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Public Act 096-0804 |
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AN ACT concerning aging.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
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(35 ILCS 515/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 1207)
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Sec. 7.
The local services tax for owners of mobile homes | ||||
who (a) are
actually residing in such mobile homes, (b) hold | ||||
title to such mobile
home as provided in the " Illinois Vehicle | ||||
Code ", approved September 29,
1969, as amended , and (c) are 65 | ||||
years of age or older or are disabled
persons within the | ||||
meaning of Section 3.14 of the "Senior Citizens and
Disabled | ||||
Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act"
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on the annual billing date
shall be reduced to 80 percent of | ||||
the tax provided for in Section 3 of
this Act. Proof that a | ||||
claimant has been issued an Illinois Disabled
Person | ||||
Identification Card stating that the claimant is under a Class | ||||
2
disability, as provided in Section 4A of the The Illinois | ||||
Identification Card
Act, shall constitute proof that the person | ||||
thereon named is a disabled
person within the meaning of this | ||||
Act. An application for reduction of
the tax shall be filed | ||||
with
the county clerk by the individuals who are entitled to | ||||
the reduction.
If the application is filed after May 1, the |
reduction in tax shall
begin with the next annual bill. | ||
Application for the reduction in tax
shall be done by | ||
submitting proof that the applicant has been issued an
Illinois | ||
Disabled Person Identification Card designating the | ||
applicant's
disability as a Class 2 disability, or by affidavit | ||
in substantially the
following form:
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APPLICATION FOR REDUCTION OF MOBILE HOME LOCAL SERVICES TAX
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I hereby make application for a reduction to 80% of the | ||
total tax
imposed under "An Act to provide for a local services
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tax on mobile homes".
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(1) Senior Citizens
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(a) I actually reside in the mobile home ....
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(b) I hold title to the mobile home as provided in the | ||
Illinois
Vehicle Code ....
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(c) I reached the age of 65 on or before either January 1 | ||
(or July
1) of the year in which this statement is filed. My | ||
date of birth is: ...
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(2) Disabled Persons
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(a) I actually reside in the mobile home...
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(b) I hold title to the mobile home as provided in the | ||
Illinois
Vehicle Code ....
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(c) I was totally disabled on ... and have remained | ||
disabled until
the date of this application. My Social | ||
Security, Veterans, Railroad or
Civil Service Total Disability | ||
Claim Number is ... The undersigned
declares under the penalty | ||
of perjury that the above statements are true
and correct.
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Dated (insert date).
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Signature of owner
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(Address)
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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Approved by:
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(Assessor)
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This application shall be accompanied by a copy of the | ||
applicant's
most recent application filed with the Illinois | ||
Department on Aging of Revenue
under the " Senior Citizens and | ||
Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical | ||
Assistance Act ," approved July 17, 1972, as amended .
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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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Section 10. The Citizens Utility Board Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 9 as follows:
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(220 ILCS 10/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 909)
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Sec. 9. Mailing procedure.
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(1) As used in this Section:
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(a) "Enclosure" means a card, leaflet, envelope or | ||
combination thereof
furnished by the corporation under |
this Section.
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(b) "Mailing" means any communication by a State | ||
agency, other than
a mailing made by the Department of | ||
Revenue under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons | ||
Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act,
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that is sent through the United States Postal Service to | ||
more than 50,000
persons within a 12-month period.
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(c) "State agency" means any officer, department, | ||
board, commission,
institution or entity of the executive | ||
or legislative
branches of State government.
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(2) To accomplish its powers and duties under Section 5 | ||
this Act, the
corporation, subject to the following | ||
limitations, may prepare and furnish
to any State agency an | ||
enclosure to be included with a mailing by that agency.
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(a) A State agency furnished with an enclosure shall | ||
include the
enclosure within the mailing designated by the | ||
corporation.
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(b) An enclosure furnished by the corporation under | ||
this Section shall
be provided to the State agency a | ||
reasonable period of time in advance of
the mailing.
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(c) An enclosure furnished by the corporation under | ||
this Section shall be
limited to informing the reader of | ||
the purpose, nature and activities of the
corporation as | ||
set forth in this Act and informing the reader that it may
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become a member in the corporation, maintain membership in | ||
the corporation
and contribute money to the corporation |
directly.
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(d) Prior to furnishing an enclosure to the State | ||
agency, the
corporation shall seek and obtain approval of | ||
the content of the enclosure
from the Illinois Commerce | ||
Commission. The Commission shall approve the
enclosure if | ||
it determines that the enclosure (i) is not false or
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misleading and (ii) satisfies the requirements of this Act. | ||
The Commission
shall be deemed to have approved the | ||
enclosure unless it disapproves the
enclosure within 14 | ||
days from the date of receipt.
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(3) The corporation shall reimburse each State agency for | ||
all reasonable
incremental costs incurred by the State agency | ||
in complying with this
Section above the agency's normal | ||
mailing and handling costs, provided that:
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(a) The State agency shall first furnish the | ||
corporation with an
itemized accounting of such additional | ||
cost; and
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(b) The corporation shall not be required to reimburse | ||
the State agency
for postage costs if the weight of the | ||
corporation's enclosure does not
exceed .35 ounce | ||
avoirdupois. If the corporation's enclosure exceeds that
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weight, then it shall only be required to reimburse the | ||
State agency for
postage cost over and above what the | ||
agency's postage cost would have been
had the enclosure | ||
weighed only .35 ounce avoirdupois.
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(Source: P.A. 87-205.)
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Section 15. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons | ||
Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is | ||
amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, | ||
3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.12, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8a, 9, 12, and 13 and | ||
by adding Sections 1.5, 3.01a, 3.03a, 3.05a, and 4.05 as | ||
follows:
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(320 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 401)
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Sec. 1. Short title ; common name . This Article shall be | ||
known and may be cited as the " Senior Citizens and
Disabled | ||
Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
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Act " . Common references to the "Circuit Breaker Act" mean this | ||
Article. As used in this Article, "this Act" means this | ||
Article.
