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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.
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 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 beginning commencing on 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,
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 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.)

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