Public Act 096-0206
 		





SB0316 Enrolled
LRB096 04533 DRJ 14587 b






    AN ACT concerning public aid.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
changing Section 11-6 as follows:
 



    (305 ILCS 5/11-6)  (from Ch. 23, par. 11-6)



    Sec. 11-6. Decisions on applications. Within 10 days after 
a decision is
reached on an application, the applicant
shall be 
notified in writing of the decision. If the applicant resides 
in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or a 
supportive living facility authorized under Section 5-5.01a, 
the facility shall also receive written notice of the decision, 
provided that the notification is related to a Department 
payment for services received by the applicant in the facility. 
Only facilities enrolled in and subject to a provider agreement 
under the medical assistance program under Article V may 
receive such notices of decisions.  The Department shall

consider eligibility for, and the notice shall contain a 
decision on, each
of the following assistance programs for 
which the client may be
eligible based on the information 
contained in the application:  Temporary
Assistance to Needy 
Families, Medical Assistance, Aid to the Aged, Blind
and 
Disabled, General Assistance (in the City of Chicago), and food 
stamps.  No
decision shall be required for any
assistance 
program for which the applicant has expressly declined in

writing to apply.  If the applicant is determined to
be 
eligible, the notice shall include a statement of the
amount of 
financial aid to be provided and a statement of the reasons for

any partial grant amounts. If the applicant is determined

ineligible for any public assistance the notice shall include 
the reason
why the applicant is ineligible.  If the application 
for any public
assistance is denied, the notice shall include a 
statement defining the
applicant's right to appeal the 
decision.
The Illinois Department, by rule, shall determine the 
date on which
assistance shall begin for applicants determined 
eligible.  That date may be
no later than 30 days after the date 
of the application.

    Under no circumstances may any application be denied solely 
to meet an
application-processing deadline.

(Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2010.




Effective Date:  1/1/2010