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(Source: P.A. 83-1531.)
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(320 ILCS 25/1.5 new) | ||
Sec. 1.5. Implementation of Executive Order No. 3 of 2004. | ||
Executive Order No. 3 of 2004, in part, provided for the
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transfer of the programs under this Act from the Department of
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Revenue to the Department on Aging and the Department of
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Healthcare and Family Services. It is the purpose of this
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amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly to conform this Act
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and certain related provisions of other statutes to that
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Executive Order. This amendatory Act of the 96th General
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Assembly also makes other substantive changes
to this Act.
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(320 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 402)
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Sec. 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide | ||
incentives to the senior citizens
and disabled persons of this | ||
State to acquire and retain private housing of
their choice and | ||
at the same time to relieve those citizens from the
burdens of | ||
extraordinary property taxes and rising drug costs against | ||
their increasingly
restricted earning power, and thereby to | ||
reduce the requirements for public
housing in this State.
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(Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.01) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.01)
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Sec. 3.01. Claimant. "Claimant" means an individual who has | ||
filed a claim for a property tax relief grant under this Act. | ||
In appropriate contexts, "claimant" may also include a person | ||
who
has applied for pharmaceutical assistance under this Act or | ||
for
other benefits that are based on eligibility for benefits | ||
under
this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.01a new) | ||
Sec. 3.01a. Claim year. "Claim year" means the calendar
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year prior to the period of time during which a claimant may
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file an application for benefits under this Act. |
(320 ILCS 25/3.03a new) | ||
Sec. 3.03a. Federal Poverty Level. "Federal Poverty Level"
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means the federal poverty income guidelines as determined
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annually by the United States Department of Health and Human
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Services and updated periodically in the Federal Register by
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that Department under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
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(320 ILCS 25/3.04) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.04)
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Sec. 3.04. Gross rent. "Gross rent Rent " means the total | ||
amount paid solely for the right to occupy
a residence.
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If the residence is a nursing or sheltered care home, | ||
"gross rent" means
the amount paid in a taxable year that is | ||
attributable to the cost of
housing, but not of meals or care, | ||
for the claimant in that home,
determined in accordance with | ||
regulations of the Department on Aging .
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(Source: P.A. 78-1249; 78-1297.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.05) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.05)
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Sec. 3.05. Household. "Household" means a claimant or a | ||
claimant and his or her spouse , if any, living
together in the | ||
same residence. An additional resident may be counted in | ||
determining household size.
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(Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.05a new) | ||
Sec. 3.05a. Additional resident. "Additional resident"
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means a person who (i) is living in the same residence with a
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claimant for the claim year and at the time of filing the
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claim, (ii) is not the spouse of the claimant, (iii) does not
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file a separate claim under this Act for the same period, and
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(iv) receives more than half of his or her total financial
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support for that claim year from the household. An additional | ||
resident who meets qualifications may receive pharmaceutical | ||
assistance based on a claimant's application.
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(320 ILCS 25/3.06) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.06)
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Sec. 3.06. Household income. "Household income" means the | ||
combined income of the members of a
household. The term does | ||
not include the income of any qualified additional resident who | ||
lives with the claimant.
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(Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.07) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.07)
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Sec. 3.07. Income. "Income" means adjusted gross income, | ||
properly reportable for
federal income tax purposes under the | ||
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code,
modified by adding | ||
thereto the sum of the following amounts to the extent
deducted | ||
or excluded from gross income in the computation of adjusted | ||
gross
income:
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(A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued as | ||
interest or
dividends during the taxable year;
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(B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by the |
Illinois Income
Tax Act paid for the taxable year;
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(C) An amount equal to all amounts received during the | ||
taxable year as
an annuity under an annuity, endowment or | ||
life insurance contract or under
any other contract or | ||
agreement;
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(D) An amount equal to the amount of benefits paid | ||
under the Federal
Social Security Act during the taxable | ||
year;
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(E) An amount equal to the amount of benefits paid | ||
under the Railroad
Retirement Act during the taxable year;
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(F) An amount equal to the total amount of cash public | ||
assistance
payments received from any governmental agency | ||
during the taxable year
other than benefits received | ||
pursuant to this Act;
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(G) An amount equal to any net operating loss carryover | ||
deduction or
capital loss carryover deduction during the | ||
taxable year; and
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(H) An For claim years beginning on or after January 1, | ||
2002, an amount
equal to any benefits received under the | ||
Workers' Compensation Act or the
Workers' Occupational | ||
Diseases Act during the
taxable year.
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"Income" does not include any grant assistance received | ||
under the Nursing
Home Grant Assistance Act or any | ||
distributions or items of income described
under subparagraph | ||
(X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of
the | ||
Illinois Income Tax Act or any payments under Section 2201 or |
Section 2202 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of | ||
2009 .
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This amendatory Act of 1987 shall be effective for purposes | ||
of this
Section for tax years ending on or after December 31, | ||
1987.
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(Source: P.A. 91-676, eff. 12-23-99; 92-131, eff. 7-23-01; | ||
92-519, eff.
1-1-02.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.08) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.08)
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Sec. 3.08. Internal Revenue Code. "Internal Revenue Code" | ||
means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986
1954 or | ||
any successor law or laws relating to federal income taxes in
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effect for the year.
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(Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.09) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.09)
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Sec. 3.09. Property taxes accrued. "Property taxes | ||
accrued" means the ad valorem property taxes
extended against a | ||
residence, but does not include special assessments,
interest | ||
or charges for service. In the case of real estate improved | ||
with a
multidwelling or multipurpose building, "property taxes | ||
accrued" extended
against a residence within such a building is | ||
an amount equal to the same
percentage of the total property | ||
taxes extended against that real estate as
improved as the | ||
value of the residence is to the total value of the
building. | ||
If the multidwelling building is owned and operated as a
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cooperative, the value of an individual residence is the value | ||
of the
interest in the cooperative held by the owner of record | ||
of the legal or
equitable interest, other than a leasehold | ||
interest, in the cooperative
which confers the right to occupy | ||
that residence.
