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90_HB1858 305 ILCS 5/5-15.5 Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning preventative physical examinations and demonstration programs. LRB9004602LDcw LRB9004602LDcw 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing 2 Section 5-15.5. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by 6 changing Section 5-15.5 as follows: 7 (305 ILCS 5/5-15.5) 8 Sec. 5-15.5. Preventive physical examinations; 9 demonstration program. 10 (a) The Illinois Department may establish and implement 11 a demonstration program of preventive physical examinations 12 over a 3-year period beginningcommencingon January 1, 1994, 13 for persons receiving assistance under Article IV of this 14 Code and persons eligible for assistance under this Article 15 who are otherwise eligible for assistance under Article IV 16 but who fail to qualify for cash assistance under Article IV 17 on the basis of need. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18 this Section, however, persons who are pregnant or who are 19 less than 21 years of age shall not be eligible to 20 participate in the demonstration program. The demonstration 21 program may be implemented for recipients in at least 2 22 counties, one with a population of not more than 650,000 as 23 determined by the 1990 federal census, and one with a 24 population of not more than 100,000 as determined by the 1990 25 federal census. The Illinois Department may establish by 26 rule the nature and scope of the preventive physical 27 examinations required under this Section, except that the 28 services may include, as appropriate, blood pressure reading, 29 complete blood test appropriate to the population and risk 30 factors, family planning, nutrition counselling, smoking 31 evaluation, temperature, urinalysis, chest x-ray, -2- LRB9004602LDcw 1 tuberculosis screening, and appropriate referrals. 2 (b) Participation in the demonstration program shall be 3 voluntary, and eligible recipients shall not be subject to 4 sanctions for refusing or failing to submit to a preventive 5 physical examination or any portion of such an examination. 6 The Illinois Department may by rule limit each eligible 7 recipient to one examination during the demonstration period. 8 (c) For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities 9 under this Section, the Illinois Department is authorized to 10 enter into cooperative arrangements with for-profit and 11 non-profit medical clinics and hospitals, local health 12 departments, and other providers of medical services. The 13 Illinois Department of Public Health shall cooperate in the 14 development and establishment of this demonstration program. 15 During the period of the demonstration program, the Illinois 16 Department of Public Aid shall study the cost benefit of 17 providing preventive physical examinations to the targeted 18 group of recipients of public aid. 19 (d) Implementation of the demonstration program shall be 20 contingent on the receipt of all necessary federal waivers. 21 (Source: P.A. 88-396.)