92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB0885
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Senate Sponsors:
SYVERSON-RONEN-TROTTER-HENDON, WOOLARD, 
   DEL VALLE, LIGHTFORD AND SMITH.

House Sponsors:
KRAUSE-FEIGENHOLTZ-FORBY-FOWLER-MCGUIRE

Short description: 
INSURANCE-TECH                                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Children's Health  Insurance  Program  Act.   Makes  a      
   technical change in a Section concerning the legislative intent of the      
   Act.                                                                        
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          215 ILCS 106/5                                                       
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          215 ILCS 106/25                                                      
        Replaces the title and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Amends  the  Children's  Health  Insurance  Program Act.  Requires the      
   Department of Public Aid to request waivers necessary to allow federal      
   funding for  subsidization  of  coverage  for  children  whose  annual      
   household   income  is  below  133%  of  the  federal  poverty  level.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          215 ILCS 106/40                                                      
        Replaces  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.  Amends   the      
   Children's  Health  Insurance Program Act.  Requires the Department of      
   Public Aid to make available subsidization of  coverage  for  children      
   whose  annual  household  income  is  at  or below 133% of the federal      
   poverty level.  Effective immediately.                                      
          BALANCED BUDGET NOTE (Bureau of the Budget)                          
          Since SB 885 is not a supplemental appropriation bill, the           
          Balanced Budget Note Act is inapplicable.                            
          STATE DEBT NOTE (Economic and Fiscal Commission)                     
          SB 885 would not affect the bonding authorization of the State,      
          and, therefore, has no direct impact on the level of State           
          indebtedness.                                                        
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Public Aid)                               
          The estimated cost of the KidCare program without federal            
          financial participation (FFP) is between $4 and $8 million,          
          GRF; with FFP, there is no significant fiscal impact.                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.  (Tabled May 25, 2001)                          
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          215 ILCS 106/20                                                      
          215 ILCS 106/22                                                      
          215 ILCS 106/97 rep.                                                 
          305 ILCS 5/5-1.3 new                                                 
          305 ILCS 5/5-1.4 new                                                 
        Amends the  Children's  Health  Insurance  Program  Act  and  the      
   Illinois  Public Aid Code.  Provides that in making a determination of      
   a child's income  eligibility  for  the  children's  health  insurance      
   program  or  Medicaid,  the  Department  of  Public Aid must accept an      
   applicant's attestation that a child satisfies  the  household  income      
   requirement  but  may  later  verify  the  child's income eligibility.      
   Provides  that  the  Department  may  not  determine  that  a  child's      
   household income is unverifiable for the sole reason that an applicant      
   is unable  to  provide  pay  stubs  or  other  statements  of  income.      
   Requires  the Department to encourage and facilitate the enrollment of      
   children in the children's health insurance program and Medicaid  with      
   their  enrollment  in  the  National  School Lunch Program and similar      
   programs so that, to the extent possible, a family does  not  have  to      
   submit  information needed to determine eligibility for these programs      
   more than once.  Repeals  the  provision  repealing    the  Children's      
   Health Insurance Program Act on July 1, 2002.                               
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new                                               
          105 ILCS 5/3-14                 from Ch. 122, par. 3-14              
          105 ILCS 5/3-14.29 new                                               
          105 ILCS 5/10-28 new                                                 
          105 ILCS 5/22-27 new                                                 
          105 ILCS 5/34-18.22 new                                              
          105 ILCS 125/10 new                                                  
        Amends the School Code and the School Breakfast and Lunch Program      
   Act.  Requires nonpublic  schools  that  receive  funds  for  free  or      
   reduced-price lunches under the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act      
   and  public  school  boards to agree in writing with the Department of      
   Public Aid to share with the Department information on applicants  for      
   free   or   reduced-price  lunches.   Provides  that  the  sharing  of      
   information shall be for the sole purpose of  helping  the  Department      
   identify  and  enroll children in the State Medical Assistance Program      
   or the State Children's Health Insurance Program or  both  as  allowed      
   and under the restrictions set forth in federal law.                        
          STATE MANDATES NOTE (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)        
          In the opinion of DCCA, SB 885 does not meet the definition of       
          a State mandate under the State Mandates Act.                        
          HOME RULE NOTE (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs)        
          SB 885 does not relate to a home rule unit of local government.      
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1,2 (Department of Public Aid)                     
          SB 885 has an estimated fiscal impact of between $8 and $12          
          million. The provisions of H-am 1 increase the fiscal impact         
          by approximately $4 million over the previous note                   
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   2


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