In determining the amount of grant under | ||
Section 4 for 1976
and thereafter , the applicable "property | ||
taxes accrued",
as determined under this Section, are those | ||
payable or paid
in the last preceding taxable year.
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In addition, if the residence is a mobile home as defined | ||
in and subject
to the tax imposed by the Mobile Home Local | ||
Services Tax Act, "property taxes
accrued" includes the amount | ||
of privilege tax paid during the calendar year for
which | ||
benefits are claimed under that Act on that mobile home. If | ||
Beginning in
taxable year 1999, if (i) the residence is a | ||
mobile home, (ii) the resident is
the record owner of the | ||
property upon which the mobile home is
located, and (iii) the | ||
resident is liable for the taxes imposed under the
Property Tax | ||
Code for both the mobile home and the property, then "property
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taxes accrued" includes the amount of property taxes paid on | ||
both the mobile
home and the property upon which the mobile | ||
home is located.
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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-391, eff. 7-30-99.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.10) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.10)
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Sec. 3.10. Regulations. "Regulations" includes both rules | ||
promulgated and forms prescribed by the applicable
Department. |
In this Act, references to the rules of the Department on Aging
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or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be
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deemed to include, in appropriate cases, the corresponding
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rules adopted by the Department of Revenue, to the extent that
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those rules continue in force under Executive Order No. 3 of
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2004.
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(Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.12) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.12)
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Sec. 3.12. Residence. "Residence" means the principal | ||
dwelling place occupied in this State by
a household and so | ||
much of the surrounding land as is reasonably necessary
for use | ||
of the dwelling as a home, and includes rental property, mobile
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homes, single family dwellings, and units in multifamily, | ||
multidwelling or
multipurpose buildings. If the assessor has | ||
established a specific legal
description for a portion of | ||
property constituting the residence, then that
portion of | ||
property shall be deemed "residence" for the purposes of this
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Act. "Residence" also includes that portion of a nursing or | ||
sheltered care
home occupied as a dwelling by a claimant, | ||
determined as prescribed in
regulations of the Department on | ||
Aging .
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(Source: P.A. 78-1249.)
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(320 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404)
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Sec. 4. Amount of Grant.
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(a) In general. Any individual 65 years or older or any | ||
individual who will
become 65 years old during the calendar | ||
year in which a claim is filed, and any
surviving spouse of | ||
such a claimant, who at the time of death received or was
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entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, which | ||
surviving spouse
will become 65 years of age within the 24 | ||
months immediately following the
death of such claimant and | ||
which surviving spouse but for his or her age is
otherwise | ||
qualified to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, and any
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disabled person whose annual household income is less than the | ||
income eligibility limitation, as defined in subsection (a-5)
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and whose household is liable for payment of property taxes | ||
accrued or has
paid rent constituting property taxes accrued | ||
and is domiciled in this State
at the time he or she files his | ||
or her claim is entitled to claim a
grant under this Act.
With | ||
respect to claims filed by individuals who will become 65 years | ||
old
during the calendar year in which a claim is filed, the | ||
amount of any grant
to which that household is entitled shall | ||
be an amount equal to 1/12 of the
amount to which the claimant | ||
would otherwise be entitled as provided in
this Section, | ||
multiplied by the number of months in which the claimant was
65 | ||
in the calendar year in which the claim is filed.
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(a-5) Income eligibility limitation. For purposes of this | ||
Section, "income eligibility limitation" means an amount for | ||
grant years 2008 and thereafter : | ||
(i) for grant years before the 1998 grant year, less |
than $14,000; | ||
(ii) for the 1998 and 1999 grant year, less than | ||
$16,000; | ||
(iii) for grant years 2000 through 2007: | ||
(A) less than $21,218 for a household containing | ||
one person; | ||
(B) less than $28,480 for a household containing 2 | ||
persons; or | ||
(C) less than $35,740 for a
household containing 3 | ||
or more persons; or | ||
(iv) for grant years 2008 and thereafter:
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(1) (A) less than $22,218 for a household containing | ||
one person; | ||
(2) (B) less than $29,480 for a household containing 2 | ||
persons; or | ||
(3) (C) less than $36,740 for a
household containing 3 | ||
or more persons. | ||
For 2009 claim year applications submitted during calendar | ||
year 2010, a household must have annual household income of | ||
less than $27,610 for a household containing one person; less | ||
than $36,635 for a household containing 2 persons; or less than | ||
$45,657 for a household containing 3 or more persons. | ||
The Department on Aging may adopt rules such that on | ||
January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the foregoing household income | ||
eligibility limits may be changed to reflect the annual cost of | ||
living adjustment in Social Security and Supplemental Security |
Income benefits that are applicable to the year for which those | ||
benefits are being reported as income on an application. | ||
If a person files as a surviving spouse, then only his or | ||
her income shall be counted in determining his or her household | ||
income. | ||
(b) Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in | ||
subsections (a) and (f)
of this Section, the maximum amount of | ||
grant which a claimant is
entitled to claim is the amount by | ||
which the property taxes accrued which
were paid or payable | ||
during the last preceding tax year or rent
constituting | ||
property taxes accrued upon the claimant's residence for the
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last preceding taxable year exceeds 3 1/2% of the claimant's | ||
household
income for that year but in no event is the grant to | ||
exceed (i) $700 less
4.5% of household income for that year for | ||
those with a household income of
$14,000 or less or (ii) $70 if | ||
household income for that year is more than
$14,000.
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(c) Public aid recipients. If household income in one or | ||
more
months during a year includes cash assistance in excess of | ||
$55 per month
from the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||
Services or the Department of Human Services (acting
as | ||
successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department | ||
of Human
Services Act) which was determined under regulations | ||
of
that Department on a measure of need that included an | ||
allowance for actual
rent or property taxes paid by the | ||
recipient of that assistance, the amount
of grant to which that | ||
household is entitled, except as otherwise provided in
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subsection (a), shall be the product of (1) the maximum amount | ||
computed as
specified in subsection (b) of this Section and (2) | ||
the ratio of the number of
months in which household income did | ||
not include such cash assistance over $55
to the number twelve. | ||
If household income did not include such cash assistance
over | ||
$55 for any months during the year, the amount of the grant to | ||
which the
household is entitled shall be the maximum amount | ||
computed as specified in
subsection (b) of this Section. For | ||
purposes of this paragraph (c), "cash
assistance" does not | ||
include any amount received under the federal Supplemental
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Security Income (SSI) program.
