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 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status