(305 ILCS 5/5-15.5)
Sec. 5-15.5.
Preventive physical examinations; demonstration program.
(a) The Illinois Department may establish and implement a demonstration
program of preventive physical examinations over a 3-year period commencing on
January 1, 1994, for persons receiving assistance under Article IV of this
Code and persons eligible for assistance under this Article who are otherwise
eligible for assistance under Article IV but who fail to qualify for cash
assistance under Article IV on the basis of need. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section, however, persons who are pregnant or who are less
than 21 years of age shall not be eligible to participate in the demonstration
program. The demonstration program may be implemented for recipients in at
least 2 counties, one with a population of not more than 650,000 as determined
by the 1990 federal census, and one with a population of not more than 100,000
as determined by the 1990 federal census. The Illinois Department may
establish by rule the nature and scope of the preventive physical examinations
required under this Section, except that the services may include, as
appropriate, blood pressure reading, complete blood test appropriate to the
population and risk factors, family planning, nutrition counselling, smoking
evaluation, temperature, urinalysis, chest x-ray, tuberculosis screening, and
appropriate referrals.
(b) Participation in the demonstration program shall be voluntary, and
eligible recipients shall not be subject to sanctions for refusing or failing
to submit to a preventive physical examination or any portion of such an
examination. The Illinois Department may by rule limit each eligible recipient
to one examination during the demonstration period.
(c) For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities under this Section,
the Illinois Department is authorized to enter into cooperative arrangements
with for-profit and non-profit medical clinics and hospitals, local health
departments, and other providers of medical services. The Illinois Department
of Public Health shall cooperate in the development and establishment of this
demonstration program. During the period of the demonstration program, the
Illinois Department of Public Aid shall study the cost benefit of providing
preventive physical examinations to the targeted group of recipients of public
aid.
(d) Implementation of the demonstration program shall be contingent on the
receipt of all necessary federal waivers.
(Source: P.A. 88-396.)
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