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(d) Joint ownership. If title to the residence is held | ||
jointly by
the claimant with a person who is not a member of | ||
his or her household,
the amount of property taxes accrued used | ||
in computing the amount of grant
to which he or she is entitled | ||
shall be the same percentage of property
taxes accrued as is | ||
the percentage of ownership held by the claimant in the
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residence.
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(e) More than one residence. If a claimant has occupied | ||
more than
one residence in the taxable year, he or she may | ||
claim only one residence
for any part of a month. In the case | ||
of property taxes accrued, he or she
shall prorate 1/12 of the | ||
total property taxes accrued on
his or her residence to each | ||
month that he or she owned and occupied
that residence; and, in | ||
the case of rent constituting property taxes accrued,
shall | ||
prorate each month's rent payments to the residence
actually |
occupied during that month.
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(f) (Blank). There is hereby established a program of | ||
pharmaceutical assistance
to the aged and disabled which shall | ||
be administered by the Department in
accordance with this Act, | ||
to consist of payments to authorized pharmacies, on
behalf of | ||
beneficiaries of the program, for the reasonable costs of | ||
covered
prescription drugs. Each beneficiary who pays $5 for an | ||
identification card
shall pay no additional prescription | ||
costs. Each beneficiary who pays $25 for
an identification card | ||
shall pay $3 per prescription. In addition, after a
beneficiary | ||
receives $2,000 in benefits during a State fiscal year, that
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beneficiary shall also be charged 20% of the cost of each | ||
prescription for
which payments are made by the program during | ||
the remainder of the fiscal
year. To become a beneficiary under | ||
this program a person must: (1)
be (i) 65 years of age or | ||
older, or (ii) the surviving spouse of such
a claimant, who at | ||
the time of death received or was entitled to receive
benefits | ||
pursuant to this subsection, which surviving spouse will become | ||
65
years of age within the 24 months immediately following the | ||
death of such
claimant and which surviving spouse but for his | ||
or her age is otherwise
qualified to receive benefits pursuant | ||
to this subsection, or (iii) disabled,
and (2) be domiciled in | ||
this State at the time he or she files
his or her claim, and (3) | ||
have a maximum household income of less
than the income | ||
eligibility limitation, as defined in subsection (a-5). In | ||
addition, each eligible person must (1) obtain an
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identification card from the Department, (2) at the time the | ||
card is obtained,
sign a statement assigning to the State of | ||
Illinois benefits which may be
otherwise claimed under any | ||
private insurance plans, and (3) present the
identification | ||
card to the dispensing pharmacist.
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The Department may adopt rules specifying
participation
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requirements for the pharmaceutical assistance program, | ||
including copayment
amounts,
identification card fees, | ||
expenditure limits, and the benefit threshold after
which a 20% | ||
charge is imposed on the cost of each prescription, to be in
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effect on and
after July 1, 2004.
Notwithstanding any other | ||
provision of this paragraph, however, the Department
may not
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increase the identification card fee above the amount in effect | ||
on May 1, 2003
without
the express consent of the General | ||
Assembly.
To the extent practicable, those requirements shall | ||
be
commensurate
with the requirements provided in rules adopted | ||
by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
to
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implement the pharmacy assistance program under Section | ||
5-5.12a of the Illinois
Public
Aid Code.
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Whenever a generic equivalent for a covered prescription | ||
drug is available,
the Department shall reimburse only for the | ||
reasonable costs of the generic
equivalent, less the co-pay | ||
established in this Section, unless (i) the covered
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prescription drug contains one or more ingredients defined as a | ||
narrow
therapeutic index drug at 21 CFR 320.33, (ii) the | ||
prescriber indicates on the
face of the prescription "brand |
medically necessary", and (iii) the prescriber
specifies that a | ||
substitution is not permitted. When issuing an oral
| ||
prescription for covered prescription medication described in | ||
item (i) of this
paragraph, the prescriber shall stipulate | ||
"brand medically necessary" and
that a substitution is not | ||
permitted. If the covered prescription drug and its
authorizing | ||
prescription do not meet the criteria listed above, the | ||
beneficiary
may purchase the non-generic equivalent of the | ||
covered prescription drug by
paying the difference between the | ||
generic cost and the non-generic cost plus
the beneficiary | ||
co-pay.
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Any person otherwise eligible for pharmaceutical | ||
assistance under this
Act whose covered drugs are covered by | ||
any public program for assistance in
purchasing any covered | ||
prescription drugs shall be ineligible for assistance
under | ||
this Act to the extent such costs are covered by such other | ||
plan.
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The fee to be charged by the Department for the | ||
identification card shall
be equal to $5 per coverage year for | ||
persons below the official poverty line
as defined by the | ||
United States Department of Health and Human Services and
$25 | ||
per coverage year for all other persons.
