shall comply with the | 10 | | requirements of 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14) and applicable federal | 11 | | regulations. | 12 | | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the | 13 | | Department of Human Services, and the Illinois health insurance | 14 | | marketplace shall work cooperatively to assist persons who | 15 | | would otherwise lose health benefits as a result of changes | 16 | | made under this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly to | 17 | | transition to other health insurance coverage. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; | 19 | | 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-870, eff. 8-22-16.)
| 20 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-3)
| 21 | | Sec. 5-3.
Residence.) Any person who has established his | 22 | | residence
in this State and lives therein, including any person | 23 | | who is a migrant
worker , any person who has a valid I-766 | 24 | | Employment Authorization Document pursuant to Section 274a.13 | 25 | | of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any person |
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| 1 | | with a valid social security number issued by the Social | 2 | | Security Administration , may qualify for medical assistance. A | 3 | | person who, while
temporarily in this State, suffers injury or | 4 | | illness endangering his
life and health and necessitating | 5 | | emergency care, may also qualify.
| 6 | | Temporary absence from the State shall not disqualify a | 7 | | person from
maintaining his eligibility under this Article.
| 8 | | As used in this Section, "migrant worker" means any person | 9 | | residing
temporarily and employed in Illinois who moves | 10 | | seasonally from one
place to another for the purpose of | 11 | | employment in agricultural
activities, including the planting, | 12 | | raising or harvesting of any
agricultural or horticultural | 13 | | commodities and the handling, packing or
processing of such | 14 | | commodities on the farm where produced or at the
point of first | 15 | | processing, in animal husbandry, or in other activities | 16 | | connected
with the care of animals. Dependents of such person | 17 | | shall be
considered eligible if they are living with the person | 18 | | during his or her
temporary residence and employment in | 19 | | Illinois.
| 20 | | In order to be eligible for medical assistance under this | 21 | | Section section ,
each person migrant worker shall show proof of | 22 | | citizenship or legal alien status , or a valid I-766 Employment | 23 | | Authorization Document pursuant to Section 274a.13 of Title 8 | 24 | | of the Code of Federal Regulations, or a valid social security | 25 | | number issued by the Social Security Administration .
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 81-746.)".
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