| ||
In the event that 2 or more persons are eligible for any | ||
benefit under
this Act, and are members of the same household, | ||
(1) each such person shall
be entitled to participate in the | ||
pharmaceutical assistance program, provided
that he or she |
meets all other requirements imposed by this subsection
and (2) | ||
each participating household member contributes the fee | ||
required
for that person by the preceding paragraph for the | ||
purpose
of obtaining an identification card. | ||
The provisions of this subsection (f), other than this | ||
paragraph, are inoperative after December 31, 2005. | ||
Beneficiaries who received benefits under the program | ||
established by this subsection (f) are not entitled, at the | ||
termination of the program, to any refund of the identification | ||
card fee paid under this subsection. | ||
(g) Effective January 1, 2006, there is hereby established | ||
a program of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged and | ||
disabled, entitled the Illinois Seniors and Disabled Drug | ||
Coverage Program, which shall be administered by the Department | ||
of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department on Aging | ||
in accordance with this subsection, to consist of coverage of | ||
specified prescription drugs on behalf of beneficiaries of the | ||
program as set forth in this subsection. The program under this | ||
subsection replaces and supersedes the program established | ||
under subsection (f), which shall end at midnight on December | ||
31, 2005. | ||
To become a beneficiary under the program established under | ||
this subsection, a person must: | ||
(1) be (i) 65 years of age or older or (ii) disabled; | ||
and | ||
(2) be domiciled in this State; and |
(3) enroll with a qualified Medicare Part D | ||
Prescription Drug Plan if eligible and apply for all | ||
available subsidies under Medicare Part D; and | ||
(4) for the 2006 and 2007 claim years, have a maximum | ||
household income of (i) less than $21,218 for a household | ||
containing one person, (ii) less than $28,480 for a | ||
household containing 2 persons, or (iii) less than $35,740 | ||
for a household containing 3 or more persons ; and . If any | ||
income eligibility limit set forth in items (i) through | ||
(iii) is less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level for | ||
any year, the income eligibility limit for that year for | ||
households of that size shall be income equal to or less | ||
than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. | ||
(5) for the 2008 claim year, have a maximum household | ||
income of (i) less than $22,218 for a household containing | ||
one person, (ii) $29,480 for a household containing 2 | ||
persons, or (iii) $36,740 for a household containing 3 or | ||
more persons; and | ||
(6) for 2009 claim year applications submitted during | ||
calendar year 2010, have annual household income of less | ||
than (i) $27,610 for a household containing one person; | ||
(ii) less than $36,635 for a household containing 2 | ||
persons; or (iii) less than $45,657 for a household | ||
containing 3 or more persons. | ||
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt | ||
rules such that on January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the |
foregoing household income eligibility limits may be changed to | ||
reflect the annual cost of living adjustment in Social Security | ||
and Supplemental Security Income benefits that are applicable | ||
to the year for which those benefits are being reported as | ||
income on an application. | ||
All individuals enrolled as of December 31, 2005, in the | ||
pharmaceutical assistance program operated pursuant to | ||
subsection (f) of this Section and all individuals enrolled as | ||
of December 31, 2005, in the SeniorCare Medicaid waiver program | ||
operated pursuant to Section 5-5.12a of the Illinois Public Aid | ||
Code shall be automatically enrolled in the program established | ||
by this subsection for the first year of operation without the | ||
need for further application, except that they must apply for | ||
Medicare Part D and the Low Income Subsidy under Medicare Part | ||
D. A person enrolled in the pharmaceutical assistance program | ||
operated pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section as of | ||
December 31, 2005, shall not lose eligibility in future years | ||
due only to the fact that they have not reached the age of 65. | ||
To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department may | ||
act as an authorized representative of a beneficiary in order | ||
to enroll the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D Prescription | ||
Drug Plan if the beneficiary has failed to choose a plan and, | ||
where possible, to enroll beneficiaries in the low-income | ||
subsidy program under Medicare Part D or assist them in | ||
enrolling in that program. | ||
Beneficiaries under the program established under this |
subsection shall be divided into the following 4 5 eligibility | ||
groups: | ||
(A) Eligibility Group 1 shall consist of beneficiaries | ||
who are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage and who
| ||
are: | ||
(i) disabled and under age 65; or | ||
(ii) age 65 or older, with incomes over 200% of the | ||
Federal Poverty Level; or | ||
(iii) age 65 or older, with incomes at or below | ||
200% of the Federal Poverty Level and not eligible for | ||
federally funded means-tested benefits due to | ||
immigration status. | ||
(B) Eligibility Group 2 shall consist of beneficiaries | ||
otherwise described in Eligibility Group 1 but who are | ||
eligible for Medicare Part D coverage. | ||
(C) Eligibility Group 3 shall consist of beneficiaries | ||
age 65 or older, with incomes at or below 200% of the | ||
Federal Poverty Level, who are not barred from receiving | ||
federally funded means-tested benefits due to immigration | ||
status and are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage. | ||
(D) Eligibility Group 4 shall consist of beneficiaries | ||
age 65 or older, with incomes at or below 200% of the | ||
Federal Poverty Level, who are not barred from receiving | ||
federally funded means-tested benefits due to immigration | ||
status and are not eligible for Medicare Part D coverage. | ||
If the State applies and receives federal approval for |
a waiver under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, | ||
persons in Eligibility Group 3 4 shall continue to receive | ||
benefits through the approved waiver, and Eligibility | ||
Group 3 4 may be expanded to include disabled persons under | ||
age 65 with incomes under 200% of the Federal Poverty Level | ||
who are not eligible for Medicare and who are not barred | ||
from receiving federally funded means-tested benefits due | ||
to immigration status. | ||
(D) (E) On and after January 1, 2007, Eligibility Group | ||
4 5 shall consist of beneficiaries who are otherwise | ||
described in Eligibility Group 2 Groups 2 and 3 who have a | ||
diagnosis of HIV or AIDS.
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The program established under this subsection shall cover | ||
the cost of covered prescription drugs in excess of the | ||
beneficiary cost-sharing amounts set forth in this paragraph | ||
that are not covered by Medicare. In 2006, beneficiaries shall | ||
pay a co-payment of $2 for each prescription of a generic drug | ||
and $5 for each prescription of a brand-name drug. In future | ||
years, beneficiaries shall pay co-payments equal to the | ||
co-payments required under Medicare Part D for "other | ||
low-income subsidy eligible individuals" pursuant to 42 CFR | ||
423.782(b). For individuals in Eligibility Groups 1, 2, and 3, | ||
and 4, once the program established under this subsection and | ||
Medicare combined have paid $1,750 in a year for covered | ||
prescription drugs, the beneficiary shall pay 20% of the cost | ||
of each prescription in addition to the co-payments set forth |
in this paragraph. For individuals in Eligibility Group 4 5 , | ||
once the program established under this subsection and Medicare | ||
combined have paid $1,750 in a year for covered prescription | ||
drugs, the beneficiary shall pay 20% of the cost of each | ||
prescription in addition to the co-payments set forth in this | ||
paragraph unless the drug is included in the formulary of the | ||
Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program operated by the Illinois | ||
Department of Public Health and covered by the Medicare Part D | ||
Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is enrolled . If | ||
the drug is included in the formulary of the Illinois AIDS Drug | ||
Assistance Program and covered by the Medicare Part D | ||
Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is enrolled , | ||
individuals in Eligibility Group 4 5 shall continue to pay the | ||
co-payments set forth in this paragraph after the program | ||
established under this subsection and Medicare combined have | ||
paid $1,750 in a year for covered prescription drugs.
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For beneficiaries eligible for Medicare Part D coverage, | ||
the program established under this subsection shall pay 100% of | ||
the premiums charged by a qualified Medicare Part D | ||
Prescription Drug Plan for Medicare Part D basic prescription | ||
drug coverage, not including any late enrollment penalties. | ||
Qualified Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans may be | ||
limited by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to | ||
those plans that sign a coordination agreement with the | ||
Department. | ||
Notwithstanding Section 3.15, for purposes of the program |
established under this subsection, the term "covered | ||
prescription drug" has the following meanings: | ||
For Eligibility Group 1, "covered prescription drug" | ||
means: (1) any cardiovascular agent or drug; (2) any | ||
insulin or other prescription drug used in the treatment of | ||
diabetes, including syringe and needles used to administer | ||
the insulin; (3) any prescription drug used in the | ||
treatment of arthritis; (4) any prescription drug used in | ||
the treatment of cancer; (5) any prescription drug used in | ||
the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; (6) any prescription | ||
drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease; (7) any | ||
prescription drug used in the treatment of glaucoma; (8) | ||
any prescription drug used in the treatment of lung disease | ||
and smoking-related illnesses; (9) any prescription drug | ||
used in the treatment of osteoporosis; and (10) any | ||
prescription drug used in the treatment of multiple | ||
sclerosis. The Department may add additional therapeutic | ||
classes by rule. The Department may adopt a preferred drug | ||
list within any of the classes of drugs described in items | ||
(1) through (10) of this paragraph. The specific drugs or | ||
therapeutic classes of covered prescription drugs shall be | ||
indicated by rule. | ||
For Eligibility Group 2, "covered prescription drug" | ||
means those drugs covered for Eligibility Group 1 that are | ||
also covered by the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan | ||
in which the beneficiary is enrolled. |
For Eligibility Group 3, "covered prescription drug" | ||
means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D | ||
Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is | ||
enrolled. | ||
For Eligibility Group 3 4 , "covered prescription drug" | ||
means those drugs covered by the Medical Assistance Program | ||
under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code. | ||
For Eligibility Group 4 5, for individuals otherwise | ||
described in Eligibility Group 2, "covered prescription | ||
drug" means:
(1) those drugs covered for Eligibility Group | ||
2 that are also covered by the Medicare Part D Prescription | ||
Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is enrolled; and
(2) | ||
those drugs included in the formulary of the Illinois AIDS | ||
Drug Assistance Program operated by the Illinois | ||
Department of Public Health that are also covered by the | ||
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan in which the | ||
beneficiary is enrolled.
For Eligibility Group 5, for | ||
individuals otherwise described in Eligibility Group 3 , | ||
"covered prescription drug" means those drugs covered by | ||
the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan in which the | ||
beneficiary is enrolled. | ||
An individual in Eligibility Group 1, 2, 3, or 4 , or 5 may | ||
opt to receive a $25 monthly payment in lieu of the direct | ||
coverage described in this subsection. | ||
Any person otherwise eligible for pharmaceutical | ||
assistance under this subsection whose covered drugs are |
covered by any public program is ineligible for assistance | ||
under this subsection to the extent that the cost of those | ||
drugs is covered by the other program. | ||
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | ||
establish by rule the methods by which it will provide for the | ||
coverage called for in this subsection. Those methods may | ||
include direct reimbursement to pharmacies or the payment of a | ||
capitated amount to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. | ||
For a pharmacy to be reimbursed under the program | ||
established under this subsection, it must comply with rules | ||
adopted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||
regarding coordination of benefits with Medicare Part D | ||
Prescription Drug Plans. A pharmacy may not charge a | ||
Medicare-enrolled beneficiary of the program established under | ||
this subsection more for a covered prescription drug than the | ||
appropriate Medicare cost-sharing less any payment from or on | ||
behalf of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. | ||
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the | ||
Department on Aging, as appropriate, may adopt rules regarding | ||
applications, counting of income, proof of Medicare status, | ||
mandatory generic policies, and pharmacy reimbursement rates | ||
and any other rules necessary for the cost-efficient operation | ||
of the program established under this subsection. | ||
(h) A qualified individual is not entitled to duplicate
| ||
benefits in a coverage period as a result of the changes made
| ||
by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 94-86, eff. 1-1-06; 94-909, eff. 6-23-06; 95-208, | ||
eff. 8-16-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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(320 ILCS 25/4.05 new) | ||
Sec. 4.05. Application. | ||
(a) The Department on Aging shall establish the content,
| ||
required eligibility and identification information, use of
| ||
social security numbers, and manner of applying for benefits in | ||
a simplified format
under this Act, including claims filed for
| ||
new or renewed prescription drug benefits. | ||
(b) An application may be filed on paper or over the | ||
Internet to enable persons to apply separately
or for both a | ||
property tax relief grant and pharmaceutical
assistance on the | ||
same application. An application may also
enable persons to | ||
apply for other State or federal programs
that provide medical | ||
or pharmaceutical assistance or other
benefits, as determined | ||
by the Department on Aging in
conjunction with the Department | ||
of Healthcare and Family
Services. | ||
(c) Applications must be filed during the time period
| ||
prescribed by the Department.
| ||
(320 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405)
| ||
Sec. 5. Procedure.
| ||
(a) In general. Claims must be filed after January 1, on | ||
forms prescribed
by the Department. No claim may be filed more | ||
than one year after December 31
of the year for which the claim |
is filed except that claims for 1976 may be
filed until | ||
December 31, 1978 . The pharmaceutical assistance | ||
identification
card provided for in subsection (f) of Section 4 | ||
shall be valid for a period determined by the Department of | ||
Healthcare and Family Services
not to exceed one year . On and | ||
after January 1, 2002, however, to enable the
Department to | ||
convert coverage for a pharmaceutical assistance program
| ||
participant to a State fiscal year basis, a card shall be valid | ||
for a longer or
shorter period than 12 months, depending on the | ||
date a timely claim is filed
and as determined by the | ||
Department. All applicants for benefits under this
program | ||
approved for benefits on or after July 1 but on or before | ||
December 31
of any State fiscal year are eligible for benefits | ||
through June 30 of that
State fiscal year. All applicants for | ||
benefits under this program approved for
benefits on or after | ||
January 1 but on or before June 30 of any State fiscal
year are | ||
eligible for benefits through June 30 of the following State | ||
fiscal
year.
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(b) Claim is Personal. The right to file a claim under this | ||
Act
shall be personal to the claimant and shall not survive his | ||
death, but
such right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant | ||
by his legal
guardian or attorney-in-fact. If a claimant dies | ||
after having filed a
timely claim, the amount thereof shall be | ||
disbursed to his surviving spouse
or, if no spouse survives, to | ||
his surviving dependent minor children in
equal parts, provided | ||
the spouse or child, as the case may be, resided with
the |
claimant at the time he filed his claim. If at the time of | ||
disbursement
neither the claimant nor his spouse is surviving, | ||
and no dependent minor
children of the claimant are surviving | ||
the amount of the claim shall
escheat to the State.
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(c) One claim per household. Only one member of a household | ||
may file
a claim under this Act in any calendar year; where | ||
both members of a
household are otherwise entitled to claim a | ||
grant under this Act, they
must agree as to which of them will | ||
file a claim for that year.
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(d) (Blank). Content of application form. The form | ||
prescribed by the
Department for purposes of paragraph (a) | ||
shall include a table,
appropriately keyed to the parts of the | ||
form on which the claimant is
required to furnish information, | ||
which will enable the claimant to
determine readily the | ||
approximate amount of grant to which he is
entitled by relating | ||
levels of household income to property taxes
accrued or rent | ||
constituting property taxes accrued.
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(e) Pharmaceutical Assistance Procedures. The Department | ||
shall establish
the form and manner for application, and | ||
establish by January 1, 1986 a
procedure to enable persons to | ||
apply for the additional grant or for the
pharmaceutical | ||
assistance identification card on the same application form.
| ||
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | ||
determine eligibility for pharmaceutical assistance using
the | ||
applicant's current income. The Department shall determine a | ||
person's
current income in the manner provided by the |
Department by rule.
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(Source: P.A. 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 91-699, eff. 1-1-01; | ||
92-131, eff.
7-23-01; 92-519, eff. 1-1-02.)
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(320 ILCS 25/7) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 407)
| ||
Sec. 7. Payment and denial of claims. | ||
(a) In general. The Director shall order the payment from | ||
appropriations
made for that purpose of grants to claimants | ||
under this Act in the amounts
to which the Department has | ||
determined they are entitled, respectively. If
a claim is | ||
denied, the Director shall cause written notice of that denial
| ||
and the reasons for that denial to be sent to the claimant.
| ||
(b) Payment of claims one dollar and under. Where the | ||
amount of the
grant computed under Section 4 is less than one | ||
dollar, the Department
shall pay to the claimant one dollar.
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(c) Right to appeal. Any person aggrieved by an action or | ||
determination of
the Department on Aging arising under any of | ||
its powers or
duties under this Act may request in writing that | ||
the
Department on Aging reconsider its action or determination,
| ||
setting out the facts upon which the request is based. The
| ||
Department on Aging shall consider the request and either
| ||
modify or affirm its prior action or determination. The
| ||
Department on Aging may adopt, by rule, procedures for | ||
conducting
its review under this Section. | ||
Any person aggrieved by an action or determination of
the | ||
Department of Healthcare and Family Services arising under
any |
of its powers or duties under this Act may request in
writing | ||
that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
| ||
reconsider its action or determination, setting out the facts
| ||
upon which the request is based. The Department of Healthcare
| ||
and Family Services shall consider the request and either
| ||
modify or affirm its prior action or determination. The
| ||
Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt, by | ||
rule,
procedures for conducting its review under this Section. | ||
Any claimant aggrieved by the action of the
Department under | ||
this Act, whether in the reduction of the amount of the
grant | ||
claimed or in the denial of the claim, may request in writing | ||
that
the Department reconsider its prior determination, | ||
setting out the facts on
which his request is based. The | ||
Department shall consider the request and
either modify or | ||
affirm its prior determination.
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(d) (Blank). Administrative review. The decision of the | ||
Department to affirm its
prior determination, or the failure of | ||
the Department to act on a request
for reconsideration within | ||
60 days, is a final administrative decision
which is subject to | ||
judicial review under the Administrative Review Law,
and all | ||
amendments and modifications thereof and the rules adopted | ||
thereto.
The term "administrative decision" is defined as in | ||
Section 3-101 of the
Code of Civil Procedure.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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(320 ILCS 25/8) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 408)
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Sec. 8. Records. Every claimant of a grant under this Act | ||
and every applicant for pharmaceutical assistance under this | ||
Act shall keep such records, render
such statements, file such | ||
forms and comply with such rules and regulations
as the | ||
Department on Aging may from time to time prescribe. The | ||
Department on Aging may by
regulations require landlords to | ||
furnish to tenants statements as to gross
rent or rent | ||
constituting property taxes accrued.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 77-2059.)
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(320 ILCS 25/8a) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 408.1)
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Sec. 8a. Confidentiality.
| ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act , all
| ||
information received by the Department of Revenue or its | ||
successors, the Department on Aging and the Department of | ||
Healthcare and Family Services, from claims filed under this | ||
Act, or
from any investigation conducted under the provisions
| ||
of this Act, shall be confidential, except for official | ||
purposes within those Departments
the Department or pursuant to | ||
official
procedures for collection of any State tax or | ||
enforcement of any civil or
criminal penalty or sanction | ||
imposed
by this Act or by any statute imposing a State tax, and | ||
any person who divulges
any such information in any
manner, | ||
except for such purposes and pursuant to order of the Director | ||
of one of those Departments or
in accordance with a proper | ||
judicial order, shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
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(b) Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the | ||
Director of Aging from publishing
or making available | ||
reasonable statistics concerning the operation of the
grant | ||
programs contained in this Act wherein the contents
of claims | ||
are grouped into aggregates in such a way that information | ||
contained
in any individual claim shall not be disclosed.
| ||
(c) The Department on Aging shall furnish to the Secretary | ||
of State such
information as is reasonably necessary for the | ||
administration of reduced
vehicle registration fees pursuant | ||
to Section 3-806.3 of "The Illinois Vehicle
Code".
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(Source: P.A. 89-399, eff. 8-20-95.)
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(320 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 409)
| ||
Sec. 9. Fraud; error. | ||
(a) Any person who files a fraudulent claim
for a grant | ||
under this Act, or who for compensation prepares a claim
for a | ||
grant and
knowingly enters false information on an application | ||
a claim form for any claimant under
this Act, or who | ||
fraudulently files multiple applications claim forms , or who
| ||
fraudulently states that a nondisabled person is disabled, or | ||
who
fraudulently procures a pharmaceutical assistance benefits | ||
identification card , or
who fraudulently uses such assistance | ||
card to procure covered prescription drugs, or
who, on behalf | ||
of an authorized pharmacy, files a fraudulent request claim for | ||
payment, is
guilty of a Class 4 felony for the first offense | ||
and is guilty of a Class 3
felony for each subsequent offense. |
(b) The Department on Aging and the Department of | ||
Healthcare and Family Services shall immediately
suspend the | ||
use of the pharmaceutical assistance benefits identification | ||
card of any
person suspected of fraudulent procurement or | ||
fraudulent use of such assistance card ,
and shall revoke such | ||
assistance card upon a conviction. A person convicted of such
| ||
fraud under subsection (a) shall be permanently barred from all | ||
of the programs the program of pharmaceutical
assistance | ||
established under this Act. | ||
(c) The Department on Aging may recover from a
claimant , | ||
including an authorized pharmacy, any amount paid to that | ||
claimant under this
Act on account of an erroneous or
| ||
fraudulent claim, together with 6% interest per year. Amounts
| ||
recoverable from a claimant by the Department on Aging under
| ||
this Act may, but need not, be recovered by offsetting the
| ||
amount owed against any future grant payable to the person
| ||
under this Act. | ||
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may
| ||
recover from an authorized pharmacy any amount paid to that
| ||
pharmacy under the pharmaceutical assistance program on
| ||
account of an erroneous or fraudulent request for payment under
| ||
that program, together with 6% interest per year. The
| ||
Department of Healthcare and Family Services may recover from a
| ||
person who erroneously or fraudulently obtains benefits under
| ||
the pharmaceutical assistance program the value of the benefits
| ||
so obtained, together with 6% interest per year. |
(d) A prosecution for
a violation of this Section may be | ||
commenced at any time within 3 years
of the commission of that | ||
violation.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 85-299.)
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(320 ILCS 25/12) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 412)
| ||
Sec. 12. Regulations - Department on Aging.
| ||
(a) Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provision to | ||
the contrary,
the Department on Aging may adopt rules regarding | ||
applications,
proof of eligibility, required identification | ||
information, use
of social security numbers, counting of | ||
income, and a method of
computing "gross rent" in the case of a | ||
claimant living in a
nursing or sheltered care home, and any | ||
other rules necessary
for the cost-efficient operation of the | ||
program established
under Section 4. The Director shall | ||
promulgate such regulations as are
necessary or desirable to | ||
effectuate the purposes of this Act, including but
not limited | ||
to the method of computing "gross rent" in the case of a | ||
claimant
living in a nursing or sheltered care home.
| ||
(b) The Department on Aging shall, to the extent of | ||
appropriations made
for that purpose:
| ||
(1) attempt to secure the cooperation of appropriate | ||
federal, State and
local agencies in securing the names and | ||
addresses of persons to whom this
Act pertains;
| ||
(2) prepare a mailing list of persons eligible for | ||
grants under this Act;
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(3) secure the cooperation of the Department of | ||
Revenue , the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, | ||
other State agencies, and of local
business establishments | ||
to facilitate distribution of applications application | ||
forms
under this Act to those eligible to file claims; and
| ||
(4) through use of direct mail, newspaper | ||
advertisements and radio and
television advertisements, | ||
and all other appropriate means of
communication, conduct | ||
an on-going public relations program to increase
awareness | ||
of eligible citizens of the benefits grants under this Act | ||
and the
procedures for applying for them.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 78-1249.)
| ||
(320 ILCS 25/13) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 413)
| ||
Sec. 13. List of persons who have qualified. The Department | ||
on Aging of Revenue shall maintain a list of all
persons who | ||
have qualified under this Act and shall make the list
available | ||
to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the | ||
Department of Public Health, the Secretary of State, | ||
municipalities , and public transit authorities upon request.
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All information received by a State agency, municipality , | ||
or public transit authority under this Section
shall be | ||
confidential, except for official purposes, and any
person who | ||
divulges or uses that information in any manner,
except in | ||
accordance with a proper judicial order, shall be
guilty of a | ||
Class B misdemeanor.
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(Source: P.A. 87-247.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.02 rep.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.03 rep.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.15 rep.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.16 rep.)
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(320 ILCS 25/3.17 rep.)
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Section 20. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons | ||
Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is | ||
amended by repealing Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.15, 3.16, and 3.17.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2010.
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